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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1216
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1875-1961 collection of many hundreds, neatly arranged on stock book pages, mostly unused singles and sets, with early regular issues, 1896 Chinese-Japanese victory set of four, Symbols od Korea & Japan, 1915 50th Anniversary of Japanese Postage stamps, Empress Jingo set of two and Regular issues unused (179-87,188-189), rest of the issues (UPU, etc.), including Air Post C1-2 (n.h.) and C3-7 (n.h.), Parks Issues, Kwantung (227-29),special booklet with 1925-27 issues, including regular issues, also Empress Jingo 5y and 10y stuck down), 1937-39 regular issues, including 5y and 10y Empress Jingo (254-54, n.h.), National Parks sets and souvenir sheets, later issues, Famous Men, Regular Issues, Air Post (C9-13,14-24,25-38 all n.h.), plus many others, clean and fine-v.f. collection, high catalogue value
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Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1217
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1939-64 souvenir sheets, collection mostly complete, including National Parks (with folders), Regular Issues, Lottery, Beauty and Flying Geese sheetlets of five, etc., n.h., fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1218
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1940-78 collection in three White Ace albums, commemoratives and regular issues, souvenir sheets, Famous Men set, issues mostly complete from 1955, generally fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1219
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1950-80s extensive holding of Mihon overprints, many hundreds in two stock books and small box, all arranged by Scott number, including souvenir sheets, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,500.00

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