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 #1286 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, tied by "22" in circle of dots on envelope to Moscow, with unframed straight line "Kishinev" pre-philatelic departure handstamp and boxed "Polucheno 11 September 1858" arrival datestamp on back, wax seal removed, with filing fold away from the stamp, which is slightly rubbed at top, cover has been cleaned with remaining stain at upper right, fine and rare number three on cover from Kishinev to Moscow, ex-Frederick Small collection,  Catalog #3 Catalog Value $13,500 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, unused with original gum, small h.r., well centered and fresh, showing full embossing of center, faint diagonal crease at upper left, still a v.f. and beautiful stamp, signed Dr.Ferchenbauer, with his 1988 and 2022 Buchsbayew certificates, * Catalog #4 Catalog Value $18,500 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, cancelled "39" in circle of dots (Ryazan), well centered, color slightly washed out, still v.f., signed Friedl, Dr.Ferchenbauer, etc., with 2015 Buchsbayew certificate, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1858-64 1k black & yellow, 5k black & blue, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #5,11 Catalog Value $175 | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1858 5k black & lilac, unused with full original gum, small h.r., fresh and fine stamp, * Catalog #7 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, canceled by "1" in circle of dots on outer FL from St. Petersburg to Helsingborg, showing framed 15 July 1859 departure datestamp in red, "ANK" 29/7 arrival on back, fine, Catalog #9 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1860 (20 Sep) outer FL to Odessa, franked with horizontal pair of 10k brown & blue, perf. 12 1/2, tied by perfectly struck "1" in circles of dots cancels, with red St. Petersburg departure datestamp at bottom left, filing fold away from the stamps, fresh and v.f. Catalog #8 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1863 (27 Feb) outer FL to Warszawa, franked with 10kr brown & blue and 20k blue & orange, both perf. 12 1/2 (Scott 8,9), tied by "1" in circles of dots, with corresponding St. Petersburg departure datestamp alongside, also oval "Banque De L'Etat St. Petersburg" (State Bank) in blue, red arrival pmk (Warszawa 15/3) on reverse, fine combination cover (catalogue value for 20k on cover) Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1863 5k black & blue, canceled by oval "S.P.B." in red dots on small piece, v.f. O Catalog #11 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1865 FL from Odessa to Vienna, franked with a horizontal pair of 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by diamond Odessa departure datestamp, with "Franco" alongside, backstamped Wien 26.XII. on arrival, filing fold away from the stamps, fine cover Catalog #15 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1866-70 1k-30k (horizontally laid paper), complete sets of six and five, all n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #19-25,26-30 Catalog Value $1,377 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1866-70 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate single with inverted and shifted background, large margins all around, canceled Moscow, Nov. 1872, a striking double error (both imperf. and with inverted background), only a few known to exist, impression slightly washed out as always, fine example of this rarity, signed Kohler and Romeko, with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #19g Catalog Value $17,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1866-70 5k black & gray, also 10k brown & blue, vertically laid paper, both l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #22a,23a Catalog Value $765 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1869 (6 June) complete FL from St. Petersburg to Helsinki, franked with 10k brown & blue, tied on arrival by franked "ANK 10/6", additional "ANK 20/6" alongside, also Helsingfors 20/6 pmk, v.f. FL to Helsinki Catalog #23 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1866 3k green & black, "V" in background error, unused, part original gum, h.r., fine, * Catalog #20d Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1866 10k brown & blue, center inverted, tied on small piece by Poretschie, Goub. Grodno, 16 Jan 1875 cds, excellent color with clear center, fine, with 2003 Mikulski certificate. There are ten recorded examples of this inverted center, two canceled in Poretschie (others in Kibarty and Kursk), most of the known copies are defective. A splendid showpiece and a great rarity, O Catalog #23b Catalog Value $50,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1872 (16 Dec) outer FL to Genova, franked with 20k blue & orange (vertically laid paper), tied by Mariupol departure cds, with "Frankirovano" handstamp at top, various transit and arrival pmks on back, v.f., Catalog #24a Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1874 (6 June) cover franked with 5k and 30k carmine & green, tied by two-line "Dorobino" departure datestamp, which is repeated and struck twice on reverse, addressed to Tula, with 9 June arrival pmk on reverse, fine and attractive cover Catalog #22,25 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1889 20k blue & carmine, groundwork inverted, canceled 1.VIII.96, well centered, v.f. and striking error, with Mikulski certificate. A rarity, only a few known to exist (listed but unpriced) O Catalog #43a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1902-05 2k green, variety Groundwork Omitted, used in combination with 1k and 7k Arms on back of a registered cover sent locally