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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1343
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 50k gray blue (error), used in combination with additional 80k franking on registered cover from Kharkov (4.12.40) to Germany, redirected on arrival from Soltau to Heligoland, with transit and arrival markings, censored and resealed by German Wehrmacht label on back, fine and extraordinary usage of the celebrated "Ospitka" color error on cover to the Third Reich (six months later Germany invaded the Soviet Union)
Envelope
Catalog #C23a
Price Realized
$2,500.00

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