U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
August 10-11, 2021
Welcome to our Summer 2021 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, taking place August 10-11, 2021, at our Teaneck galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. Our 1,372 lot sale begins with a solid section of United states including many rarities and graded items. The Foreign section includes Austria, with local issues, France, Germany and Italy, with their Colonies, specialized Liechtenstein, outstanding Poland, with exceptional Krakow overprints, Russia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, as well as South and Central American countries. In addition, this sale includes a strong selection of 150+ 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 #931 POLAND 1850 (ca) cover from Michalowice to Warszawa, with perfect departure and "Franco" in red, arrival pmk on back, minor backflap tears, otherwise fine  | Unsold |
 | Lot #932 POLAND 1860 10k dark blue & rose, thin paper, canceled "179" (Piotrkow), showing faint red arrival pmk at bottom right, well centered, fresh and beautiful stamp, signed Mikulski O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #933 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, brilliant intense colors, well centered and very fresh, canceled on piece by "1" in concentric circles, with red "Warszawa 19/10" below, v.f. and beautiful Poland Number One O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #934 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, showing broken frame line at left and at bottom, canceled "1" (with ornamental foot at bottom) in four squares, incredibly large and even margins all around, beautiful colors, undoubtedly the nicest possible Poland Number One, extraordinary quality O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #935 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, canceled "282" (Kibarty) in concentric circles, large and even margins all around, incredibly well centered, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #936 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, canceled "282" (Kibarty) in concentric circles on small piece, nice colors, fine O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #937 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, thin paper, canceled "1" in concentric circles, fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, etc. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #938 POLAND 1860 10k blue & carmine, canceled "73" (Lublin), light and attractive shade, fresh and fine stamp, ex-Kirchner O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #939 POLAND 1860 10k dark rose & blue, canceled "1" in concentric rings (Warszawa), well centered with large margins all around, couple of shorter perfs as often, pencil signed, with 2021 Bogdan Pelc certificate (Fi.1ad) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #940 POLAND 1860 10k carmine & dark blue, canceled "1" with ornamental foot in four squares (Warszawa Main Post Office), beautiful colors, usual centering, with trimmed perforation at right, 2021 Bogdan Pelc certificate (Fi.1bb) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #941 POLAND 1860 10k rose & greenish blue, canceled "DP" (Dworzec Praga - railway station "Praga" in Warszawa) in concentric rings, constant plate flaw "broken upper blue frame" (position 50), good color, fine stamp, with Bogdan Pelc certificate (Fi.1ac) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #942 POLAND 1860 10k dark blue & rose, horizontal pair, brilliant intense colors, well centered, canceled on small piece by "1" in concentric circles, v.f. and extraordinary pair of Poland Number One O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #943 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, added blue frame for inner oval, canceled by "1" in concentric rings on small piece, fine and rare stamp, signed Wiatrowski, O Catalog #1c Catalog Value $1,400 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #944 POLAND 1866 (1 Nov) large part of outer FL (side flaps missing) to Warszawa, franked with Russia 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by a good strike of Pochtowyj Wagon A (1 Nov 1866) cancel, repeated on back, with red bilingual Warszawa arrival, filing folds away from the stamp, fine cover with a scarce Postal Car (Wilno) cancel, signed Bojanowicz, Korszen, ex-Mikulski | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #945 POLAND 1880 (12 May), FL from Antoine Berezovski to Ladislas Mickiewicz (son of Adam Mickiewicz) in Paris. Antoine Berezovski, a Polish patriot, was sentenced to penal servitude for life for attempting to assassinate Tsar Alexander II, on June 6, 1867, on the occasion of his visit to Paris. Berezovski, who was 18 at the time, fired into a carriage in which the Tsar, the Emperor Napoleon and his two sons were driving in the Bois de Boulogne. The Pole was tried, condemned and shipped to New Caledonia. A fascinating letter (written in French), with appropriate markings including "T", various transit and arrival pmks, ex-Stanczykowski collection | Unsold |
