U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
October 12-13, 2021

Our October 12-13, 2021 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,458 lot sale begins with United States, with 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of book material. The Foreign section focus is on Asia, with an outstanding collection of Large Dragons of Shanghai, used and unused individual rarities and a powerful balance lot. There is Japan with Offices in Korea, followed by stamps and Postal History of Imperial Korea, Mongolia, as well as Russian Offices in China, with Chinese Eastern Railway Stations. European countries include Austria, with local issues, France & Colonies, German Colonies, Italian States & Colonies, Poland, Russia, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, an important collection of Persia and select rarities from the rest of the world. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with hundreds of albums comprising a collection formed by Solomon Goldberg and sold on behalf of the UJA of New York. Additional lots range from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and cover lots. Scans of the large lots are continuously being added.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1276
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1862-1990 Aden-Basutoland, comprehensive collection on pages, Aden, with Dhow to 5r (1-11), George VI and QEII definitives complete, also Kathiri and Quaiti issues to 1964; Aitutaki 1903-73 issues; Antigua 1863-84 used and used Queen Victoria selection, including few better values, KEVII and George V sets to 5sh, Tercentenary set and others complete through 1972; Ascension 1922-1986 mostly complete; Bahamas 1862-90, Queen Victoria to £1 (ms revenue cancel), KEVII to £1, George V to £1 (two different), mostly complete to 1985; Bahrain, some early singles, later issues to 1980; Basutoland George VI definitives, generally fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #1277
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1853-1980 Bermuda-Cook Islands, collection on pages in a large 3-ring binder, with Bermuda 1865-1990 Victoria to 1sh, with additional shades, George V to 10sh unused, also 12sh6p used, George VI to £1 (three different, including 128a, perf.14), balance of issues to 2000; Botswana; British Antarctic Territory with first issues to £1; British Central Africa, overprinted B.C.A. to 5sh, also surcharges; British Columbia; British East Africa to 5r unused; British Guiana, perf. issues from 1860-66, occasional Typesets, 1889 surcharges to 72c, 1889 issue (130-47), George V and George VI sets to $1; British Honduras; Brunei with a solid representation of 1906-37 issues; Cape of Good Hope, with six different Triangles; Cayman Islands, KEVII-George VI issues; Ceylon, including imperf. and perf. Chalon Heads; Cook Islands, mixed condition, mostly fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1278
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1874-1980 Cyprus-Leeward Islands, collection on pages (two large volumes), Cyprus early Queen Victoria, with unused 1/2p and 1p overprints (different Plate Numbers), 1894-95 set (28-37), KEVII-George V sets (48-59, 61-86, 89-108), 1934 Issue, George VI-QEII definitives and commemoratives, souvenir sheets, etc.; Dominica, with used and unused Victoria, KEVII to 5sh, Seal of Colony George V to 5sh, George VI-QEII complete; East Africa, 1903 1/2a-5r, also George VI to 2r; Falkland Islands, including better Victoria singles used and unused, bisect (19E), 2sh6p and 5sh (20-21), KEVII (22-29), George V to 10sh (30-39,41-48), Centenary to 2sh6p, George VI (84-96) and complete from there, including Dependencies issues; Fiji with some early used and unused, KEVII-QEII issues, also collections of Gambia and German East Africa; Gilbert & Ellice; Gold Coast; Grenada; Jamaica; Jordan; Kenya, Uganda; Kuwait, Labuan; Lagos and Leeward Islands, some perf. varieties among George VI definitives, mixed condition, mostly fine or better
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Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #1279
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1860-1980 Malaysia-Papua, collection on pages (three large volumes), Malaysia with some colorful topicals, Maldive Islands; good showing of Malta, early Queen Victoria, high values to 5sh, St. Paul after Shipwreck 10sh, KEVII-George V sets, Self Government overprints, "Malta" to £1 (98-129), George V (131-83); Mauritius from 1849, with some better singles, 20th Century with values to 5r, KEVII-George VI (110/222); plus a mostly complete collection of Montserrat from 1876, with Symbol of the Colony, KEVII, George V (43-74), George VI with perf. varieties; Natal with some high values (fiscal cancels); Nauru (Freighter set, etc.); comprehensive Nepal, including tete-beche pairs, mostly complete to 2000; Nevis; New Guinea, with some better items, New Hebrides, mostly complete, including Postage Dues; Niger Coast and Nigeria, with George V to £1; mostly complete Niue and Norfolk Islands; Northern Nigeria sets (10-51); solid North Borneo, higher values mostly used, plus better unused sets (136-49), some Semi-Postals; Nova Scotia; North-West Pacific Islands; Nyasaland (KEVII and George V to 10sh, also £1 and £10 revenue cancels), collections of Palestine, Papua, Papua New Guinea, mostly fine or better
