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 #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 |
