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 #1855 ITALY Flight Covers 1917 (25 July) first flight card Roma-Torino, white 10c stationery card with 25c Air Post franking, signed by Mario de Bernardi (Longhi 840, €1,500) (De Bernardi was the first Italian credited with destroying an enemy aircraft in the air when he shot one down over Verona. By the end of WWI, he had received credit for the destruction of four Austro-Hungarian aircraft with one additional unconfirmed kill. He later became an aircraft parts inspector and the director of the experimental airfields and won many races and world speed records)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1856 ITALY Flight Covers 1928 Nobile North Pole Expedition "Italia" Airship newspaper "La Banchisa", printed on board of the "Citta di Milano" NY-Aalesund, May 24, 1928, with 10c adhesive canceled Roma Centro on arrival (16.6.28), fine and apparently only known newspaper with this franking and pmk, interesting contents describing bad weather conditions and searching for Nobile (Longhi 1802 note R3) | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1857 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 (8 June) registered and flown Balbo cover franked with 5.25L 19+75c triptych I-Borg, flown from Firenze to Chicago, with Amsterdam transit and from there by ship to New York and Chicago, v.f., with appropriate transit and arrival pmks, signed Longhi, with his 2018 certificate. One of only 46 carried by the Squadron "Cerci Neri" (Sass.PA 51D, €4,250) | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1858 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 Rome to Buenos Aires, registered and flown cover with franking on both sides, including 2L and 3L surcharges, Fiume Centro registry handstamp, appropriate cachet and arrival markings, some toning, fine and rare usage from Fiume | Unsold |
 | Lot #1859 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 (25 Jan) flown cover from Napoli via Rome to Buenos Aires, franked with 5L on 2L rose, used in combination with 1.25L adhesive, complete cachet and boxed "Transportado por Cortesia Pan American Airways System Fortaleza-Buenos Aires" cachet on back, fine, Catalog #C54 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $230.00 |
