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 #597 GERMANY 1901 surcharged "3PF" on right half of 5pf green, the so-called Vineta provisional, tied by "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.1 12/5/01" pmk on piece, little toning, mostly at top, otherwise fine, with 1947 BPA certificate. This famous provisional was created on April 13, 1901 on board the cruiser SMS Vineta. As the postal officer had not been supplied with 3 Pfennig Germania stamps, he bisected his stock of the 5 Pfennig stamps and stamped them by hand with a "3 PF" mark. Mail with the Vineta provisional stamp was sent from Pernambuco to Germany on April 17, 1901. Only 600 were surcharged, majority have been destroyed or disappeared over the years, making this provisional one of the rarities of German philately (Mi.AI, €10,000) O Catalog #65B Catalog Value $7,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #598 GERMANY 1919-20 Weimar National Assembly, specialized collection neatly displayed on 77 pages, unused printing varieties "1019" for "1919", period in oval between "1" and "9" of date, shades, plate numbers, gutter blocks, postal stationery; large showing of special cancels, including "Luftpost", National Assembly "Weimar" "b", "d", "Waffenstillstands-Kommission" (Armistice Commission), Weimar Constitution Day pmks, on cover and on pieces, including those applied on regular Germania issues, some expert signed, mostly fine-v.f., interesting collection, difficult to put together  *O | Unsold |
 | Lot #599 GERMANY 1934 Colonial Commemoration, set of four sheet corner margin blocks of six, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. (Mi.540-543)  **Catalog #432-435 Catalog Value €1,140 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #600 GERMANY 1948-51 Buildings Series, specialized collection on 44 pages, 2pf-2M varieties, including double perforations, imperforate singles, part perf., shifted perforations, pairs imperf. between, various watermarks, imperforate gutter pairs, large multiples complete imperforate, double impressions, printer's waste, etc., l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., scarce holding */**O | Unsold |
