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.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #898 MANCHUKUO 1932 (July 26) definitive issue, complete set of matched bottom imprint blocks of four, hinged at top and at bottom (of the imprint), bottom pairs n.h., fine-v.f., scarce set of blocks (catalogued as singles)  */**Catalog #1-18 Catalog Value $1,099 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #899 MANCHUKUO 1934 (Feb) Second Definitives, complete set of nine blocks of four, l.h. or h.r., fresh, mostly v.f., scarce set of blocks, *Catalog #23-31 Catalog Value $4,204 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #900 MANCHUKUO 1935 1 1/2f green, block of 10, variety imperf. at right, natural gum skips, fine-v.f., also 3f orange, used single, variety imperf. at top, fine-v.f. *O Catalog #71,72var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #901 MANCHUKUO 1935 6f carmine, bottom sheet margin horizontal strip of four, imperf. between, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #73a Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #902 MANCHUKUO 1936 five unexploded booklets, two containing 10x2f green, three with 5x4f olive, panes with interleaves adhering or stuck down, one incomplete, two stamps removed, another with cover abrasions (catalogued as panes)  Catalog #86a,88a Catalog Value $2,200 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #903 MANCHUKUO 1936 2f green, booklet pane of six, also Japanese booklet covers, plus three unexploded booklets, each with 5x4f olive, two with original wrappers, fine-v.f. (catalogued as panes) Catalog #86a,88a Catalog Value $965 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #904 MANCHUKUO 1936 two unexploded booklets, one containing 10x2f green, the other 5x4f olive, each with the original wrapper, v.f. (catalogued as panes) Catalog #86a,88a Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #905 MANCHUKUO 1936 2f green and 4f light olive green, unexploded booklets with ten and five panes of 6, fresh and v.f., each with the original wrapper Catalog #86a,88a | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #906 MANCHUKUO 1937 5f on 4f olive, surcharge struck diagonally, lower right sheet corner margin block of 12, two stamps at bottom right without surcharge, also partly omitted at upper right, two stamps h.r. at top, others n.h., v.f., with a photograph of the original discovery pane of 40 surcharged diagonally, from which the block of 12 originated */**Catalog #103var | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #907 MANCHUKUO 1937 2 1/2f on 2f green, narrow surcharge inverted, right sheet margin block of four, two stamps l.h. or h.r., others n.h., v.f. Only one sheet of inverted surcharges was discovered (catalogued as hinged singles) */**Catalog #105a Catalog Value $2,800 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
