U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 29-30, 2021
Our Summer Sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE on June 29-30, 2021. This 1,525 lot sale features United States and Worldwide countries, including the Mark Hegman collection and several other important properties from all over the world. We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany & their respective Colonies, comprehensive Italian Area, Poland, Russia with rare numeral dot cancels and Offices in China. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. There is noteworthy Colombia with 1920 Scadta vignettes, other South and Central America, selections of Ethiopia, China, and the rest of the world. The auction concludes with close to 200 large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. We continue to provide additional images of lots and collections up until the auction dates.
Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #302 CHINA 1878 Large Dragons, 1c green, 3c brown red and 5c orange, set of three, unused with original gum, h.r., nice colors and fresh, fine-v.f. * Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $3,275 | Price Realized $2,100.00
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 | Lot #303 CHINA 1897-1900 correspondence to Hamilton, Canada, group of 12 covers or wrappers, also one coverfront, sent from Kiukiang, Shanghai and Hankow, variety of franking incl. French Offices in China, Japanese Offices in China, also one from Hong Kong, plus another franked with pair of Japan 5sen, different transit and arrival pmks, usual commercial quality with wear and tear noted, many fine or better. An interesting group of covers from China
| Price Realized $5,500.00
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 | Lot #304 CHINA 1901 1c stationery card, additionally franked with 1c and 2c Chinese Imperial Post, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai, where 10c Chine was added for further transmission to England, card creases, otherwise fine, with London arrival
| Price Realized $140.00
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 | Lot #305 CHINA 1902 (2 Sep) cover franked with 4c Chinese Imperial Post, sent via the German Post Office in Tientsin to Wiesbaden, boxed "S.B. Ostas. Besatz. Brigade Eskadr. Jager Z. Pferde", arrival pmk on back, fine
| Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #306 CHINA 1903 (20 May) picture postcard (Kaiping military school), franked with pair of 2c CIP canceled by chops, sent from Newchong, via Tientsin and Russian Post Office in China, where pair of 2c Kitai were added and sent via Namur, Siberia to Munich, Germany, fine combination card
| Unsold
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 | Lot #307 CHINA 1905 (12 Feb) picture postcard from Peking to France, with 4c Chinese Imperial Post adhesive, sent via the French, Japanese and Russian Post Offices, with corresponding stamps added alongside, fine-v.f.
| Price Realized $140.00
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 | Lot #308 CHINA 1908 (20 May) picture postcard (Camels caravan in Peking), franked with 4c CIP canceled by Shanghai departure cds, sent via the
Russian Post Office, with pair of 2c Kitai added for further transmission to France, with clear Russian Shanghai cancel and Tourcoing arrival pmks, v.f.
| Unsold
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 | Lot #309 CHINA 1960 World Forestry Congress, 100 souvenir sheets, unused without gum as issued, n.h., few minor wrinkles or creases, mostly v.f., ** Catalog #1269a Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $950.00
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