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 #867 ITALY Air Post 1926 Transpolar "Norge" vignette (Volo Transpolare), sheet of 20, bottom left with inverted frame, n.h., v.f.  ** | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #868 ITALY Air Post 1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Expedition, special vignette, lower left sheet corner margin strip of three, one stamp with black inverted, other imperf. between, special oval cachets on back, v.f. * | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #869 ITALY Air Post 1932 Garibaldi, set of five used on registered and flown cover from Genova to the Hague, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk  Catalog #C35-39 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #870 ITALY Air Post 1933 Balbo Triptychs, seven different sets, three sets l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f., */** Catalog #C48-49 Catalog Value $3,155 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #871 ITALY Air Post 1933 Balbo Triptychs, overprinted I-PELL, LONG, blocks with two different, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #C48-49 Catalog Value $1,150 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #872 ITALY Air Post 1933 Balbo Triptychs, overprinted I-TEUC, QUES, blocks with two different, stamps n.h., v.f., **Catalog #C48-49 Catalog Value $1,150 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #873 ITALY Air Post 1933 Balbo Triptychs, overprinted I-BORG, MIGL, ROVI and TEUC, upper right sheet corner margin blocks with four different, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #C48-49 Catalog Value $2,300 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #874 ITALY Air Post 1934 Military Medal of Valor, complete set of nine, used 31 August 1934 on cover addressed to Sig. J. Bayer in Bucharest, Romania, v.f., Catalog #C66-72,CE8-9 Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $450.00 |
