Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
November 15-16, 2022
Welcome to our November 15-16, 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. This 1,450 lot sale begins with a session of United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, graded items, Plate Blocks, a solid group of Proofs and Essays, modern errors (including some offered at auction for the first time), and better back of the book items. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer a solid collection of postal history of Allied Intervention in Russia. Foreign countries include Austria, China, Egypt, France and Colonies, Germany Area including better items from the Eric Neishloss collection. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature high values from various areas, including BNA, British Africa with selections from the Brian Karenza Collection, and specialized stamps and postal history of Kuwait, with many rarities. There are rarities from Italian States, with unused and used Sardina. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections from the Cole Estate, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #925 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT - Covers and Postal History Flight Covers 1933 (23 Dec) First Flight from Singapore to Kuwait, cover franked with Straits Settlements adhesives, sent via Bagdad and Basra, with "Basra/Unpaid" and "Postage Due/One Anna", Kuwait 11 Jan 34 arrival pmks on back, fine  | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #926 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT - Covers and Postal History Flight Covers 1933 (27 Sep) registered first flight to Rangoon, redirected on arrival to Bagdad and Baiji, Iraq, with a myriad of transit and arrival pmks on back, fine. Only 20 covers flown to Rangoon, Baiji pmks not recorded | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #927 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT - Covers and Postal History Flight Covers 1933 (9 May) first flight from Athens to Kuwait, v.f., only a few known | Unsold |
 | Lot #928 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT - Covers and Postal History Flight Covers 1933 (28 Sep) Rangoon to Kuwait first flight cover, scarce Indian franking, with arrival pmk, only 20 carried; also return Kuwait to Rangoon first flight, franked with overprinted 3a and 4a Kuwait Air Post adhesives, only a few carried | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #929 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT - Covers and Postal History Flight Covers 1933 (15 July) first flight from Kuwait to Jodhpur, India, Basra (16 July) transit and Jodhpur, India (23 July) arrival | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #930 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT - Covers and Postal History Flight Covers 1933 (4 Jan) registered first flight cover from Baghdad to Kuwait, v.f., with (7 Jan) arrival pmk on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #931 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT - Covers and Postal History Flight Covers 1936 (23 Aug) cover addressed to England, with framed "Damaged by Sea Water" handstamp, markings and stamps mostly intact, salvaged from the crash of "Scipio" Seaplane, at Mirabella, Crete. The plane was in transit from Alexandria to Brindisi, when it landed heavily in Mirabella Harbor in rough seas, flipped over and sank with the loss of two crew members. | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
