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 #2011 RUSSIA 1783-1857 St. Petersburg, selection of seven stampless letters, including "St.Petersbovrg" (1783 and 1791 letters to Gand and to Celle, with Trevor Pateman descriptions, the latter signed Mikulski), others with different markings in red and black, fine-v.f.  | Unsold |
 | Lot #2012 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, with full offset of the blue center on reverse, used, large margins all around, v.f., O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2013 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, Odessa border postmark, large margins all around, v.f., signed Diena, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2014 RUSSIA 1857 20k blue & orange, thin paper, numeral dot cancel, perfectly centered and fresh, v.f., signed Richter, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #2015 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, perf. 12, used in 1865 on cover from St. Petersburg to Narwa, red oval departure and Narwa arrival on front, "Banque Privee de Commerce St. Petersburg" handstamp, filing fold away from the stamp, which is fine aside from the rounded lower right corner, fine usage, Catalog #10 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2016 RUSSIA 1858 1k, 3k (2) and 30k perf. 12, all tied by "49" in circles of dots on cover from Tiflis, via St. Petersburg to Libourne, France, paying 37k, with French entry pmk applied to the 1k adhesive, framed "Aus Russland" and red "PD" handstamps, Tiflis departure pmk on back, with 1864 Paris transit and Libourne (24 Oct) arrival, overall toning, scarce and colorful usage of the perf.12 adhesives, ex-Liphschutz, Bianchi collections Catalog #5,6,10 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2017 RUSSIA 1861 (8 July) FL franked with 10k brown & blue, perf. 12, tied by "497" in rectangle of dots, with Nakhichevan (now Azeri enclave) 8 July 1861 departure pmk on back, addressed to Nucha, fine and rare | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2018 RUSSIA 1870 cover (opened for display), franked with 10k brown & blue, tied by "493" in rectangle of dots, used from Aleksandropol (Armenia) to Moscow, with departure and arrival pmks on back | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2019 RUSSIA 1870 (7 Mar) small cover franked with strip of 4x1k yellow & black, single 5k gray lilac and 10k brown & blue (all horizontally laid paper), tied by "SPB" in ovals of dots of St. Petersburg, addressed to Geneva, with additional red departure pmk, red wax seal, fine and attractive cover paying 19k to Switzerland | Unsold |
 | Lot #2020 RUSSIA 1870-71 cover and FL, one from Odessa to Austria, franked with 1k, 3k and 20k, with departure, French Entry marking and Wien arrival pmks on back; the other from Moscow to Amsterdam, with 3k ("V" in background error), 5k and 10k, showing red Aus Russian "Franco" and additional markings on back, side-flaps missing, otherwise fine-v.f. | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2021 RUSSIA 1873 (2 Aug) FL from St. Petersburg to Paris, franked with 2x20k blue orange & blue (horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with blue French entry pmk alongside, red and black departure markings on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine cover | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2022 RUSSIA 1875 (15 Feb) Finnish 8p stationery postcard addressed to St. Petersburg, framed "Bezplat." ("Free") in red, clear arrival pmk, fine and interesting text regarding missing payment, etc., unusual item | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2023 RUSSIA 1903 registered cover from Vesyolaya Lopan to Switzerland, franked on back with 1k, 3x3k and 2x7k, paying 21k and tied by cds, with registry label "Vesyolaya Lopan" Railroad Registry label, Ermatingen arrival, fine usage from a small municipality (a selo) in the Belgorod district | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2024 RUSSIA 1918 3k stationery lettersheet additionally franked with Romanov 4k, 7k and 20k/14k surcharge, all with partial red "Abdication of the Tsar" overprints, registered locally in Ekaterina; also included is a small cover franked with 1k, 5k and 10k Postal Savings stamps, used from Kamenetz Pod. to Vilnius | Unsold |
 | Lot #2025 RUSSIA 1918 10r scarlet, yellow & gray, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f.,  **Catalog #135 Catalog Value $400 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2026 RUSSIA 1918 (23 Oct) registered money envelope used locally in Simferopol, franked on back with vertical pair of 4k and single 70k Arms, containing 2 rubles, with intact (slightly toned) Registry label, possibly the only preserved money letter from Civil War Crimea | Unsold |
 | Lot #2027 RUSSIA 1924 (7 May) registered cover from Kharkov to Canada, franked with imperf. pair of 20k Lenin Mourning Issue, Type I (narrow frame), three Philatelic Exchange surcharges added on both sides, v.f., with Montreal arrival pmk, rarer usage of Type I imperfs on cover to a foreign destination Catalog #268 | Unsold |
