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 #1140
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1866-1926 balance of a specialized collection, with first issue 5pa-1pi, five different unused, also perf. and imperf. proof singles of 2pi yellow and 1pi rose lilac, Sphinx & Pyramid 1874-75 issue, mostly unused, 1879-1906 23 mostly different unused, some varieties, Postage Dues and Officials, various commemorative sets, varieties, Postage Dues and Officials, generally fine or better
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Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1141
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1866-1961 collection of many hundreds on Scott album pages, early issues mostly used with many additional examples of the First, Second and Third Issues, better Commemoratives including 1934 UPU 1m-£1, 1938 Birthday £1, Air Post, Officials, etc., later issues unused, mixed condition, mostly fine or better, high catalogue value
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Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1142
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1866-75 accumulation of 160+ unused and used forgeries of the 1866-75 issues, also more than 30 bar-overprinted definitives and Air Post, with forged King of Egypt and Sudan overprints, double (6-bar) overprints, forged bars added to genuine bar overprints, and forged bar and King of Egypt and Sudan overprints, mixed condition, good reference material
Unsold
Lot #1143
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1882-1957 watermark varieties, selection of 200+ used and unused definitives, commemoratives, and Air Post, showing inverted or reversed watermarks, including 1923-24 15m unused block of nine, 1937-46 15m corner block of 72, and 1945 Farouk's 25th Birthday and pair of 1946 17m+17m First Postage Stamp Anniversary commemoratives, fine-v.f., scarce lot
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Unsold
Lot #1144
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1921-22 Harrison Pictorials, 2m vermilion, 4m green, 5m pink, and 15m indigo, top sheet margin strips of 10, Control no. strips of 20 (2m with two different control numbers) and interpanneau blocks of 30 (3x10) with control numbers (2m with two different control numbers), all n.h. (some toning noted), also 24 cards and covers franked with 1m to 20m Harrison Pictorials, showing a variety of attractive frankings, fine-v.f.
Box Envelope *
Catalog #61/72
Unsold
Lot #1145
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1925-50 selection of mostly complete sets, few blocks of four and souvenir sheets, better items include UPU set to £1,1929 Prince Farouk centers in black, commemoratives, etc., few used, mostly l.h., fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1146
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1936-46 selection of more than 75 definitives, commemoratives, Air Post, Officials and Postage Dues with oblique perforations from the Palace Collection, including 1940 Princess Ferial and 1945 Farouk's 25th Birthday commemoratives; 1936-7 Third Fuad 1m-20m set (missing 15m), 1937-46 Young King Farouk 1m-£1 set (missing 20m gray) and 1952 4m King of Egypt and Sudan overprint; plus a few duplicates, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1147
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1947-65 selection of ten 1947-53 and three 1964-65 UAR booklets presented to delegates at UPU Conferences or other dignitaries, containing n.h. sets and souvenir sheets, with 1948, 1952 and 1953 booklets with complete sets of Palestine-overprinted "King of Egypt and Sudan", also Republic definitives, Air Post and Postage Dues, plus a few commemorative sets and singles. Most booklets with business cards from Egyptian Post Office officials, v.f. and unusual group
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Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1148
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1950s range of 32 definitives, Commemoratives, Air Post, Officials, Postage Dues and Army Post stamps from the "Palace Collection", many on Bileski cards with "Koubbeh Palace" cartouche handstamps on reverse, also 100+ additional loose stamps with same handstamp, including 8m Postage Due with overprint inverted and 10 singles with color trials of the "King of Egypt and Sudan" overprint, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1149
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS EGYPT
1958-96 selection of U.A.R. issues, including 1959-60 60m imperforate block of four and imperforate 35m pair and single; 1980 multicolored, perforated and gummed essays of President Mubarak and European flowers in full sheets of 50 on gummed paper; unadopted, enlarged hand-painted Essay in green for the 1962 Theodor Bilharz commemorative by an artist of the Postal Printing House in Cairo; 1996 sheet of 50 of Academy of Scientific Research commemoratives, with blue color misplaced creating double image; plus a range of singles, blocks, control no. blocks and souvenir sheets from 1958-1970, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **P
Unsold

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