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 #423
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 South America Flight, 2c United States stationery entire (backflap missing), franked with 2m and 2x4m South America Flight Zeppelin stamps, tied by Friedrichshafen (18.5.30) pmk, red Graf Zeppelin cachet, with Lakehurst (May 31) "Europe-Pan America Round Flight" arrival on back (catalogued as used stamps off cover)
Envelope
Catalog #C38-39
Catalog Value $900
Unsold
Lot #424
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 South America Flight, 2m and 4m, two of each on covers or cards, various cachets, including East-Sea Flight to Helsinki, Nordland flight to Bergen, others to USA, fine-v.f. (Mi.€2,000)
Envelope
Catalog #C38-39
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #425
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 2m and 4m South America Flight adhesives, used on two Roessler cacheted covers from Friedrichshafen to Seville and Pernambuco, fine-v.f. (Mi.€1,000)
Envelope
Catalog #C38-39
Catalog Value $750
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #426
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1931 1m-4m Polar Flight used on two cards and cover from Friedrichshafen to Leningrad or the Icebreaker Malyguin, v.f., with corresponding cachets and arrival pmks (Mi.€1,780)
Envelope
Catalog #C40-42
Catalog Value $1,340
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #427
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1931 4m Polar Flight used on cover addressed to New York, with green 1st South American flight cachet, also red Berlin-Friedrichshafen forwarding cachet, fine and scarce usage of the 4m Polar Flight on Zeppelin flight to South America, with Rio de Janeiro arrival pmk on back (Mi.€1,100)
Envelope
Catalog #C42
Catalog Value $825
Unsold
Lot #428
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1933 Rome Flight card, canceled on board (29.5.33) with the Romulus cachet and Napoli (30.5.33) arrival pmk, v.f., ex-Sieger
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #429
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago Flight 1m, 2m and 4m set of three, tied by Berlin (14.10.33) cds on registered cover to Stettin, with appropriate Chicago Flight and Berlin forwarding cachets, green Friedrichshafen and Stettin arrival pmks, cover with some faults, stamps v.f. (cat. value for used stamps off cover)
Envelope
Catalog #C43-45
Catalog Value $900
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #430
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago Flight, three covers, one franked with 1m in combination with three additional stamps, with corresponding cachet and Rio de Janeiro arrival pmk on back, others to Chicago and New York, v.f. (Mi.€1,700)
Envelope
Catalog #C43-45
Catalog Value $1,285
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #431
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago flight cover franked with 1M Chicago Flight adhesive and additional stamps, Berlin to Rio de Janeiro, with forwarding cachet and arrival pmk, v.f. (Mi.€550)
Envelope
Catalog #C43
Catalog Value $4,256
Unsold

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