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.
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 | Lot #205 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 10c orange, bottom margin plate number and "A" block of six, n.h., fresh color, fine-v.f.,
** Catalog #416 Catalog Value $900 | Unsold
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 | Lot #206 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 3c deep violet, top margin plate number block of six, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh color, v.f.,
** Catalog #426 Catalog Value $400 | Unsold
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 | Lot #207 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 5c blue, right margin plate number single, n.h., well centered, fresh color, some marginal wrinkles, v.f., with photocopy of a 2018 PSE certificate for a block of four from which this came, ** Catalog #428 Catalog Value $75 | Unsold
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 | Lot #208 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 2c red, Rotary coil single, n.h., Joint Line single with attached Coil Leader paper attached to the gum at the bottom of the stamp, fresh color, very rare, with 2003 PFC, ** Catalog #449 Catalog Value $5,500 | Unsold
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 | Lot #209 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 3c violet, horizontal pair, used, well centered with wide margins, with a photocopy of a 2020 PSAG certificate graded "90" for a strip of three from which this pair originated (SMQ $1,000) O Catalog #456 | Unsold
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 | Lot #210 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 2c pale carmine red, top sheet margin single, n.h., fresh and fine, with a photocopy of a 2009 PFC for a larger block from which this originated, ** Catalog #461 Catalog Value $325 | Unsold
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 | Lot #211 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 2c pale carmine red, left sheet margin plate block of six, n.h., with owner's handstamp in the selvage, centered to right, v.g., rare plate block, with 2021 PSAG certificate,
** Catalog #461 Catalog Value $2,600 | Unsold
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 | Lot #212 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 11c dark green, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh color, tiny natural fiber inclusion, with photocopy of a 2018 PFC for a pair from which this originated, ** Catalog #473 Catalog Value $90 | Price Realized $170.00
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 | Lot #213 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 $5 light green, l.h., well centered, fresh color, with 2019 PFC graded "XF 90" (SMQ $225) * Catalog #480 | Unsold
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 | Lot #214 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 2c deep rose, Type Ia, Imperforate, Schermack Type III Perforation, usual centering, tied by wavy machine cancel on window envelope with Holeproof Hosiery Co. corner card, "Milwaukee Wis Mar 30, 1920" cds, fine, with 1967 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. Scott 482A was issued imperforate by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and sold to the Schermack Company for use in its machines. The 482A on cover is one of the premier rarities of 20th Century US Philately. Siegel Census records only three covers, one unused single, a used pair and 33 used singles for a total of 39 stamps. Most examples are either cut well into the design or have the Schermack perfs trimmed away on one side (a similar cover, ex-Dr. Alfred Martin, last sold in a 2005 Siegel sale, $160,000 hammer)
Catalog #482A | Price Realized $47,500.00
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 | Lot #215 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 2c carmine, coil single used, near perfect centering, with 2019 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $175) O Catalog #492 | Price Realized $150.00
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