 | Lot #946 POLAND 1915 Carnegie Hall Solo Recital program for the benefit of American Polish Relief Fund, performed by the famous soprano Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935, she was Polish, born Prakseda Marcelina Kochanska, with an important international singing career, chiefly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London). Also included is a picture postcard (J.Paderewski) and a small portion of a check, signed "I.J. Paderewski - Pay to order of Polish Victims Relief Fund", plus a 1916 four-page program "Mr. Paderewski will give a second recital at Symphony Hall, Boston, November 12, 1917" (Ignacy Paderewski 1860-1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and Prime Minister) | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #947 POLAND 1916 (12 Jan) registered cover from Austria (Waltendorf b.Graz), with military censor and arrival pmk on back, addressed to Maria Sienkiewiczowa in Vevey, Switzerland (where she worked for the General Relief Committee for War Victims in Poland, with her husband Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Polish Nobel Prize laureate, best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his internationally known best-seller Quo Vadis. Sienkiewicz died November 15, 1916 in Vevey). Also included is another cover, this addressed to the General Relief Committee for War Victims in Poland, under the presidency of Henryk Sienkiewicz, some cover wear, scarce | Unsold |
 | Lot #948 POLAND 1919 Krakow Issue, 3h bright violet, pos.I-15, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski, Taipale, etc., * Catalog #41 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #949 POLAND 1919 3h violet, pos.I-85. hinge removed, fresh and well centered, v.f., signed Mikstein, etc., * Catalog #41 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #950 POLAND 1919 5h green, pos.I-16. l.h. (if at all, looks n.h.), v.f., signed Landre, Dr.Kronenberg, etc., * Catalog #42 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #951 POLAND 1919 selection, with 6h orange (forms I and IIE), 15h (3), 40h, 50h, 60h, 80h, 1kr (forms I and IIB), 2kr (two pairs) and 4kr, l.h. or h.r., few hinge removed, occasional n.h., fine-v.f., mostly signed Dr.Kronenberg, etc. (Fi.3,655zl) * Catalog #43/54 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #952 POLAND 1919 6h deep orange, form IIE, pos. 46, n.h., v.f., signed Mikstein (Fi.32II, 800zl) ** Catalog #43var | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #953 POLAND 1919 10h magenta, pos.I-94. l.h. (if at all, looks n.h.), v.f., signed Mikstein, etc., * Catalog #44 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #954 POLAND 1919 10h magenta, pos.I-75. hinge removed, fresh and v.f., signed Mikstein, Philatelia Krakow, etc., * Catalog #44 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #955 POLAND 1919 60h deep blue, overprint inverted, pos.I-78, l.h. (if at all), v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, Mikstein, etc., * Catalog #48a Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #956 POLAND 1919 80h orange brown, overprint inverted, pos.I-65, h.r., v.f., signed Mikstein, etc., also 25h on 80h orange brown, surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Dr.Oertel, Herbert Bloch, * Catalog #48a,60a Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #957 POLAND 1919 90h red violet, pos.I-95, hinge removed, faint toning at upper right, still v.f., signed Jendroszek, * Catalog #50 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #958 POLAND 1919 90h red violet, pos.I-20, hinge removed (looks n.h.), v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg, with his 2000 certificate, * Catalog #50 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #959 POLAND 1919 90h red violet, pos.I-25, thin "Z" variety, n.h. and post office fresh, perfectly centered, v.f., signed Mikulski, Landre, etc. (Fi.44B1, 22,000zl $5,892) ** Catalog #50var | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #960 POLAND 1919 1kr carmine, horizontal block of six, pos.I-53-55, 63-65, l.h. at upper left, other five stamps n.