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 #1084
RUSSIA
1883 (24 July) 7k stationery entire envelope sent from the Tiflis railway station to Captain I. K. Kirpotin at the camp of the 1st Caucasian rifle battalion in Suram (Georgia), postmarked "Tiflissk. P. O. Poti-Tiflissk. ZH. D." (only recorded example) and "Pocht.Vagona Poti-Tiflissk Zh.D. Vagona Poti-Tiflissk. ZH. D.", some toning, but this is the earliest recorded mail from the Tiflis station branch office, which opened in 1873 (the Poti-Tiflis railway mail transport administration allotted money for salaries, cancelers, weights, etc. Ivan Kuzmich Kirpotin, born in 1841, fought in the Caucasian and Russo-Turkish Wars and was awarded the Order of St. George for valor. Grand Duke Michael Nikolayevich, the Caucasian viceroy, was godfather to his son)
Envelope
Price Realized
$270.00

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