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 #9046 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, watermarked "3", excellent colors, neat "Balta 20 Nov. 1865" cancel, v.f., O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #9047 RUSSIA 1868 vertically laid paper, 1k black & yellow, imperforate single, adequate margins, with shifted background as always, used, some creases, fine appearance. This variety exists only used, Catalog #19f Catalog Value $7,250 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #9048 RUSSIA 1866 3k black & green, printing error of background, "V" (for 5k) instead of "3", block of four, unused with full original gum, h.r., with minor perf. strengthening, remarkably fresh and well centered for issue, v.f. One of only three known blocks of four (Mi.19xF) (YT 19A) (Zverev $11,000)  *Catalog #20d | Unsold |
 | Lot #9049 RUSSIA 1877 (12 Mar) registered cover (professionally restored) paying 31k rate with 1k and 30k (horizontally laid paper), tied by double strikes of straight-line pre-adhesive postmark of "Stancya Sumsi. Vyat 12 Mar 1877" (another single strike on back), sent from Sumsi to Vyatka, with arrival cds (16 Mar) alongside, fine usage of Sumsi Postal Station pre-philatelic cancel  | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #9050 RUSSIA 1883 (19 July) 3k stationery card from the "Libraire et magasin de musique de Boleslas Koreywo a Kieff", addressed to Pressburg, Austria, with Hungarian 2k rose lilac added on arrival, cancelled Pozsony July 3, 83, redirected to Mainz, with Ausg. (4 Aug) arrival pmk at bottom, fine redirected card from Russia to Pressburg (Pozsony in Hungarian, present day Bratislava) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #9051 RUSSIA 1884 7k blue, perf. 14 1/2x15, groundwork inverted, unused, well centered, tiny thin, otherwise v.f., rare (7k blue was issued in 1884 and again in 1888; there are differences in perforation and size of the stamp), with Mikulski certificate (*) Catalog #35b | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #9052 RUSSIA 1884 7k blue perf. 14 1/4x14 3/4, groundwork inverted, used, canceled "Michajlowskyj Chutor (prov. Kaluga), 1899", v.f. and rare stamp, with Mikulski certificate O Catalog #35b | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #9053 RUSSIA 1884 14k blue & rose, center inverted, used, thin and other small defects, fine appearance, signed Romeko, O Catalog #36b Catalog Value $6,250 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #9054 RUSSIA 1884 7r gold, black and imperial pink, perforated essay (square format) on gummed, vertically laid paper, v.f. and beautiful item, ex-Kirchner E Catalog #40E | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #9055 RUSSIA 1889-92 1k-7r group of 15 different, each with framed "Specimen" overprint, fine-v.f., rare S Catalog #41-54S | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #9056 RUSSIA 1889 5k purple and light green, perforated essay, unadapted octagonal design, v.f. and beautiful item, signed Mikulski E Catalog #49E | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #9057 RUSSIA 1889 14k blue & rose, center inverted, nicely centered, good color, small thin, fine appearance, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, etc., O Catalog #51a Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #9058 RUSSIA 1889 14k blue and rose, center inverted, canceled "Archangel 29.1.93", well centered and fresh, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch and Roger Calves, with 1980 Friedl certificate, O Catalog #51a Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #9059 RUSSIA 1897 (21 June) cover franked with 3k and 4k carmine, cancelled by the dotted circle of "Stockholm" postmarks, also boxed "Fran.Ryssland" origin hs alongside, addressed to Stettin, Germany, with arrival pmk on back, v.f., with Holcombe certificate, ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #9060 RUSSIA 1904 vertically laid paper, 4k rose red, groundwork inverted, neat 1906 postmark, well centered, fresh color, couple of slightly irregular perfs as always, v.f., with 1995 Mikulski certificate ("sehr seltener Fehldruck, bekannt nur in ein paar Stucken"). A very rare stamp, one of only a few known, O Catalog #57Cg Catalog Value $16,500 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #9061 RUSSIA 1902 7k dark blue (vertically laid paper), imperforate horizontal gutter, top sheet margin strip of four, fresh, creases, small scissors cut between two left stamps at bottom, nevertheless v.f. and striking rarity, signed Buhler, ex-Mertens and Faberge, with a red "Faberge" handstamp on back * Catalog #59b | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #9062 RUSSIA 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, imperf. 