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, Dr.Kronenberg (Fi.45I, 1,600zl)  */**Catalog #51 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #961 POLAND 1919 1kr red, Form IIB-7, showing defective "CZT" of "POCZTA" , used, v.f., signed Jendroszek (Fi.45IIB4, 8,000zl) O Catalog #51var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #962 POLAND 1919 2kr blue, overprint shifted and split to sides, l.h., v.f., interesting variety * Catalog #52var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #963 POLAND 1919 10kr deep violet, pos.IVB-10, appears never hinged and post office fresh, tiniest suggestion of a hinge mark possible at top, perfectly centered, v.f., signed Marbach, Herbert Bloch, Dr.Kronenberg, etc., v.f. example of this iconic Polish rarity (Fi.49ba, 55,000zl $14,728) * Catalog #55 Catalog Value $14,000 | Price Realized $10,500.00 |
 | Lot #964 POLAND 1919 10kr deep gray violet, pos.IVA-68, hinge removed, well centered, excellent color, v.f., rare, signed Hebert Bloch, Dr.Kronenberg, etc. (Fi.49bb, 65,000zl $17,406) (Mi.47b, €20,000) * Catalog #55var | Unsold |
 | Lot #965 POLAND 1919 20h dark green, pos.I-14, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, Dr.Kronenberg, * Catalog #57 Catalog Value $300 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #966 POLAND 1919 25h blue, pos.IIB-49, hinge removed, well centered and fresh, v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg, etc., * Catalog #58 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #967 POLAND 1919 25h blue, pos.IIB-62, hinge removed, fresh and v.f., signed Landre, Dr.Kronenberg, * Catalog #58 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #968 POLAND 1919 25h blue, pos.IIB-53, l.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, * Catalog #58 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #969 POLAND 1919 30h dark violet, pos. IIB-23, hinge removed, beautiful, distinct color, fresh and v.f. stamp, signed Mikulski, Dr.Kronenberg (Fi.39b, 10,000zl) * Catalog #59var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #970 POLAND 1919 30h dull violet, pos. IIB-7, showing defective "CZT" of "POCZTA", hinge removed, gum disturbed and with some toning at upper right, fine appearance, signed Dr.Kronenberg (Fi.39a, 10,000zl) * Catalog #59var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #971 POLAND 1919 5pf on 7 1/2 orange, vertical sheet margin pair, with four settings of surcharge identified, both stamps with double surcharge (positions 21/31 pencil indicated and signed by Dr.Kronenberg), disturbed gum, otherwise a fine and impressive multiple (Fi.67Np, 12,000zl $3,220+ plus additional premium for overprints in the left margin) (Scott catalogue value for two stamps with double surcharge) * Catalog #73a Catalog Value $3,100 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #972 POLAND 1919 5pf on 20pf and 10pf on 40pf surcharge significantly shifted to left or bottom, blocks of four, h.r., fine-v.f. *Catalog #74,76var | Unsold |
 | Lot #973 POLAND 1923 25,000mk on 20mk carmine, surcharge inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Schmutz, etc. ** Catalog #198b | Unsold |
 | Lot #974 POLAND 1924 Arms of Poland, 1gr, 2gr, 3gr, 5fr, 10gr, 40gr and 50gr imperforate, seven different in issued colors, most with invalidating printer's lines, with or without gum, v.f., signed Korszen * Catalog #215-219,224-225var | Unsold |
 | Lot #975 POLAND 1929 registered cover from Golub to USA, franked on back with block of 8x25gr brown (few defective), with arrival pmk, also imperforate block of four (forgery to defraud the post), n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #976 POLAND 1932 Polish Eagle, 30gr red brown, trial color die proof on thin card, fresh and v.f., signed Rachmanow, Dr.Kronenberg P Catalog #273P | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #977 POLAND 1935 Landscapes, etc., blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. set **Catalog #294-304 | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #978 POLAND 1944 Wodzowie, 25gr red, bottom sheet margin single (pos.27) tied by "Krosno" straight-line provisional departure handstamp on postal card locally addressed (sent from a bank), with "Sprawdzono przez cenzure woskowa" military censor cachet, minor overall toning, fine commercially used card showing provisional Krosno postmark, signed Schmutz, with 1995 Piekut certificate Catalog #341 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #979 POLAND 1944 Wodzowie (Traugutt) 25gr red brown, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, proof on mesh paper, v.f., signed Mikulski. A very rare proof, color is identical to the imperforate variety subsequently surcharged with new value (Fi.339P) P Catalog #341P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #980 POLAND 1944 25gr red, 50gr gray green, the so-called "Goznak" issue (printed in the Soviet Union), imperforate horizontal pairs, l.h. or h.r., v.f. (Fi.342-43nz, 14,000zl $3,758) * Catalog #344,345var | Unsold |
