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 #992
POLAND
1801 cover addressed in Polish to a junior officer in Kiev, showing on back a straight-line "Zhitomir" in Cyrillic (used only 1799-1801), nearly intact wax seal, minor age stain at top, rare cover from Zhitomir (a city in Ukraine, but with considerable Polish population)
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #993
POLAND
1860 (4 Sep) cover franked with Russia 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), tied by a well struck "134" numeral in rectangle of dots, with corresponding ROWNO departure pmk on back, addressed to a Countess Choloniewska in Janow (via Berdyczew), overall toning, otherwise fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #994
POLAND
1860 10k rose and light blue, canceled "1" in concentric rings, exceptional centering for issue, nice colors, variety showing outer line completely missing, also defective inner frame and partly omitted numeral at bottom left, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1a)
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Catalog #1var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #995
POLAND
1863 Russia 10k stationery entire envelope, embossed indicia on back, canceled by "135" in rectangle of dots, with corresponding "Starokonstantinov" departure pmk on front, addressed to Warszawa, with red arrival and "3/P" (3:00PM) on back, wax seal removed, overall toning, rare usage from Starokonstantynow
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #996
POLAND
1865 (25 Mar) outer FL franked with Russia 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), tied by "224" in concentric rings, with decorative "Turek" departure pmk alongside (date filled in by hand), red Warszawa arrival pmk on back, filing fold through the stamp, otherwise fine usage from Turek, with merchant's cachet at left
Envelope
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #997
POLAND
1865 Russia 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by "16" in concentric circles on large part of outer FL from Ruda Gozowska to Warszawa, with bilingual departure handstamp alongside, faint arrival markings in red, fine appearance
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #998
POLAND
1867 Russia 3k green & black (2) and 20k blue & orange (perf. 12 1/2), tied by "235" in concentric rings on outer FL from Ozorkow to London, with corresponding departure pmk (date filled-in by hand) alongside, "Aus Russland uber Eisenb.Post.Bur.XI" Franco," red "PD" and London arrival, all markings on front, stamps defective, still a fine cover from Ozorkow (Bojanowicz rated "5")
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #999
POLAND
1868-70 three outer FLs, each franked with a different 10k brown & blue, canceled by numerals in concentric rings including "182" (Lodz), "253" (Plock) and "278" (Sosnowiec), each with bilingual departure cds, addressed to Warszawa and Riga, minor flaws, otherwise fine group of Russia used in Poland
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1000
POLAND
1870 Russian 10k stationery entire envelope with indicia at left, canceled "162" in concentric rings and addressed to Helsingfors, Finland, with boxed "ANK 18/1" arrival alongside, fine usage from Radomsk to Finland
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1001
POLAND
1871 Russia 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper) tied by "1071" numerals in truncated triangle of dots on outer FL from Tomaszow to Warszawa, with merchant's departure datestamp and Warszawa (8 Dec) arrival markings, rare usage from Tomaszow
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1002
POLAND
1871 Russia 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper) tied by "1115" numerals in truncated triangle of dots on cover from Khmelnik, via Kielce, Lublin and Piaski to Suchodaly, with departure and arrival datestamps in Cyrillic letters on back, overall toning, scarce triangular cancel from present-day Ukrainian village to Poland
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1003
POLAND
1871 (11 June) outer FL to London, franked with Russia 1k, 5k and 20k (horizontally laid paper), tied by "1034" numerals in truncated triangle of dots, with corresponding "Ozorkow-Kalish" two-line departure datestamp in Cyrillic, merchant's oval in blue, red "Franco Aus Russland" and arrival pmks, filing fold through the middle stamp, still a fine cover from Ozorkow to England, showing rare pre-philatelic markings
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1004
POLAND
1871 (1 Aug) FL to Berlin franked with Russian 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by Warszawa-Vienna Cyrillic departure cds, repeated below, with "Aus Russland Franco" handstamp alongside, small stain (wax seal), fine 14k rate from Warszawa to Berlin
Envelope
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1005
POLAND
1872 (27 Nov) FL (written entirely in Yiddish), franked with Russia 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper), tied by "1097" numeral in truncated triangle of dots, corresponding "Szydlowiec" two-line departure datestamp in Cyrillic (struck twice on back), Warszawa arrival on front, rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1006
POLAND
1874 Russia 10k stationery, small entire envelope (slightly reduced at top) with additional 3k franking, canceled "1043" numerals in truncated triangle of dots, addressed to France, with boxed "St. (station) UNEYEV" (Uniejow), with Kalisz transit, Postal Car and French arrival pmks, rare usage of the "1043" numeral cancel from Uniejow
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1007
POLAND
1875 10k stationery entire envelope with indicia at right, canceled by "1173" numerals in truncated triangle of dots, sent to St. Petersburg, with Chorzele April 12 1875 departure datestamp struck twice on back, also St. Petersburg arrival (19 Apr), filing folds and some toning, rare cancel and undoubtedly extremely rare usage from Chorzele (a town near the Orzyc River in Przasnysz County, in the Province of Masovia)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1008
POLAND
1875 (13 Dec) registered cover franked with Russia 1k, 10k and 20k (horizontally laid paper), tied by "1017" numerals in truncated triangles, with corresponding "Jablonie gouv. Warszawa" departure datestamps in Cyrillic on back, with Warszawa arrival pmk, also in Cyrillic at top, cover is missing the backflap, otherwise fine and splendid cover from Post Station Jablonie, ex-Faberge collection, with 1998 Mikulski certificate
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1009
POLAND
1908 (1 July) registered cover from Warszawa to Germany, franked with pairs of 3k and 7k, tied by oval Warszawa Railway Station pmks, with corresponding Registry label in French, v.f., with Braunlage arrival pmk on back
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1010
POLAND
1914 (27 Jan) registered value letter headed "Institute for Small Pox Vaccine", transmitting 40r (106fr) franked on back with 10k, 20k and Romanov 4k red, tied by departure cds, intact wax seals and Wien arrival pmks, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1011
POLAND
1916 unissued "Gen-Gouv. Warschau" overprint on 3pf Germania, h.r. at top, v.f., extremely rare, signed Schmutz
*
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1012
POLAND
1918 Lublin issue, inverted overprints, set of three used on piece, fine-v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg,
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Catalog #27a-29a
Catalog Value $180
Price Realized
$90.00

