Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
December 13-14, 2022
Welcome to our December 13-14, 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 917 lot sale begins with a session of United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, graded items including a nice section of Columbians, Plate Blocks and better back of the book items. In the Worldwide section, there are solid selections of Eastern and Western European classics and semi-modern issues, including Austria, German States, Italian Area, with many rarities. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature high values from various areas, notably stamps and Postal History of Jordan (1414-1959), with collections offered virtually intact, many offered at auction for the first time. There are further selections of a specialized Kuwait holding, including a mostly complete "Koweit" issue. The auction concludes with over one hundred and thirty Large Lots & Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections and worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
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 | Lot #461 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1408-1959 Postal History of Jordan, collection of hundreds of covers and cards arranged in chronological order on stock cards, many annotated and accompanied by brief descriptions and closely following similar items listed and illustrated in "The Postal History of Jordan 1400-1959" by Abed Najjar (2006). The earliest items are pre-philatelic correspondence from the Venetian period, FL used in 1408 from Aleppo to Amman, three FLs used in 1414-1416 from Damascus to Amman and 1501 FL from Amman to Damascus. The Ottoman period starts with a fine example of the 1899 Posts and Telegraphs negative seal for "Kerek", 20pa stationery card to England (Najjar "probably unique"), 1903 Kerek small datestamps in black and blue, 1916 large dates in black, 1912 Kerek to Medina, 1912 Kerek to Jerusalem, 1914 Maan small datestamp in black, 1910 Damas Mouan to Constantinople, 1912 Maan to Medina, 1917 Amman Salt to Constantinople, Salt to Galata, Aijoun Money orders, Hejaz Railway and Madama Money order. The Jordanian period includes 1920 "used in Palestine", 1921 "Vickers" cover to England, 1921 Salt to Bethlehem, Kerek to Suez, Salt to Amman, England, Jerusalem, Tulkarm, Haifa, plus others. The 1921-59 covers include foreign destinations, some quite rare, registered mail, various combination franking, wide range of overprinted Hejaz (Saudi Arabia) stamps, scarce post office cancels Trans-Jordan covers, incoming mail, errors and varieties on cover, high value frankings, studies of rates, postage due markings and Postage Dues used as Regular Postage, registered mail, with variety of Registry labels and markings, large group of Censored Mail, showing a wide range of markings used in Trans-Jordan during WWII and later, AV2 and OAT mail, Obligatory Tax and Air stamps, Occupied Palestine, with Egyptian and Iraqi mail, "Palestine" overprints, Air Mail and Official mail, plus many others. A fabulous assembly, mostly fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $110,000.00 |
 | Lot #462 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1908 (5 Apr) mourning cover (opened for display), franked with Ottoman 1pi, addressed first to Cairo, than re-addressed (13 Apr) to Beirut (Syria), Port Said (20 Apr), again Cairo (21 Apr), finally Damascus (26 Apr), well traveled and fine cover addressed to Mary Frere, daughter of Bartle Frere (governor of Scinde Province, of Scinde Dawk fame, later governor of South Africa) | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #463 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1918 "O.A.S." (On Active Service) endorsed cover from Aqaba to Cairo, franked with Hejaz (May 17) 1/2pi scarlet, two singles (SG 14), tied by bilingual EL-AKABA datestamp in black (29.9.16 dated in error as are all other known covers), with oval framed "Akaba Passed Censor" and Cairo (12.9.18) arrival on front, plus boxed "Passed Censor 4" at bottom, fine and extremely rare cover, with 2018 Gregory Todd certificate (Aqaba fell to Auda Abu Tayi, T.E.Lawrence (the Lawrence of Arabia) and Prince Feisal's combined forces on July 6, 1917) | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #464 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 The Arab Kingdom, 5m rose and brown red singles, also vertical pair of 5m carmine, plus pair of brown red stamps and single 1pi ultramarine, used on covers from Salt to Jerusalem, with arrival pmks, fine-v.f., the latter signed Holcombe | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #465 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 East of Jordan, perf. 15x14 and perf. 14 complete sets in blocks of four, h.r. at top, many stamps n.h., fine-v.f., scarce set of blocks,  *Catalog #SG 1-19 Catalog Value £ 820 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #466 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 Kerak Provisional, Moab District Seal (1p) pale