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 #1185 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by "Riga Mar 12" pmk on complete outer FL addressed to Twer, with "Polucheno Mar 17" (received) arrival datestamp on reverse, fresh and v.f. Russia Number One on cover, ex-Faberge, with 2015 Eichele certificate  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1186 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, large margins on three sides, including sheet margin at left, close but clear at bottom, with closed tear, canceled by pen cross and tied by two-line "GAYSIN 4 Mar 1858" datestamp on small cover addressed to Kobrin, fine appearing example of Russia Number One used on cover from Gaisin (Ukraine) to Kobryn (Belarus), with 2017 Eichele certificate Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1187 RUSSIA 1858 20k lilac & green, perforated proof on unwatermarked stamp paper, h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, with his 1985 certificate, * Catalog #3P Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1188 RUSSIA 1860 (13 May) stampless cover with contents sent by a soldier in Tiflis to Prince Emil Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Russia, in Wiesbaden, then forwarded to Schlangenbad. Postmarked Tiflis, Tauroggen, Frankfurt and Wiesbaden on arrival, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1189 RUSSIA 1864 (18 Feb) cover franked with 5k black blue, tied by red "St. Petersburg 17 Feb 1864 Local Post 6" double ring pmk in large Cyrillic Caps, repeated on back, used locally, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., with 1995 Mikulski certificate (correctly used on cover prior to July 1864) Catalog #11 Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1190 RUSSIA 1865 10k stationery entire envelope, with indicia on back canceled by pen, sent from St. Petersburg (7.3.65) to Prince Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov, Director of the Third Department of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery and Chief of the Corps of Gendarmes. Dolgorukov was Director from 1856 to 1866. After Tsar Alexander II was almost assassinated in April 1866, Dolgorukov resigned and was named Head Chamberlain of the Court | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #1191 RUSSIA 1866-70 vertically laid paper, 5k black & lilac, h.r., fresh color, tiny toned speck, fine and very rare stamp, ex-Small collection, * Catalog #22c Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1192 RUSSIA 1872 (21 Apr) outer FL franked with two each 1k and 3k (horizontally laid) and 10k (vertically laid), paying 28k from Odessa to Leipzig, filing fold away from the stamps, one 3k defective, with "Aus Russland" and "Frankirovano" (paid) handstamps, arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1193 RUSSIA 1899 (7 Dec) an autograph mourning cover, franked with 10k Arms, sent from Gatchino by Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich (1878-1918) to his former tutor Ferdinand Thormeyer in Carouge, Switzerland. The cover has Michael's wax seal with Romanov crown and cipher (Michael became heir to the throne when his brother Grand Duke George died of tuberculosis in the Caucasus in June 1899) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1194 RUSSIA 1904 (20 Feb) an autograph cover franked with 10k Arms, sent from the Warsaw railway station in St. Petersburg by Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich to his former tutor Ferdinand Thormeyer in Carouge, Switzerland. The envelope has an embossed crown and Michael's cipher and wax seal. Michael was heir to the throne | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1195 RUSSIA 1945 1r blue & orange, single and vertical pair, imperf. at left, used, v.f. O Catalog #1018var | Price Realized $200.00 |
