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 #498 COLOMBIA Air Post 1919 2c carmine rose, h.r., large margins all around, beautiful color and intact perforations on all sides, faint toned speck, still v.f., pencil signed, with 1958 BPA certificate (issued for the First Experimental Air Mail Flight, Barranquilla to Puerto Colombia to Barranquilla by American aviator William Knox Martin, June 18, 1919. On this occasion, 200 copies of 2centavos stamps were overprinted at Barranquilla Printing Office. This was executed in horizontal strips of ten, which were severed with a guillotine knife, causing horizontal perforations to have a "cut" appearance. Of the total stamps issued, 160 were used on covers on the special flight) * Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $3,500 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #499 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c "Woman and Boy Watching Plane", unused without gum as issued, margins all around, beautiful colors, fresh, v.f., signed Kessler, Calves, etc. Only 38 unused examples have been recorded (Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea was founded September 28, 1919. In February 1920, the C.C.N.A. obtained a franchise to fly between Cartagena and Barranquilla and was authorized to issue its own stamps. This was facilitated by overprinting Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea Porte Aereo and surcharging $0.10 on the Curtiss Aereo Plane & Motor Co. advertising labels. Less than 100 of each of the nine types were produced. These stamps were used on two first flights on February 22, 1920 from Cartagena and returning March 4 from Barranquilla. In July 1920, the air mail concession was passed to SCADTA. The C.C.N.A. ceased to operate in April, 1922) (*) Catalog #C2 Catalog Value $4,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #500 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Clouds and Small Biplane at Top, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, small hinge thin, signed Champion, still a v.f. stamp, quite difficult to find in sound condition, only 27 unused examples have been recorded, (*) Catalog #C3 Catalog Value $4,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #501 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Flier in Plane Watching Biplane, used, large margins all around, rich colors, fresh and v.f., only 100 printed, O Catalog #C5 Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #502 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 10c Lighthouse, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, rich colors, fresh and v.f., signed Herbert Bloch. Only 50 unused examples have been recorded, (*) Catalog #C6 Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #503 COLOMBIA Air Post 1920 20c on 10c carmine, two different, unused without gum, v.f., signed Champion, rare, (*) Catalog #C11F,G Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #504 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 10c on 50c green, violet surcharge, unused without gum, incredibly well centered, v.f., (*) Catalog #C17 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #505 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 10c on 50c green, 30c on 50c green, two different used, fine, O Catalog #C19,23 Catalog Value $1,775 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #506 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 30c on 50c green, l.h., usual centering, fine stamp, signed Forester, * Catalog #C20 Catalog Value $925 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #507 COLOMBIA Air Post 1921 30c on 50c green, violet surcharge, canceled on piece, fine, signed Kneitschel, O Catalog #C24 Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $425.00 |
