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 #199
United States - Postal Stationery Postal Cards
1902 1c black on buff, full-face McKinley postal card (USPCC S21), uncanceled, with printed address for Messrs. Booth, Dailey & Ivins in New York City, back of card with printed "garbage" form for dumping information to be filled out by the tug boat captain, bright shade with sharp edges, very faint corner wrinkle, v.f. and scarce full-face McKinley "garbage" card. Only one box of 500 was inadvertently released from Washington and all were preprinted shortly after receipt. It is generally believed that there are about 150 surviving uncanceled cards,
Envelope
Catalog #UX17
Catalog Value $2,500
Unsold

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