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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #83
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 2c red brown, h.r., good color, fine, with 1976 and 2005 PFCs,
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Catalog #135
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #84
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 6c pale carmine, unused without gum, slightly irregular perforations at bottom, not mentioned on the accompanying 2009 PFC (catalogued as unused without gum)
(*)
Catalog #137
Catalog Value $1,750
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #85
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 12c dull violet, Grill, horizontal strip of four, each stamp shows some discernible grill points, attractive shade and light unobtrusive cancels, usual centering, left stamp small corner creases, fine. Stated to be the largest recorded multiple of the 1870 12c National Bank Note Company H. Grill (there is also an unused block of four, ex-Zoellner). A rarity, with 2000 PFC, ex-Curtiss,
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Catalog #140
Catalog Value $20,000
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #86
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 12c dull violet, horizontal pair, cork cancels, right stamp without grill variety, signed Bartels, with 1965 PFC "140 used pair" (submitted by Mortimer Neinken), 2005 APS certificate ("used pair, genuine, no grill on right stamp") and 2022 PFC ("genuine used pair, right stamp without grill"), multiples of 12c grill are scarce, catalogued as a regular used pair, not listed as "one without grill",
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Catalog #140var
Catalog Value $8,250
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #87
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 6c carmine, 10c brown, each with clear "Hiogo Japan" pmks, fresh, 10c large margins, small thin, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #148,150
Catalog Value $325
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #88
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 6c carmine, l.h., bright color, fresh and v.f., with 2007 PFC,
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Catalog #148
Catalog Value $900
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #89
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 6c carmine, diagonal bisect, tied by target cancel on 1872 cover to Wooster, Ohio, with faint cds alongside, top right corner torn away not affecting the bisect, fine and scarce, with 2011 PFC (Scott $6,500 for a vertical bisect; diagonal bisect is not listed)
Envelope
Catalog #148var
Unsold
Lot #90
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 7c vermilion, large die proof, die sunk on full sized card (150x228mm), v.f.,
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Catalog #149P1
Catalog Value $250
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #91
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 10c brown, large die proof on india, 56-71mm, few marginal thins, otherwise fine,
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Catalog #150TC1
Catalog Value $550
Unsold
Lot #92
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 12c violet, large die proof, die sunk on full sized card (127x190mm), v.f.,
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Catalog #151P1
Catalog Value $250
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #93
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 12c dull violet, h.r., bright color, fresh and fine stamp, with 2007 PFC,
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Catalog #151
Catalog Value $2,850
Unsold
Lot #94
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 24c purple, disturbed original gum, good color, fine example of this scarce stamp, with 1990 PFC,
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Catalog #153
Catalog Value $1,700
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #95
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 90c carmine, unused (regummed), very fresh and well centered stamp, fine, with 2006 PFC (catalogued as unused without gum)
(*)
Catalog #155
Catalog Value $1,800
Price Realized
$600.00

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