Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
February 7-8, 2023
Welcome to our February 7-8, 2023 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 1,366 lot sale features better United States, with quality material assembled by a Japanese gentleman. Foreign countries include Albania, with 1913 Double Eagle handstamps, Austria, France and Colonies, Germany with a selection of WWII Occupation Issues, Great Britain and British Commonwealth with Australia, BNA, New Zealand, British Asia and Africa. There are rarities from Iran, including postal history, Italy and Italian Colonies, a collection of hand-painted Karl Lewis covers and more. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums and specialized collections, to multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1653 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1890-94 Coat of Arms, 1/2p-10sh, £1 dark blue, £2 rose, £5 yellow green and £10 orange brown, complete set of 19 different sheet margin blocks of four, unused without gum, fresh, fine-v.f., top value with 2001 Sismondo certificate. A rare set of blocks (catalogued as singles with original gum)  (*)Catalog #1-19,24,25 Catalog Value $26,548 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1654 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1892-94 4sh gray black & vermilion, bottom Bradbury Wilkinson imprint block of eight, n.h. (except one stamp with small patch of dry gum), fine-v.f., scarce positional multiple (SG 26) (catalogued as hinged singles) **Catalog #13 Catalog Value $484 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1655 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1896-1903 presentation set of 16 to £1, with diagonal italic "Specimen" overprints (Samuel type R3), with 1896-97 Arms (nine different) and 1898 issue 1/2p-£1, couple of minor thin spots, mostly fine-v.f. (SG 34/90s) S Catalog #32/72s | Unsold |
 | Lot #1656 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1898 1p red, imperforate left sheet margin block of four, h.r. at top, bottom pair n.h., v.f. (SG 78b) (catalogued as hinged pairs) */**Catalog #59a Catalog Value $2,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1657 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1898-1908 2 1/2p-£10 perforated Specimen (type R5), set of 10, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., scarce (SG 80-93s) S Catalog #62/75S Catalog Value £900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1658 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1899 £5 blue and £10 violet, sheet corner margin singles, unused without gum, fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles with gum) (*) Catalog #74,75 Catalog Value $7,500 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1659 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1905 Victoria Falls, complete set of six, n.h. and post office fresh, 2 1/2p and 1sh with natural gum skips, well centered, fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #76-81 Catalog Value $434 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1660 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1910 Queen Mary and King George V "Double-heads", 1/2p-£1, selection of 25 different, various shades and perforations, fresh, mostly fine-v.f. (SG 120/165) * Catalog #101-118 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1661 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1910 Double Heads Issue, perforated 14, complete set of eighteen to £1, overprinted Specimen, removed from archival pages so the majority with backing adhesions, few minor creases and blunt perfs, mostly fine-v.f., scarce set of Specimen overprints (SG 119s/185s) S Catalog #101-118S Catalog Value £3,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1662 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA 1910 7sh6p bright blue and carmine, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #116 Catalog Value $725 | Price Realized $350.00 |
