U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 25-26, 2021
Our May 25-26, 2021 Auction will run live via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,382 lot sale features United States and Worldwide countries, beginning with a solid selection of U.S. singles, sets, Postal History and Possessions. The Foreign section features a highly specialized collection of French Indochina, with 19th Century military and civilian mail from what is today Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. This collection was formed by a former French Colonial resident, with an excellent eye for postal history and considered a foremost expert of the subject. From Germany, there are used and unused selections from an-old time collection formed with assistance from Herbert Bloch and the Friedl Expert Committee. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are followed by a collection of Imperial Japan, including the original collection formed in 1875 by Baron Maejima Hisoka, founder of the Japanese Postal System. Italian Offices in China include three rare Pechino and Tientsin items, including unique covers. The Poland selection features Krakow Issue, Locals, Polish Army Corps in Italy, with unique errors and varieties. Russia boasts a collection of 300+ lots of Zemstvo, with many ex-Baughman, Faberge, and Bianchi items. In addition, this sale includes a strong selection of 100+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1880 3k red, unused with original gum, three margins, cut in at right, small thin, ex-Faberge, rated "R" (Schmidt 3) * Catalog #2 Catalog Value $700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1878 3k dark chocolate brown, h.r., with little toning on back, mostly in the sheet margin, v.f., * Catalog #8 Catalog Value $300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1882 3k dark brown, h.r., v.f., rated "RR" (Schmidt 4) * Catalog #8 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1170 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1892 3k red, two imperf. varieties, one with upright "3" at lower right, h.r., small thin, otherwise fine, ex-Serge Ralsevitch * Catalog #22I,var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1171 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1893 (20 Jan) cover from a peasant in village of Kirillo-Annovka, addressed to Zenkov Zemstvo Uprava, franked on back with 3k red, cancelled by pen and date manuscript, fine  Catalog #22 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1172 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1895 2k golden brown, vertical tete-beche pair, h.r., fine (Schmidt 32VS) * Catalog #24a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1173 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1895 2k copper bronze, error of color! (printed in the color of 1k instead of the issued golden bronze), type I (letter "A" of "Pochtowaya" shifted upwards), imperforate single (margins adequate but impossible to say if not trimmed), cancelled 7 Mar 1895, v.f., ex-Faberge, with his explanatory notations on back. A rarity (Schmidt 32V var) O Catalog #24var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1174 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1895 1k and 2k imperf. singles, last one color error, also 2k perf. used on piece, fine-v.f., last one rated "R" (catalogue value for regular stamps) O Catalog #31I,32,32V Catalog Value $800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1175 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1895 1k bronze, two vertical tete-beche pairs, diff. types, one with small thin, otherwise fine-v.f., * Catalog #31S Catalog Value $600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1176 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1895 2k bronze, two vertical tete-beche pairs, diff. types, one with small thin, otherwise fine-v.f., * Catalog #32S Catalog Value $600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1177 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1898 3k gold/bronze, large format, v.f., ex-Kirchner, Ferrary-Faberge handstamp on back, Schmidt unlisted (Schmidt 30) * | Unsold |
 | Lot #1178 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ZENKOV 1909 2k dark bronze, imperf. pane of 21, crackly original gum, creases, wrinkles and stains, scarce multiple,  *Catalog #59I Catalog Value $315 | Unsold |
