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 #172 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1929 (29 Sep) United States 5c Beacon, used on cover, endorsed "this cover was carried to Seattle, Wash. on Russian Airplane "Land of the Soviets", through the courtesy of Commander Shestakoff", signed Chass A. Sheldon, Postmaster, Seward, Alaska, addressed to Seattle, with Oct.14 arrival pmk on back, fine. Only 10 covers were carried on the "Land of the Soviets" from Seward  Catalog #AAMC 1095b | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #173 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1931 (5 Oct) 1931, 5c stationery entire envelope flown from Seattle to Divernon, Ill., with "Pangborn & Herndon First Trans-Pacific Hop. 7 AM. Wenatchee" handstamp, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #174 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1932 Mattern & Griffin Round the World Flight, cover franked with U.S., German and Russian adhesives, bearing appropriate postmarks and autographed by both fliers, light adhesive toning, otherwise v.f., with 1987 PFC. The U.S. pilot Jimmy Mattern, with Lt. Griffin attempted to beat the "round-the-world" record, held at the time by Post and Gatty. After flying from New York via Harbour Grace, they landed in Berlin and later reached Moscow. Their plane crashed up on the way to Siberia. Only a handful of covers carried on this flight Catalog #AAMC TO1167 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #175 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1937 (14 July) World Record Non-stop Transatlantic flight, Moscow-San Jacinto, by Soviet aviators Gromov, Danilin and Yumashev on their long-distance record flight via the North Pole. The airplane was a single-engine ANT-25-1 which flew 6262 miles in 62 hours and 17 minutes, fine cover with photo cachet and San Jacinto pmks | Price Realized $350.00 |