blue, with initials "A.K." (Alex Kirkbride), vertical strip of three, h.r. in the middle, folded between stamps, creased at bottom, otherwise v.f., extremely rare (taking the official seal of the Majlis Idara, the adviser impressed it on plain sheets of gummed paper in green ink, each impression falling within a pencil-ruled square 3.5cm in size. Several hundred of these stamps, valued at one piaster each, were so printed, each being initialed "A.K." in violet ink, by the adviser, Alek S. Kirkbride, later British Resident and eventually first British Ambassador to Jordan. They were put into immediate use, and eventually a few copies straggled through to Jerusalem where the postal authorities, now realizing that the need for Transjordan stamps at Kerak was a very real one, took effective steps to get through a small supply, by November 1920, when the new definitives came into general use throughout the country (a horizontal pair, ex-Asch collection realized $15,000 Hammer in our 2011 Santa Fe auction) * Catalog #SG 19a Catalog Value £ 16,500 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #467 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920 Kerak, 1p pale blue, violet Kerek pmk, fine and very rare, O Catalog #SG 19a Catalog Value £ 4,000 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #468 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1920-65 much duplicated collection, neatly mounted on pages in three albums, also additional six stock books, thousands, including blocks and some complete sheets, unused plus used, compilation of several major collections, with additional items added along the way. Using Stanley Gibbons catalogue, the issues are mostly complete, singles, many blocks of four, varieties, different types of overprints, also forgeries. Extensive 1924 overprints on Hejaz issues, hundreds, including sheets, errors and varieties, 1925-30 issues, with pairs, Specimen overprints, blocks of four, used singles and sets, Locust Campaign specialized group, strong Postage Dues, Coil strips, "Palestine" overprints, wealth of unlisted and reference material, mostly fine-v.f., huge catalogue value *O | Price Realized $80,000.00 |
 | Lot #469 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 selection of eight different on four pieces, canceled Amman 20.11.22, with 9p ochre, 2p on 2p olive perf.15x14 overprinted in red, 1p on 1p indigo, 5/10 on 5m orange, violet surcharge, fine group with four 1983 Royal certificates (SG numbers have since changed) O Catalog #SG 25b,26,27,30b,31,33 | Unsold |
 | Lot #470 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 "East of Jordan" overprint on 9pia ochre, with additional red handstamp, block of four, lower left stamp with handstamp double, fine-v.f., unlisted variety, signed Holcombe, with his 1989 certificate *Catalog #SG 27a,var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #471 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 1/20 on 1m sepia, violet surcharge, l.h., fine, pencil signed, with 1976 Royal certificate (SG number has changed) * Catalog #SG 28c Catalog Value £ 400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #472 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 10p on 10p ultramarine, 20p on 20p pale gray, used, fine-v.f., the latter with handstamped guarantee mark, the latter with 1975 Robson Lowe certificate, O Catalog #SG 33,34 Catalog Value £ 2,300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #473 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20p pale gray, handstamped in red-purple on 1920 issue, l.h., v.f., handstamped guarantee, 1989 BPA certificate (Scott 52A) * Catalog #SG 53 Catalog Value £ 2,000 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #474 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 10pi ultramarine, overprinted in black instead of gold, h.r., faint gum toning, v.f., with 2019 Najjar certificate ("this stamp is the only recorded example to date and is the basis of the entry in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue") * Catalog #SG 67a | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #475 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi pale gray, vertical pair, bottom stamp triple overprint, one inverted, l.h. at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f., with 1953 BPA certificate (SG numbers have changed since the certificate was issued) * Catalog #SG 68,68f Catalog Value £ 1,220 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #476 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 20pi pale gray, gold overprint inverted, also another copy, overprint double, l.h., v.f., the former signed Champion, * Catalog #SG 68a,68b Catalog Value £ 825 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #477 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 2 1/2/10th on 5m orange, black blue, violet and black surcharges, three diff., l.h., fine-v.f., each with BPA (1960) or 1979 Royal certificates, * Catalog #SG 70,70a,70b Catalog Value £ 750 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #478 