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 #20 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 2c brown, l.h., natural straight edge at right, well centered, fine, with 2021 PFC, * Catalog #113 Catalog Value $500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #21 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 3c ultramarine, n.h., nicely centered, fresh color, v.f., with 2004 PFC for a block of four from which this originated (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #114 Catalog Value $225 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #22 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 3c ultramarine, fancy blue Crossed Circle cancel, well centered, v.f., with 2004 PFC O Catalog #114 | Unsold |
 | Lot #23 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 12c green, unused part original gum, large margins all around, fresh and v.f. stamp, * Catalog #117 Catalog Value $1,850 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #24 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 12c green, unused without gum, well centered, light horizontal crease at top, otherwise v.f., with 2018 PSE certificate, (*) Catalog #117 Catalog Value $725 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #25 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 15c brown and blue, type I, unused without gum, well centered, v.f., with 2002 PFC (catalogued as unused without gum) (*) Catalog #118 Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #26 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 15c brown and blue, type II, lightly canceled, well centered with wide margins, fresh color, with 1998 PFC and 2009 PSE certificate, the latter graded "XF 90" (SMQ $725) O Catalog #119 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #27 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 15c brown & blue, Type II, center inverted, lightly canceled, tiny thin at bottom right, small horizontal crease at bottom left, with two PFCs no longer accompanying, ex 2010 Siegel Rarities of the World, Sale 989 ($10,500 hammer) (PFC No. 125146 - "small horizontal crease top left and thin bottom right"; PFC No.488607 - "tiny corner thin bottom right, small horizontal crease top left") (Siegel Census records three unused and 102 used copies, of which approximately only 15 are sound, including copies with tiny corner creases. A large number of others, more than half, have serious faults or repairs. The appearance of 15c 1869 Invert is usually unsatisfactory, due to cancelations that obscure the vignette). This stamp is visually quite presentable, with only minor faults; a fine appearing 15 Pictorial invert, O Catalog #119b Catalog Value $37,500 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #28 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 24c green and violet, used, well centered with wide margins, v.f., with 1985 PFC, O Catalog #120 Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #29 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 24c green & violet, center inverted, perforations shifted with part of bottom "24" at top, faint cancel with inverted vignette fully visible, lightly creased, tiny closed tear at bottom, PFC No. 33744 no longer accompanies (last sold in 1972 Harmer Rooke sale. Siegel Census 120b-CAN-52, census records 83 used singles, one used pair, one on cover and the unique block of four, for a total of 94 copies of the 24c Invert. Of these, at least 65 are more or less faulty) O Catalog #120b Catalog Value $37,500 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #30 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 30c ultramarine and carmine, used, well centered amid wide margins all around, v.f., with 2001 PFC, O Catalog #121 Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #31 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 90c carmine and black, cork cancel, large margins all around, nice colors, fine and sound stamp, with 2003 PSE certificate, O Catalog #122 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