1r essay, upper left sheet margin copy, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #9063 RUSSIA 1909 unexploded St. Petersburg booklet with three panes of 6x1k dull orange yellow, three panes of 6x3k carmine and three panes of 6x7k blue, each pane separated by glassine interleaving, covers black on salmon, indicating that the booklet was issued in St. Petersburg, face value 1r98k and price of booklet 2r, stapled at left, fresh and v.f. (Rogers 2)  | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #9064 RUSSIA 1909 7k blue, imperf. left sheet margin single, l.h., faint red owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f., with 2006 Buchsbayew certificate, * Catalog #78b Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #9065 RUSSIA 1909 20k, 25k, 35k and 70k, four different, each with center double, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #82c,83c,84c,86b Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #9066 RUSSIA 1910 St. Petersburg, unexploded 2r booklet, salmon covers with black inscriptions, six panes of 6x1k orange, three panes each of 6x3k carmine and 7k blue, each separated by glassine interleaving, minor cover creasing, with tiny paper splits, fine example of this rarity | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #9067 RUSSIA 1915 large cover with Red Cross label on reverse, addressed to Vyborg, with 8.X.1915 arrival pmk, very rare | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #9068 RUSSIA 1915 5r and 10r, each with center double, l.h., fine-v.f., scarce * Catalog #108c,109e | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #9069 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow & gray, groundwork inverted, l.h., fine, * Catalog #109d Catalog Value $450 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #9070 RUSSIA 1917 15k brown & blue, imperforate cross-gutter sheet of 100, lower part of the sheet (70 stamps) printed double, one inverted, marginal creases and wrinkles, folded between stamps, also creased through one horizontal row of 10, fascinating piece, undoubtedly unique ** | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #9071 RUSSIA 1918 70k brown, imperforate single, ample and adequate margins all around, h.r. and disturbed gum, otherwise fine and rare genuine imperforate variety, signed Romeko (cat. $16,500 for pair) * Catalog #150a | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #9072 RUSSIA 1921 1,000r carmine, double impression, one inverted, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #186var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #9073 RUSSIA 1922 7,500r blue, double impression, one inverted, l.h., v.f. and striking variety * Catalog #203var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #9074 RUSSIA 1922 Fifth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 25r violet & black, background inverted, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #213var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #9075 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, selection of 21 different inverted and double surcharges, few used, others unused, also few shifted, offsets, one 30r on 50k background omitted, mostly fine-v.f. *O Catalog #216a/229b | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #9076 RUSSIA 1923 5r carmine, imperforate strip of three, partial double impression, one inverted (right stamp complete), h.r., v.f. * Catalog #238a,var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #9077 RUSSIA 1924-25 15k lemon, ten copies, used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #287 Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #9078 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 1k red, 8k on 2k violet (typographed), Type II surcharges inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak * Catalog #359,360var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #9079 RUSSIA 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 7k Smolny Institute, imperforate left sheet margin single, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #377b | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #9080 RUSSIA 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 14k red and blue, variety "CCCP" and Map inverted, vertical invalidating perforations, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #379var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #9081 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 20k brown black imperforate single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #576a Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #9082 RUSSIA 1937 Moscow Architecture, 3k, 5k, 10k, 15k, 20k imperforate singles, h.r., v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks * Catalog #597b/601b | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #9083 RUSSIA 1938 North Pole, 40k and 80k imperforate singles, l.h., v.f., each with Soviet Museum handstamp on back, * Catalog #627-28a Catalog Value $1,600 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #9084 RUSSIA 1939 Foundry-man, 15k dark blue imperforate top sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #713a Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #9085 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, n.h., perfect gum and margins, fresh, v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #9086 RUSSIA 1966 Definitives, 3k purple, misperforated block of four, quite spectacular, l.h., v.f. *Catalog #3259var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #9087 RUSSIA 1976 Flowers, 2k imperf. single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #4506var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #9088 RUSSIA 1979 International Year of the Child, 2k imperf. vertical pair, with coupon at left, also part of adjoining stamp at bottom, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #4772var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #9089 RUSSIA 1981 Sailing Ship Tovarishch, 4k imperf. vertical pair, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 5162Pa) ** Catalog #4981var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #9090 RUSSIA 1981 Sailing Ship Tovarishch, 4k imperforate vertical pair, used in 1983 with additional franking on registered cover from Tallinn to USA, v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #4981var | Price Realized $180.00 |