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Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #1280
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1856-1980 Pitcairn Islands-St. Vincent, collection on pages in a 3-ring binder, used and unused, with solid Rhodesia,1890-94 to £1 used (also £2 revenue cancel), 1896 Arms complete to 10sh, Victoria Falls unused (76-81), 1909 overprints to £1 (82-99), 1910 "Double Heads" to 2sh and 5sh unused, also 10sh perf. 14 (used), Admirals, selection with variety of shades to 10sh used or unused; St. Christopher; St. Helena with No.1 used, surcharges imperf. and perf., KEVII and George V sets to 3sh (48-70); St. Kitts-Nevis; St. Lucia and St. Vincent, mostly complete with George V-QEII definitives, generally fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1281
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1851-1980 Sarawak-Zululand, collection on pages in two 3-ring binders, Sarawak with better sets through 1950s; fairly complete collection of Seychelles, including sets to 2.25r (1-21), surcharges and continuing with KEVII-George VI definitives; Sierra Leone unused Queen Victoria to 2sh, KEVII to £1 (64-76), others to 5sh, George V to 10sh (103/117, 122/137), 1932 set complete (140-52), Wilberforce to 2sh, etc.; Solomon Islands; British Somaliland; Southern Rhodesia; Southern Nigeria; Sri Lanka; Sudan and Swaziland; Tobago; Togo Anglo-French Occupation overprints; Tonga; Transvaal to £1, few better items, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago, "Britannia" to £1; Turks Islands; Turks & Caicos; Virgin Islands, Zanzibar and Zululand, nice collection with many elusive items, mixed condition, considerable value, generally fine or better
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Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #1282
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1860-1940s accumulation in two large stock books, 4,000+ used and unused singles, with some better classics from Bahamas, Barbados, St. Vincent and others, including British Guiana, Canada, Ireland with Seahorses, etc., mixed condition, high catalogue value
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Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1283
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1947-53 George VI definitives, selection of 44 mostly better sets, with Great Britain including Offices Abroad (Morocco, East Africa Forces, Somalia), Aden, Antigua, Ascension, Australia, Bechuanaland, British Guiana, British Honduras, Burma with Officials, Canada with Officials, Ceylon, Falkland Islands, etc., l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., SG £5,040
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Unsold
Lot #1284
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1947-53 George VI definitives, selection of 41 mostly better sets, with Cook Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands (both George VI sets), Fiji, Gambia, Gold Coast, Jamaica, K.U.T., Kuwait, Leeward Islands, Malayan States, Montserrat, Newfoundland, etc., l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., SG £5,605
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Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1285
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1947-53 George VI definitives, selection of 45 mostly better sets, with New Hebrides, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Borneo, Nyasaland, Pakistan with Bahawalpur, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Straits Settlements, St. Helena, Sarawak, Seychelles, etc., l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., SG £4,500
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Unsold
Lot #1286
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1953-60 QEII definitives, selection of 43 mostly better sets, with Australia, British Guiana, British Honduras, Nyasaland, Qatar, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, St. Lucia, Tristan Da Cunha, Turks and Caicos, Zanzibar, etc., n.h., fine-v.f., SG £1,325
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Price Realized
$450.00

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