Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
July 12-14, 2022
Welcome to our July 12-14, 2022 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, which will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE and StampAuctionNetwork (SAN). This 1,713-lot sale features United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, 1869 Inverted Centers, Special Printings, graded items, Plate Blocks and back of the book material. Foreign countries include Austria, China, Egypt, France and Colonies, Germany with a selection of WWII Occupation Issues, as well as WWI covers from POW Camps, including Japan. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature high values from Australia, BNA and British Africa. There are rarities from Iran, including postal history, Italy and Italian Colonies, Nepal, Netherlands and Colonies, Panama, Russia and other collecting areas. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections to multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #713 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1851 5c slate violet, vertically laid paper, used, margins all around, v.f., O Catalog #2 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #714 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1851 12p black, used, margins all around, excellent color, v.f., with 1954 BPA and 2004 Vincent Greene certificates. It has been well documented that a single order of 51,000 stamps was placed in May 1851 with the printers Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson. The stamps were delivered to the postal authorities the same month and issued to the public on June 14, with 1,510 stamps being distributed among 14 post offices. Only 1,450 examples were sold over a span of nearly 6 years. Those unsold, were sent back and destroyed together with the unissued remainder (a total of 49,490 stamps). It had been clear from the beginning that demand would be very limited, since the only uses for the stamp were to pay the quadruple domestic rate, the double United States rate, and the single letter rate for the bimonthly mails from Montreal via Boston to Newfoundland, Bermuda or the British West Indies. An excellent opportunity to acquire a sound example of this important classic imperforate rarity of the world. This copy last sold in our November 2014 auction for $54,625 including buyer's premium (SG 4, £100,000) O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $135,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #715 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1882 1/2c black, top margin gutter block of eight, n.h., strong offset on reverse, horizontal gum skip, fine-v.f. and scarce, with 2019 Gratton certificate (Unitrade 34iii, $2,000+ CAD)  **Catalog #34 | Unsold |
 | Lot #716 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1882 Small Queen, 1/2c black, used on 1894 religious circular "Le Semaine Religieuse de Quebec" with label addressed to France, filing fold away from the stamp, also 1/2c on 1897 "The All Around Stamp Advertiser", with interesting advertising from U.S., Canadian and Overseas dealers, folded with some flaws, otherwise two fine and interesting items O Catalog #34 | Unsold |
 | Lot #717 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1882 1/2c black, two singles on J&R McLea., Montreal advertising postcard, the front advertising for Oysters and the reverse advertising for Guiness Beer, Bass Ale, Cognac, etc., v.f.  Catalog #34 | Unsold |
 | Lot #718 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1882 1/2c black, six singles on 1895 Canada's Great Industrial Fair, Toronto, cover addressed to British Columbia, v.f. Catalog #34 | Unsold |
 | Lot #719 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1882 1/2c black, horizontal pair, used with 1/2c Maple Leaf horizontal pair on 1898 "Norfolk House, New Glasgow, N.S." corner card to Quebec, tied by New Glasgow cancels, with arrival on reverse, fine and attractive mixed franking Catalog #34,66 | Unsold |
 | Lot #720 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1882 registered cover sent from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (Jun 6, 1899) to Perth, Ontario, franked with four different horizontal pairs, including 1/2s Small Queen, 1/2c Maple Leaf and 1/2c and 2c Numerals, numerous transit postmarks on reverse, usual wear at upper left away from the stamps, a fine and attractively franked cover Catalog #34,66,74,76 | Unsold |
 | Lot #721 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1882 1/2c Small Queen, two singles (overlapped), used on combination with block of 4x2c KEVII on registered, sent in 1905 from the Marks Stamp Company in Toronto to Salinas, California, with Chicago transit and Salinas arrival on reverse, fine mixed franking Catalog #34,90 | Unsold |
 | Lot #722 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1897 $3 yellow bister, minor h.r., well centered and very fresh, nice stamp, * Catalog #63 Catalog Value $1,300 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #723 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1897 $3 yellow bister, unused (regummed), well centered, v.f. (*) Catalog #63 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #724 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1898 Imperial Penny Postage, 2c black, lavender and carmine, corner margin imprint pane of 40, n.h. and post office fresh, mostly well centered, some minor separations, v.f. (catalogue value for singles) **Catalog #85 Catalog Value $4,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #725 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1912-30 George V, 1c green, two unexploded booklets, one rate change overprinted on covers, fine-v.f. (Unitrade BK3c,e, $500 CAD)  Catalog #104a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #726 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1912-30 George V, 1c green, two unexploded booklets, one rate change overprinted on covers, fine-v.f. (Unitrade BK3c,e, $500 CAD) Catalog #104a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #727 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1912-30 George V, 2 carmine, eight unexploded booklets, including three each with or without rate change overprinted on covers, plus one each (French), unoverprinted booklet staple removed, otherwise complete, couple with pencil or ink notations on covers, otherwise fine-v.f. (Unitrade BK5c,d,e, $2,075 CAD) Catalog #106a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #728 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1912-30 George V, 3c carmine, unexploded booklet, red covers, slogans inside in small capitals, fresh and v.f. (Unitrade BK8c, $550 CAD) Catalog #109a | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #729 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1928-29 2c green, two unexploded booklets, English and French covers, stapled at left, the latter with minor staple rust, fine-v.f. (Unitrade BK12,$625 CAD) Catalog #150a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #730 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1928-29 Scroll Issue, George V, 1c green, 2c deep red, with Plate Number, unexploded booklets, fine-v.f. (Unitrade B14a,16b, $600 CAD) Catalog #163c,165b | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #731 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA 1928-29 Scroll Issue, George V, 2c dark brown, two unexploded booklets, one with French inscriptions, each pane "E No.4" on tab, penciled "166c" on cover, fine-v.f. (Unitrade B7a,b, $1,800 CAD) Catalog #166c | Price Realized $800.00 |
