Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
August 9-10, 2022
Cherrystone is pleased to present our Summer auction taking place on August 9-10, 2022, featuring Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. This sale contains 1,283 lots, with notable United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, numerous European countries, with Austria, Belgium, France & Colonies, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Colonies, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Switzerland. From Asia there are selections of China, Laos and Vietnam. South American countries are also well represented, with a good showing of Inverted Centers from all parts of the globe. There and numerous flight covers and large lots and collections. Please note there are no printed catalogues for this auction.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #8222 FRANCE 1850 1fr red brown, black cancel, margins all around, fresh and fine, signed Brun, etc., with Pascal Scheller certificate (YT 6A) O Catalog #9e Catalog Value €3,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #8223 FRANCE 1853-60 1f lake, neat Paris star cancel, margins all around, beautiful color, v.f. and sound stamp, signed Richter, with 2007 Scheller certificate (YT 18, cat. €3,400) O Catalog #21 Catalog Value $2,475 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #8224 FRANCE 1853-60 1f lake, star cancel, margins all around, brilliant color, fresh and v.f. stamp, absolutely sound, with 2008 Brun certificate, O Catalog #21 Catalog Value $2,475 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #8225 FRANCE 1870 (2 July) FL from Paris to Moscow, franked with 80c Laureated, Paris departure cds, also violet "Aus Frankreich P.Saarbrucken Franco" and boxed "W.F. 2. Sgr" (due Prussia), Moscow arrival pmks in red and black, fine  | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #8226 FRANCE 1870-71 80c rose, block of four, margins all around, beautiful color, h.r. at top, slightly disturbed gum at bottom, fresh and v.f., signed Brun (YT 49)  *Catalog #48 Catalog Value €3,500 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #8227 FRANCE 1871 Commune de Paris, three collateral items incl. green pass dated 19 May 1871; red pass headed "Commission des Barricades", with Ministry of Public Works hs, signed by "Le President de la Commission" (Henri Rochefort); plus invalidated "Governement de la Defense Nationale" dated 15 Dec. 1870 and signed | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #8228 FRANCE 1871 (7 Sep) FL from St. Etienne to Lyon, franked with imperf. 4c and perf. 1c Napoleon and 20c Ceres, all tied by "3581" numerals in lozenge, fine combination franking showing three different issues, signed Calves, with arrival pmk Catalog #29,31c,44 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #8229 FRANCE 1876-78 20c red brown, type I, block of four, l.h., faint gum toning, lower left stamp creased with heavy natural inclusion, otherwise fine (YT 67, €4,000) *Catalog #70 Catalog Value $2,300 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #8230 FRANCE 1877-78 25c black, red paper, type II, block of four, heavy h.r., creases, top left stamp thin, otherwise fine and rare block (YT 91) *Catalog #93 Catalog Value €7,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #8231 FRANCE 1923 1fr Bordeaux Congress, right sheet margin block of four, well centered, top left stamp l.h., other three n.h., miniscule traces of adhesions, fresh and v.f. block, signed Brun and Roger Calves, */**Catalog #197 Catalog Value $2,900 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #8232 FRANCE 1923 1.50fr blue, also 50c Sower, Marseille Postal Forgeries to defraud the Post Office, the so-called "Faux de Marseilles", gutter sheets of 100, n.h., fine-v.f., with 2018 Calves certificates, **Catalog #YT 181a, 199n Catalog Value €10,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #8233 FRANCE 1925 Paris souvenir sheet of four, with marginal 3.5.25 exhibition postmark, n.h. and post office fresh, marginal thins, otherwise v.f., **Catalog #226 Catalog Value $3,750 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #8234 FRANCE 1992 Contemporary Art, Paintings, set of four imperforate sheets of 30, n.h., v.f. (YT 2779-82) **Catalog #2314-17var Catalog Value €6,900 | Unsold |
