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.
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| Lot #18 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 1c blue, Type I, good color and fresh, l.h., centered to right, wide margin at left, fine, with 2002 PSE certificate, * Catalog #18 Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $650.00
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| Lot #19 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 1c blue, Type III, tied by barred "PAID" pmk on cover with red Boston 20 Jan pmk, addressed to South Boston, with merchant's embossing on backflap, penciled notation on reverse "White collection, Doane 1/16/37", with 1990 APS certificate ("appears to be pos.61L"), fine and scarce cover, Catalog #21 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $750.00
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| Lot #20 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 3c dull red, horizontal pair, right stamp with vertical plate crack above "T" of "Cents", tied by 1859 Albany N.Y. pmk on advertising cover with printed all-over text, sent to Chestertown, N.Y., backflap faults, fine example of Plate Crack on cover, with 2022 PFC ("genuine, but we have no opinion as to the Plate No. or position") (cracked plates catalogue $250 or $400 off cover) Catalog #26 | Price Realized $350.00
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| Lot #21 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 5c brick red, minor perf. flaws at bottom, used in combination with imperforate 10c green, Type III (cut in at bottom and repaired at upper left) on FL used in 1858 from New York to Cognac, France, red April 19 departure, appropriate entry and arrival markings, charged "26" (decimes), filing fold away from the stamps, fine appearance, with 2011 APS certificate (catalogue value for 5c brick red on cover), Catalog #27 Catalog Value $1,800 | Price Realized $350.00
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| Lot #22 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 5c red brown, black and red cancels, well centered, reperforated at right, v.f. appearance, with 2017 PSE certificate, O Catalog #28 Catalog Value $1,100 | Unsold
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| Lot #23 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 5c Indian Red, used, nice color, perfs partially trimmed away at left, fine appearance of this rare shade, with copy of a 1991 PFC for a strip of three from which this originated, O Catalog #28A Catalog Value $3,500 | Price Realized $525.00
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| Lot #24 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 5c orange brown, heavy h.r., usual centering, minor perf. faults, fine appearance, with 2019 PSE certificate, * Catalog #30 Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $230.00
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| Lot #25 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 10c green, Type IV, pos.55L, used, well centered, fresh and fine stamp, with 1994 PFC, O Catalog #34 Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $1,000.00
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| Lot #26 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 10c green, type V, h.r., well centered with wide margins all around, with 1988 PFC and 2006 PSE certificate graded "XF-90" (SMQ $600) * Catalog #35 | Price Realized $325.00
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| Lot #27 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 24c gray lilac, two horizontal pairs, tied by grids on cover to London, England, red "Boston Br. Pkt. Paid Jun. 26" cds on back, also London arrival, red crayon "76" in crayon, expertly repaired along edges and on left and right stamps, cover with sealed tears, v.f. and scarce quadruple-rate usage, ex Kapiloff, with 2004 PFC (catalogue value $1,600 for four singles) Catalog #37 | Price Realized $550.00
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| Lot #28 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 24c gray, tied by grid cancel on cover to England, with Charleston, S.C. Dec 7 1860 departure pmk, red "19" and London 24 Dec 1860 arrival pmks, minor cover faults and missing backflap, fine usage (less than two weeks after this cover was sent, on 20 December 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union), Catalog #37a Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $210.00
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| Lot #29 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 24c gray lilac, plate proof on stamp paper, unused without gum, margins all around, v.f., with 2022 PFC (formerly 37a) (*) Catalog #37P5 Catalog Value $1,500 | Unsold
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| Lot #30 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 30c orange, h.r., good color, fine, with 2002 PSE certificate, * Catalog #38 Catalog Value $1,900 | Price Realized $475.00
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| Lot #31 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 90c blue, hybrid large die proof on india, card mounted, v.f., scarce P Catalog #39P1 | Unsold
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