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 #875 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 (11 Aug) flown cover from Brioni to Switzerland, attractively franked with 5L Air Post and four additional regular issues, Trieste transit, faint adhesive toning, otherwise v.f.,  Catalog #C9 Catalog Value $325 | Unsold |
 | Lot #876 ITALY Flight Covers 1926 (13 May) first flight over the North Pole with airship "Norge" (pilot Amundsen), carried from Ciampino Roma 8.4.26 to Nome, Alaska, franked with Italy 1.25L, also with special Nobile label (variety frame inverted) overprinted "Norge", bearing oval cachet "Volo Transpolare 1926 Amundsen - Ellsworth - Nobile Equipaggio Italiano Dirigibile Norge", with arrival pmk, bearing signature of "Precerutti", v.f., with 1997 Raybaudi certificate | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #877 ITALY Flight Covers 1926 (13 Apr) S.A.N.A. official company first flight covers, selection of four, including Genova-Palermo, Genova-Roma, Genova-Napoli, Palermo-Roma, also three additional covers Genova-Roma and Ostia-Napoli, plus Roma-Palermo (with postage due added on arrival) to various markings, mostly fine-v.f., scarce group | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #878 ITALY Flight Covers 1926 (13 Apr) S.A.N.A. flight cover Genova (via Palermo) to Tripoli, red departure, with arrival pmk (17 April) on back, cover with clipped corner, otherwise fine, ex-Boris Joffe ("only two covers were canceled in red at Genova") | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #879 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (12 Dec) Roma-Tripoli, ppc with attractive franking and appropriate cachet, v.f., with arrival pmk (Sass.179a, €700) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #880 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (12 Dec) Roma-Massaua, ppc with attractive franking and appropriate cachet, little toning at bottom of the card, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk (Sass.179b, €700) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #881 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (12 Feb) flown card Roma-Tripoli-Massaua-Mogadiscio by Francis Lombardi, franking on picture side, with arrival pmk, v.f. (Sass.179, €850) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #882 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 Rome to Rio de Janeiro flight cover franked with 7.70L, autographed by Italo Balbo, v.f., with arrival cds on front, signed Caffaz, with their 1993 certificate, Catalog #C27 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #883 ITALY Flight Covers 1932 (Amelia Earhart) autographed (facsimile) airmail cover with Italian and French stamps canceled, respectively, at Milano (Posta Aerea 8.6.32 cancel, Roma Aeroporto del Littorio 9.6.32 receiver), and aboard the ship bringing the aviatrix back to US (Le Havre a New York 17.6. 32 cancel, Rome I VII 32 receiver). After her record-breaking Transatlantic flight in May 1932, the aviatrix had spent three weeks in Europe, before departing for US on June 15. On her visit to Italy, she was greeted by Italo Balbo in Milano on June 8, then flown as the guest of honor in the Italian military plane to Rome for an official reception and a small number of covers were prepared to commemorate the occasion, the addressee, Commodore Giuseppe Colianchi, was one of the pioneers of Italian aeronautics, stamps close to the edge of the cover, otherwise v.f. and rare | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #884 ITALY Flight Covers 1932 (2 May) first flight from Rome to Konigsberg, Germany, v.f., with Munich and Berlin transits, Konigsberg (4.5.) arrival on back | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #885 ITALY Flight Covers 1932 (2 May) first flight from Rome to Tilsit, Germany, v.f., with Munich and Berlin transits, Tilsit arrival on back | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #886 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 (18 Oct) flown cover from Merano, via Athens to South Africa, with transit and Cape Town arrival pmks, roughly opened on back, otherwise fine cover to uncommon destination | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #887 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 Balbo Issue, 5,25-19,75L and 5,25-44,75L "I-QUES" and "I-MIGL" triptychs, set of two, with additional franking on back, used on registered and flown cover from Napoli to New York, numerous transit and arrival markings, appropriate Balbo handstamp, v.f., rare set on one cover, with 1982 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.51-52, €19,500) Catalog #C48-49 Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #888 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 Balbo Issue, 5,25-19,75L and 5,25-44,75L "I-TEUC" and "I-BORG" triptychs, set of two, with additional franking on back, used on registered and flown cover from Napoli to New York, numerous transit and arrival markings, appropriate Balbo handstamp, v.f., rare set on one cover, with 1982 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.51-52, €19,500) Catalog #C48-49 Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #889 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 Roma-Buenos Aires flight cover, with complete set of four, plus additional franking, appropriate cachet and arrival pmks, signed Bolaffi, with his 1966 certificate (Sass. €2,000) Catalog #C52-55 Catalog Value $1,600 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #890 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 Roma-Mogadiscio flight cover addressed to Tobruk, with 2L franking and additional stamps, v.f., with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, Catalog #C74 Catalog Value $240 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #891 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 Roma-Mogadiscio flight cover addressed to Mogadiscio, with 4L franking and additional stamp, v.f., with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, Catalog #C75 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #892 ITALY Flight Covers 1937 (13 Oct) flown cover from Rome to Montevideo, attractively franked with "Ministerio Popolare Della Culture" cachet and arrival pmk on back, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #893 ITALY Flight Covers 1939 registered and flown cover from Genova to Sao Paolo, Brazil, franked with a combination of regular issues and 2L Air Post, German forwarding cachet, with arrival pmk, fine cover | Unsold |
