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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1231
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1897 registered cover showing the Russo-Chinese Bank Vladivostok handstamp in oval, with pair of 14k carmine & blue uncanceled, but with a five line manuscript indicating the cover was received in St. Petersburg "uncanceled from Hankow", Port Arthur transit and St. Petersburg arrival pmks on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and interesting usage (a clerk in the Russian Post Office in Hankow was not sure how to handle unoverprinted Russian stamps. He accepted the letter, but left cancelling decisions to higher authorities), ex-Kurt Adler collection
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Previous Lot Auction Index Next Lot

Back to Top