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 #1112 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1860-1940 Bechuanaland-Zululand, collection on pages, British Bechuanaland, Victoria to 5sh, Gambia, imperf. and perf., KEVII and George V, many complete sets, Morocco Agencies and Levant mostly complete, German East Africa, Gold Coast, Tanganyika, with Giraffe set and George V, East Africa, Rhodesia, Nigeria, Natal, Transvaal, British Somaliland, Sierra Leone, also Mauritius, Seychelles, St. Helena, Zanzibar, etc., occasional minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f., huge catalogue value *O | Price Realized $18,500.00 |
 | Lot #1113 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1860-1960s selection/accumulation on stock cards, singles and cards, with small group of used Great Britain line-engraved singles, also some higher values; British Commonwealth Aden-Tristan da Cunha, with Australian States, used Tasmania, various definitive sets George VI-Queen Elizabeth II, l.h. or n.h., British Antarctic, Gibraltar, Malaysian States, New Zealand, North Borneo, Papua, Singapore, Southern Rhodesia, Falkland Islands and much more, mixed condition among the classics, balance fine-v.f., high catalogue value *O | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #1114 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1862-1935 Antigua-Virgin Islands, collection on pages, mostly unused, with good showing of 19th Century imperf. And perf. Singles, many complete sets, Antigua, with Queen Victoria, KEVII and George V, sets to £1, Seal of the Colony, Tercentenary; Ascension, Bahamas, Bangkok, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, with George V to £1, excellent representation of Chalon Heads, used and unused, Dominica, Falkland Islands, including bisects, George V to £1, Fiji with KEVII and George V sets to £1, Grenada, British Guiana, British Honduras, India, Jamaica, Leeward Islands with Queen Victoria to 5sh, Jubilee overprints, George V to £1, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, also Heligoland (not counted), some usual condition problems among the early items, still generally fine or better, high catalogue value *O | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #1115 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1948-70s Queen Elizabeth II regular issues, also Silver Wedding (missing 11 countries, but most of the better sets included), n.h., except for couple of minor items l.h. or with some stains, generally fine-v.f., SG £7,450 ** | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1116 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1950s-70s selection of QEII definitives in small stock book, with Ascension, British Antarctic Territories, Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Malaysian States, Hong Kong, etc., mostly n.h., fine-v.f. */** | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1117 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1960s selection of errors and varieties, including Ceylon surcharge errors, Grenada "Children Need Milk" double overprint, pair, Selangor 1963 Orchid 20c, yellow omitted, Sierra Leone 1963 errors of overprint to £1, including blocks of four, misplaced colors, etc. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1118 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1960s-80s small box with 200+ unexploded booklets, Great Britain and British Colonies, good variety of issues, also some older booklet panes, mostly fine-v.f.  | Unsold |
