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 #1029 Far Eastern Republic 1920 (29 Nov) registered cover franked on back with 20k/14k and 10k/3.50r DVR overprints, sent from Vladivostok to New York, with Seattle transit and arrival pmks, unclaimed and returned to sender, v.f.  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1030 Far Eastern Republic 1921 (6 July) registered cover from Vladivostok to Grenada, Nicaragua, franked on back with imperf. 5x2k and single 10k, with New Orleans transit and Grenada arrival pmks on back, some toning, unusual destination | Unsold |
 | Lot #1031 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (1 Feb) registered cover (slightly reduced at top) from Vladivostok to Brno, Czechoslovakia, franked on back with imperf. block of 4x10k dark blue, with rare "Removed from a Mail Box" handstamp in Cyrillic letters, transit markings of Kobe, Japan, San Francisco and New York, cover creases, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1032 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (20 July) registered cover (rounded corner) from Chernichovka to Viborg, Finland, registry endorsement and number in manuscript, franked on back with imperf. block of 8x10k dark blue, paying 80k rate, London transit and bilingual arrival pmk, forwarded to Uusikirkko, arriving there on 8 Sep, 1922 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1033 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (31 Aug) registered cover franked with 50k black brown & red orange, sent from Blagoveshchensk to Zurich, with two extremely rare Charity (famine) labels affixed on reverse, one partly tied by arrival pmk, some adhesive toning, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1034 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (15 June) registered cover franked on back with imperf. single and strip of 5x5k, also 10k blue, sent via San Francisco and New York to Basse Terre, St. Kitts, British West Indies, with transit and arrival pmks on back, signed Mikulski. A fine cover to uncommon destination | Unsold |
 | Lot #1035 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (31 Jan) registered cover from Vladivostok to Madagang, via Rabaul and Singapore, attractively franked, with Seattle and New York transit pmks, Sydney, NSW arrival, fine cover to unusual destination | Unsold |
 | Lot #1036 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (12 Aug) registered cover from Chita to Beirut (Syria), provisional Registry handstamp, franking on back, with Moscow and Naples transit pmks, Beirut arrival, minor faults, rare destination | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1037 Far Eastern Republic 1922 (28 Nov) 5k brown, used on Czech picture postcard sent from Nikolsk Ussuriysk to Vladivostok, with Cyrillic "to collect 5k gold kopecks", additional departure and arrival pmks, fine and rare usage | Unsold |
