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 #730 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1853 1p brick red, bluish paper, used, large margins all around, v.f., O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $400 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #731 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1853 Perkins Bacon Co. 1p brick red on slightly blued paper, square pair, canceled with exceptionally clear triangular "C G H" between bars, large margins all around, fresh and v.f., with 1979 Nussbaum certificate, O Catalog #SG 3 Catalog Value £700 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #732 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1853 4p deep blue, square pair, used, margins all around, v.f., O Catalog #SG 4 Catalog Value £340 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #733 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1855 1sh deep dark green, light red cancel, margins all around, fresh and v.f., signed Diena, also Brun, with his 2006 certificate, O Catalog #SG 8b Catalog Value £550 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #734 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1861 Local Provisionals (so-called "wood-blocks") 1d vermilion, light cancel, large margins all around, fresh and v.f., splendid example of this notoriously difficult issue, with 1962 and 1991 Diena certificates, O Catalog #SG 13 Catalog Value £3,000 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #735 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1861 4d milky blue, duplex cancel, large margins all around, excellent color, vertical creases at right, still a v.f. example of this difficult issue, without the usual repairs, with clear 1989 Sorani certificate, O Catalog #SG 14 Catalog Value £2,250 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #736 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1863 4p deep blue, white paper, square pair, l.h. or h.r.,, margins all around, fresh and v.f., pencil signed, * Catalog #SG 19 Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #737 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1863 6p bright mauve, square pair, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh and intense color, v.f., * Catalog #SG 20 Catalog Value £850 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #738 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1863 De La Rue printing, bright mauve, neat cancel, margins all around, bright color, fresh and v.f. stamp, O Catalog #SG 20 Catalog Value £550 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #739 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - Cape of Good Hope 1863 1sh emerald green, square sheet margin pair, l.h., bright color and very fresh, signed Diena, * Catalog #SG 21 Catalog Value £1,300 | Price Realized $700.00 |