Lot #1013
POLAND
1918-19 3hal on 3h olive gray, perf. 11 1/2, two blocks of four, n.h., v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg or Rachmanow (Fi. 3,600zl)
Box **
Catalog #30b
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1014
POLAND
1919 80h orange brown, overprint inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Schmutz, Mikstein, etc.,
*
Catalog #49a
Catalog Value $325
Unsold
Lot #1015
POLAND
1919 25pf green, printed on both sides, imperforate vertical pair, v.f.
(*)
Catalog #137var
Unsold
Lot #1016
POLAND
1919-20 imperforate varieties, three singles and two pairs, each double impression, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.
*/**
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1017
POLAND
1924 Arms of Poland, 10gr blue green and 2gr dark brown, imperforate vertical gutter se-tenant pair, unused without gum, usual red printer's invalidating lines, folded between stamps, minor wrinkles, fine and scarce pair
(*)
Catalog #216,219var
Unsold
Lot #1018
POLAND
1928 Pilsudski, 50gr green, imperforate proof in issued color, with gum, partial carmine background on back; also 1zl black imperf. plate proof on white paper (this is not to be confused with the printer's waste souvenir sheet without inscriptions, as the groundwork is completely different), the former signed Gryzewski, the latter with minor crease, with handstamped guarantee (Fi.238P6,239P9, cat. 4,500zl)
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Catalog #254,255P
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1019
POLAND
1955 Monuments, 10gr Dzerzhinsky, yellow omitted, n.h., v.f. (Fi.762 unlisted)
**
Catalog #699vasr
Price Realized
$95.00

Lot #1020
POLAND
1956 Tourism, 30gr gray green, imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f. (Fi.822nz 2,800zl)
Box **
Catalog #729var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1021
POLAND
1956 Tourism, 1.15zl violet, imperf. horizontal pair with imprint at lower left, n.h., v.f. (Fi.825nz 700l)
**
Catalog #732var
Unsold
Lot #1022
POLAND
1956 Tourism, 1.15zl violet, imperf. vertical pair, n.h., v.f. (Fi.825nz 700l)
**
Catalog #732var
Unsold
Lot #1023
POLAND
1956 Tourism, 1.15zl violet, imperf. block of six, n.h., v.f. (Fi.825nz 2,100zl)
Box **
Catalog #732var
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1024
POLAND
1956 Tourism, 1.15zl violet, imperf. lower right sheet corner imprint block of four, n.h., v.f. (Fi.825nz 1,400zl)
Box **
Catalog #732var
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #1025
POLAND
1957 40th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 60gr variety red color omitted, n.h., v.f. (Fi.886MK, 900zl)
**
Catalog #792var
Price Realized
$110.00

Lot #1026
POLAND
1958 400 years of Polish Post, imperforate vertical pairs, five different, n.h., v.f. imperf. pairs, complete as issued, n.h., v.f. (Fi.918-22nz, 4,000zl)
**
Catalog #799-802,804var
Price Realized
$500.00

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