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 #38
United States 1861-68 Issues
1861 1c blue and 3c rose, vivid colors, tied by framed "PAID" handstamps on cover addressed to Lt. George Hepworth, acting aide-de-camp of Gen. P. Banks, New Orleans, showing red Boston May 19 departure pmk alongside, backflap missing, otherwise fine (Gen. N.P. Banks replaced Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler at New Orleans, Louisiana, as commander of the Department of the Gulf. Lt. Hepworth, a chaplain, was granted commission as first lieutenant of the 4th Louisiana Native Guards, a negro regiment; detailed as aide-de-camp; he became supervisor of the Negro Labor System)
Envelope
Catalog #63,65
Price Realized
$170.00

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