Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
May 3-4, 2022
Welcome to our May 3-4 Sale which will take place live in our Galleries as well as via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,306 lot sale features United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. A-Z countries include specialized Austria, Egypt, France, as well as Germany with a selection of WWII Occupation Issues and mail from POW Camps. Great Britain and British Commonwealth include rare singles, high values, BNA and British Africa. There are numerous rarities from Iran, Italy (with Old States and Italian Colonies), Israel, with sheets of 7-9 and J1-5, Korea, Latvia and many other collecting areas. The auction concludes with a solid section of Large Lots and Collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #286 CUBA 1959 official decree, Havana July 14, 1959, four typewritten pages headed "Republica de Cuba Poder Ejecutivo", signed on page four by Fidel Castro, as the Prime Minister (a position which he held only a short time after the Revolution), also signed by President of Cuba Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado and for "Ministro de Comunicaciones" by Enrique Oltuski Osaki, each page also initialed by Castro and the other signatories, fine and rare document signed by Fidel Castro | Price Realized $325.00 |
