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 #1452
TURKEY
1874 1pi yellow, n.h., well centered, fine, signed Engler, with his certificate for a pair from which this originated (catalogued as hinged)
**
Catalog #40
Catalog Value $210
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1453
TURKEY
1876 10pa red lilac, 20pa pale green, 1pi yellow, also unissued 5pi gray blue and 25pi salmon, unused, large part original gum, fine-v.f., last one with Chiavarello certificate,
*
Catalog #42-47
Catalog Value $3,406
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1454
TURKEY
1913 General Post Office, two different unexploded 12pi booklets, each with special government inscriptions stamped on the covers by the postmaster, fine-v.f., interesting and undoubtedly rare
Booklet
Catalog #239-240
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1455
TURKEY
1914 Pictorials, complete set of 17, n.h. (except 50pi carmine, No.268 l.h., cat. $8), fine-v.f., 200pi signed Raybaudi, with his 1996 certificate (catalogued as hinged)
**
Catalog #254-70
Catalog Value $785
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1456
TURKEY
1919 Armistice Issue, 2 1/2pi orange & olive green, top sheet margin block of 10, n.h., except paper remnant at upper right, v.f. (Mi.640, €1,800 for hinged)
Box **
Catalog #552
Unsold
Lot #1457
TURKEY
1920 (11 Oct) cover (opened for display), registered from Paris to Geyve, Turkey, refused and returned, with a myriad of transit pmks on back, including Galata, Istanbul, Biledjik, Geive, Ada-Pazar, Mersule, arriving back in Paris on 7 March, 1921. A fine cover of historical interest (with description and routes indicated alongside), rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1458
TURKEY
1921 (1 Nov) cover from Eski-Chehir (Eskisehir) to Istanbul, franked with diagonal half of 5 piaster violet, tied by blue departure pmk, with Izmir censor and Ineboli arrival, endorsed "return to sender," fine and scarce usage from Anatolia, ex-Bloch, Passer collections
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1459
TURKEY
1923 Issue of the Republic, Crescent & Star 10pa-500pi complete set of 19, also an additional shade of 5pi purple, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #605-23, 613a
Catalog Value $4,300
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1460
TURKEY
1924 Treaty of Lausanne, complete set of eight, n.h., fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #627-32
Catalog Value $850
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1461
TURKEY
1926 Kemal Pasha, complete set of 14, n.h. (except 25g l.h.), fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #634-47
Catalog Value $1,300
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1462
TURKEY
1927-29 surcharges, complete sets, n.h. (except 25, No.656 l.h.), fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #648-75
Catalog Value $1,600
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1463
TURKEY
1929-30 Kemal Pasha sets, n.h., fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #676-704
Catalog Value $1,100
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1464
TURKEY
1930 Ankara-Sivas Railroad, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #705-26
Catalog Value $1,200
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1465
TURKEY
1931-42 Ataturk definitives, complete set (missing only 10k deep blue, No. 748A issued in 1940), n.h., fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #737-57
Catalog Value $1,200
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1466
TURKEY
1934 Izmir Fair, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #765-73
Catalog Value $675
Price Realized
$190.00

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