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 1/10p on 3m yellow brown, lower left sheet corner margin block of six, h.r. at upper left, others n.h., with 1976 Royal certificate stating that the top right hand stamp is showing original "East of Jordan" overprint type Ia, v.f., pencil signed "Atta", */**Catalog #SG 78a Catalog Value £ 4,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #479 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 (29 July) coverfront, franked with 5/10p on 5p deep purple perf. 15x14, tied by Amman departure cds, addressed to Homs, with arrival pmk at top, 2017 Royal certificate ("rate should have been 2p, with additional franking possible on reverse, if cover was intact") Catalog #SG 79 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #480 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1922 registered cover to England, franked with the complete set of 11, tied by negative Amman seals in violet, with oval PTT1 handstamp below, sent via Jerusalem (1 Mar 22), with 9 March, 22 arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #481 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 Gold overprint double, 5p violet, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #SG 105Aa Catalog Value £ 650 | Unsold |
 | Lot #482 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 Gold overprint double, 5p violet, vertical pair, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #SG 105Aa Catalog Value £ 1,300 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #483 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1923 1/2p on 1 1/2p lilac, overprint double, upper right sheet corner margin block of six, top two stamps missing 3rd line of the overprint, bottom block overprint transposed, h.r. in margin, all stamps n.h., with 1988 BPA certificate, **Catalog #SG 110b Catalog Value £ 450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #484 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1924 1 1/2p lilac, horizontal pair, left stamp without overprint, l.h., fine, signed "Ela", * Catalog #SG 116a Catalog Value £ 1,500 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #485 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1924 "Government of the Arab East 1342" overprint on 1/2pi scarlet (Saudi Arabia), tied by violet Kerek pmk on 20.4.1925 Laboratories de L'Urisanine postal card to Paris, with Amman transit and 24 April arrival pmks, fine and scarce 1/2pi postcard rate, only three illustrated in the Najjar handbook Catalog #SG 127 | Unsold |
 | Lot #486 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1924 "Government of the Arab East 1342" overprint on 1/2pi scarlet (Saudi Arabia), tied by violet Kerek pmk on 23 Aug.1924 Laboratories A.Bailly postal card to Paris, with Amman (1 Sep) and Haifa (5 Sep) transits and 24 April arrival pmks, fine and scarce 1/2pi postcard rate, only three illustrated in the Najjar handbook Catalog #SG 127 | Unsold |
 | Lot #487 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1924 (5 May) incoming cover from Beirut to Amman, underfranked with vertical pair of French Lebanon 1pi on 20c, showing triangular "T" tax handstamp, paid with the additional 1pia blue (Saudi Arabia), tied by Amman arrival pmk, with Damascus transit on back, minor cover faults, rare usage Catalog #SG 127 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #488 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1925 East of Jordan, 10p light blue, bottom sheet margin pair, right stamp "E.F.F." for "E.E.F." at bottom panel, h.r., fine, * Catalog #SG 155,156a Catalog Value £ 830 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #489 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1925 East of Jordan, perf. 15x14, 9p ochre, 10p light blue and 20p light violet, l.h., with 1981 Royal (for the 9p), 1982 Friedl (for 10p) certificates, * Catalog #SG 155a,156b,157a Catalog Value £ 2,210 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #490 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1927 Emir Abdallah, large working drawing of the frame of 5m value, white ink corrections, folded in the middle, still v.f. and unique, designed by Yacoub Eff. Sukar. Also included is a photograph of the original sketch for the frame of the first issue P | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #491 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1927-30 Emir Abdallah, selection of 14 large die proofs in black, including 100m endorsed with translations of the Arabic lettering and dated "29/6/27", dies of 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m and 5m, dated 14.3.30, lower values 10m, 15m, 20m and 90m, plus 100m, 200m, 500m and £1, all signed "Approved" and dated, with serial numbers, fine-v.f., unique assembly P | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #492 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1928-31 two covers franked with Emir Abdallah adhesives at 15m or 25m rates, each with fine "El Zarqa" departure pmks to England, Amman or Haifa transits on back, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #493 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1928-42 two covers from Irbid, with Emir Abdallah, single 5m (26.7.28) to Amman or vertical pair (26.9.42) on "Active Service" to Jerusalem, with double circle "Deputy Chief Field Censor" and Field Post Office 154 (29.9.42), minor wear, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #494 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 Tourism, 1m-£P1 complete set of bottom inscription marginal blocks of four, top pairs hinged, bottom pairs n.h., faint gum toning, otherwise mostly v.f., scarce set of blocks, */**Catalog #SG 208-21 Catalog Value £ 4,000 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #495 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 1m-£P1 complete, complete set used on four registered covers from Amman to England, with registry labels and arrival pmks, additional 500m on back of the cover bearing P1, fine-v.f., scarce, Catalog #SG 208-221 Catalog Value £ 7,500 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #496 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 1m-£P1 complete, used, Amman pmks, fine-v.f., scarce, O Catalog #SG 208-21 Catalog Value £ 2,250 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #497 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 1m-£P1 complete, eight different, including top values, plus three blocks of four, used on three registered covers from Amman to England, with registry labels and 1935 arrival pmks, fine-v.f., scarce, Catalog #SG 208-221 Catalog Value £ 7,500 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #498 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1933 (23 Sep) registered cover from Irbid to Germany, franked with 15m and 20m Pictorials, tied by departure pmk, with additional Irbid, Amman and Jerusalem transit pmks, Friedenau (3.10) and Berlin arrival pmks on back | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #499 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1935 (15 Jan) cover to Biltohoven, Netherlands, franked with Emir Abdullah 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m and 5m adhesives, tied by two clear strikes of "Jebel Ajlun" departure pmks, showing return address of Dr.Jac.Bruning, Latin Parish Priest, Ajlun, Trans-Jordan, Palestine, Amman transit, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and colorful cover | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #500 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1936 (16 Jan) registered cover to England, franked with 90m and 100m Emir Abdullah adhesives, tied by clear strike of "Jebel Ajlun" departure pmk, with corresponding Ajloun Registry label alongside, transit pmks on back show Amman and Jerusalem, with Pinner (29 Jan) arrival, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #501 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1936-40 two covers to England, one registered (6.2.1936), franked with single 50m and block of 4x20m Emir Abdullah adhesives, with "Madabe" departure pmks, corresponding blue "Madeba" registry label; the other cover with single 15m (cut at top), tied by Madaba cds, used (24 Jan 40), with Amman transit and "Trans-Jordan Opened by Censor Amman No. 3" censor strip | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #502 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1936-46 two covers from Irbid, with Emir Abdullah `5m and 20m registered from Irbid to Egypt, Amman transit and Alexandria arrival; the other cover franked with pair of 10m carmine, tied by Irbid (18.3.46) pmk and sent to England | Unsold |
 | Lot #503 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1940 cover franked with single 15n, used from Amman, via Beirut to Damascus, with bilingual "Trans-Jordan Opened by Censor Amman", with transit and arrival (31.5) slogan pmks, fine, unlisted censor handstamp | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #504 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1958 "Jordan-Iraq Arab Union", set of five imperforate proof sheets on gummed paper, prepared but not issued (due to the 1958 Iraq Revolution), v.f., one of only two sets known` P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #505 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1964 Prince Abdullah, 10f and 35f, each with gold omitted, n.h., v.f., regular stamps included for comparison, ** Catalog #SG 569a,570a Catalog Value £ 850 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #506 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1964 Birds, set of three imperforate sheet margins blocks of four, n.h., v.f., rare (catalogued as perforated) **Catalog #SG 627-29var Catalog Value £ 1,000 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #507 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN 1966 Russian Space Flights, inverted overprints, set of six, also two souvenir sheets with red overprints inverted, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #SG 728a-33a,MS734a-35a Catalog Value £ 810 | Price Realized $280.00 |