 | Lot #981 POLAND 1944 P.K.W.N. 2zl on 25gr red, variety showing broken dash at right after "25gr", used on 50gr stationery card registered from Bydgoszcz 17.3.45 to Krakow, showing German Occupation registration label, with provisionally inserted departure date, "Sprawdzono przez cenzure wojskowa 866" military censor handstamp, v.f., scarce commercial usage, with arrival pmk, signed Schmutz Catalog #345B | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #982 POLAND 1945 1.50zl on 25gr red brown, type I surcharge inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Laszkiewicz (Fi.376a, Zl 750) ** Catalog #346var | Unsold |
 | Lot #983 POLAND 1945 Ten Liberated Cities, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Fi.348-58, 1,060zl) **Catalog #347-56 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #984 POLAND 1945 "Zakopane" 3zl on 25gr, used in combination with 1zl Statue on registered cover from Bydgoszcz 22.5.45 to Czechoslovakia, showing on back "Sprawdzono przez cenzure wojskowa 146" military censor cachet, Warszawa transit and Prague arrival pmks, cover appears to have been opened by censor with label applied and removed, fine and scarce commercial usage, signed Schmutz Catalog #356 | Unsold |
 | Lot #985 POLAND 1945 "Zakopane", 3zl on 25gr, surcharge double, right sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., signed Krawczyk (Fi.357Np, Zl 15,000 $4,027) ** Catalog #356var | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #986 POLAND 1945 5zl on 25gr rose brown (Traugutt) imperforate lower right sheet corner margin single, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., splendid example of this rare imperforate variety (Fi.347nz, 17,000zl $4,568) (*) Catalog #362var | Unsold |
 | Lot #987 POLAND 1945 5zl on 25gr rose brown (Traugutt) imperforate lower right sheet corner margin pair, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., splendid example of this rare imperforate variety (Fi.347nz, 34,000zl $9,136) (*) Catalog #362var | Unsold |
 | Lot #988 POLAND 1945 5zl on 50gr green, bottom sheet margin imperforate single, n.h., v.f. (Fi.361, Zl.5,000 $1,341) ** Catalog #363var | Unsold |
 | Lot #989 POLAND 1945 (22 Oct) registered cover from Lubliniec to USA, franked with 2x5zl red, tied by departure cds, with "Sprawdzono przez Cenzura Wojskowa 1710" military censor cachet, with New York transit and Chicago arrival pmks, returned "addressee unknown" Catalog #367 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #990 POLAND 1946 July Manifesto (Bierut), 3zl black, imperforate and gummed trial color proof, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., signed Mikstein (Fi.407P1, Zl 7,000 $1,878) ** Catalog #391P | Unsold |
 | Lot #991 POLAND 1947 cover from Swidnica to Gorlitz, franked with 50gr (8), 1zl (2) and 3zl, tied by departure pmks, with "Wiezienie Karno Sledcze w Swidnicy" (Prison and Criminal Investigation), filing folds away from the stamps, uncommon cover from a Polish Prison | Unsold |
 | Lot #992 POLAND 1948 Boleslaw Bierut, 10zl violet, 15zl red, imperforate horizontal pairs, handstamped "Groszy" in Italics, n.h., v.f. (Fi.474nz, 475nz, 6,400zl for unoverprinted imperforate pairs) ** Catalog #440,441var | Unsold |
 | Lot #993 POLAND 1949 UPU, two sets of three, each handstamped "Groszy", double overprints, used in 1951 on registered cover and 20zl stationery entire envelope, sent from Warszawa to Belgium, both addressed to S.Serebrakian, fine-v.f., one with arrival pmk Catalog #457-59 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #994 POLAND 1956 Melbourne Olympics, 60gr Javelin Thrower, imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., fresh and v.f. Only one sheet of 42 printed (Fi.847nz, 6,500zl) ** Catalog #754var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #995 POLAND 1957 40th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 2.50zl Lenin, two imperforate horizontal pairs, trial colors on gummed paper, n.h., v.f. (Fi.887P, 7,600zl) P Catalog #793P | Unsold |
 | Lot #996 POLAND 1979 Polish Graphic Arts, 4.50zl imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2321var | Price Realized $110.00 |
