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 #1343 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS JAPAN 1871-74 balance of a specialized collection on 25 pages, used and unused, 1871 imperforate 48m brown (11), 100m blue (3), 200m vermilion (6), laid and wove paper varieties, Plate I and II, different shades and plate flaws; perforated Issue, 1872 1/2s brown reconstructed block of 24, plus another 24 used and unused examples, including two unused pairs, four singles on part of native cover to Tokyo, with Fukushima transits, plus mostly unused 1s blue (8) and 2s vermilion (5), different shades. The Cherry Blossoms start with 1/2s brown, unused block of 10, plus 24 used and unused singles, various Plates, shades and cancels, other values well represented, with nice showing of shades, multiples and cancels, 2s yellow (9, including two unused and one on faulty cover), 4s rose unused block of four, 10s blue green and yellow green, used and unused of each, 20s lilac two different shades (unused) and four used, plus 30s unused (pinhole at top right corner) and used (Nataka cancel); 1874 Foreign Paper with Syllabics, 1/2s two unused panes of 20, used and unused and other values, numerous Syllabics of 1s blue and 2s yellow, two used examples od 4s rose, three each unused 6s and 10s green, 20s violet (5), 30s gray (9), Bird stamps (10 different used), plus others, additional covers, shades, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better. An interesting collection, with many better items, high catalogue value *O Catalog #1/54A | Price Realized $20,000.00 |
