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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent 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)
Box *
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
Envelope
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)
Envelope
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
Envelope
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)
Booklet
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
Booklet
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
Envelope
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
Box **
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.
Box **
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #9086
RUSSIA
1966 Definitives, 3k purple, misperforated block of four, quite spectacular, l.h., v.f.
Box *
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
Envelope
Catalog #4981var
Price Realized
$180.00

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