in Riga 7.5.07, with oval Railroad cancels, corresponding Registry label on front, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and extremely rare Groundwork Omitted on cover, with 2021 Buchsbayew certificate Catalog #56b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 2r Winter Palace, imperforate right sheet margin block of four, n.h., post office fresh, v.f.,  **Catalog #102a Catalog Value $4,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperforate, center double, complete sheet of 50, n.h., fine-v.f. and spectacular item, **Catalog #131c Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1918 Severing Chains of Bondage, 15k orange, perforated and gummed sheetlet with vertical lozenges, side ornaments unfinished, fresh, v.f., rare essay E | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1918 "1 March 1917" unissued design 10k+5k blue, imperforate die proof on wove paper, v.f., extremely rare P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1921 definitives, 250r dull violet, pelure paper, triple impression, h.r., v.f., rare * Catalog #186c,var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1922 (May), pre-printed ARA card, filed in Odessa and mailed from the processing center in Moscow to USA, franked with 4x25k Postal Savings Stamps and surcharged 5,000r on 2r surcharge, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1922 1,000r carmine, imperforate horizontal strip of five, overprinted in black Cyrillic letters "Obrazets," n.h., v.f. S | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1922 7,500r on 250r, blue surcharge inverted, block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., v.f. */**Catalog #201var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1923-37 selection of perforation varieties, including definitives perf.12, 1925 Revolution (of 1905) perf. 13 1/2, Lomonosov, 1927 28k perf. 10, 30k Architecture perf. 11, all n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #246a/602a Catalog Value $1,084 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1924-25 Definitives (typographed), 20k light green, imperforate single, n.h., natural inclusion, otherwise fine and scarce stamp, with Raritan guarantee (Zverev $6,500) ** | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1925 definitives (watermarked), perf.. 14 1/2 x 14 3/4, 8k and 1r, both n.h., v.f., scarce, ** Catalog #311a,321a Catalog Value $1,215 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1926 8k brown olive, variety "small head", l.h. (if at all), minute natural inclusions as always, v.f. (Zverev 121, $3,750) (Zagorsky 119Ta) * Catalog #311var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate block of four, margins all around, n.h., fresh and v.f. A rarity, one of only three recorded imperf. Blocks (Zverev $32,5000) **Catalog #316var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1926 Lenin, 2r black violet, perf. 12 1/2, n.h., unusually well centered, fresh and v.f. A rare stamp, especially in this condition ** Catalog #343a | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1929 Pioneers, 10k and 14k, each perf. 12 1/2x12x10 1/2x12, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #411b,412a Catalog Value $565 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1935 Moscow Subway, set of four, n.h., usual perforations, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #551-54 Catalog Value $825 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1941 Be a Hero, 30k line perf. 12 1/2, right sheet margin copy, n.h. v.f. (Zverev $2,500) ** Catalog #856var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1943 Teheran Conference, 3r red color (flags) double, block of four, canceled to order as always, v.f., rare, if not the only known block of four of this error (only one sheet printed) (Zverev $3,500) Catalog #908var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1946 25th Anniversary of the Soviet Postage Stamps, 15k souvenir sheet of four, red color double (!), l.h. at top margin, insignificant natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and extremely rare (Zverev $15,000) *Catalog #1080var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1958 Airliner and Globe, 40k without inscriptions (black and red omitted), upper left sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f. Only a single sheet of 100 was discovered in the Orenburg Post Office (Zverev $3,500) ** Catalog #2148var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1965 Space (Cosmonaut's Day), 20k sheet of 24, completely imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., rare (Zagorsky 3099pb, 280,000rub $4,450) **Catalog #3023var | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1965 20th Anniversary of the International Women's Federation, 6k unissued variety in smaller size and slightly different color, inscribed "all-world" instead of "International" (in the larger, issued size, copy enclosed for comparison), n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #3093var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1966 800th Anniversary of Shota Rustaveli (Art), imperforate proofs of stamps (3) and souvenir sheet, v.f. P Catalog #3235-38P | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1969 Russian Fairy Tales, two se-tenant strips of five, one imperf. between 1st and 2nd stamps, the other imperf. between 4th and 5th stamps, n.h., both folded between stamps, fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 3738-42) ** Catalog #3666a,var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1984 Space, 15k two different lower right sheet corner margin blocks of four, one with black inscriptions doubled at left, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5270var | Unsold |
