Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
March 14-15, 2023
Our March 14-15, 2023 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. There are 1,314 lots in the sale, which begins with United States and U.S. Possessions, including graded items, Plate Blocks, and a solid group of Proofs and Essays. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer a complete collection of 1913 Albania Double Eagles. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature collections formed by the late Dr.Jerome Bettner and include British North America as well as worldwide Air Post stamps and covers. There is a nice selection from Italy, including rarities as well as Italian States, Colonies and Vatican City. The sale also includes selections from the estate of Dr.Martin Stempien, respected postal historian and Secretary to the Chairman of the Expert Committee at the New York Philatelic Foundation from 1988-2018. He also held various Executive positions at the Collector's Club of NY and other philatelic societies. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #873 POLAND 1790 (21 Sep) FL from "Cracau" to Steyer, indistinct "Krakau" (?) handstamp, and other markings, fine 18th Century letter  | Unsold |
 | Lot #874 POLAND 1822 (24 Oct) Warszawa to France, red "Warschau" departure, Prussian exchange hs and "Strzalkowo 26 Oct" transit, charged "20" (decimes) on arrival | Unsold |
 | Lot #875 POLAND 1837 (4 Aug) cover with oval "Krakau" departure pmk, endorsed "Via Podgorze", ms charge mark, mostly intact red seal on reverse, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #876 POLAND 1853 two FLs from Krakow, showing "Cracovie" origin endorsements, sent via Krzeszowice to Paris, each with a departure pmk and red French (from Austria) "2 Autr.2 Valnes" entry pmks, Szczalkowa transit and arrival pmks on back, charged "12" (decimes) on arrival | Unsold |
 | Lot #877 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, unused (regummed), nice color, tiny corner perf. crease, otherwise good perforations, presentable stamp (*) Catalog #1 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #878 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, nice colors, tied by "73" in concentric rings on small piece, showing parts of red arrival pmk, fine O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #879 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, nice colors, canceled by "1" in concentric rings on small cover with red Warszawa 11/1 in Cyrillic, endorsed "via Warszawa, Zytomierz, Braslaw in Podolia and Mohylow on Dniester", mostly intact wax seal on back, fine cover Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #880 POLAND 1862-63 two FLs sent unpaid from Warszawa to Klagenfurt (Austria) and Bordeaux, first with "Poczt w. Wagonie Expedycya" TPO pmk, with "Pologne" origin handstamp, transit pmks of Szczakowa and Granica, arriving Klagenfurt on 26 Dec. The second letter with red Warszawa departure, boxed "P.33" Prussian-French accountancy mark and red Russian TPO "Aus Russland", with Paris transit and Bordeaux arrival pmks, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #881 POLAND 1866 FL to Austria, with Russian 3k, 5k and 20k (horizontally laid) franking, tied by "1" pmks, with red Warszawa 19.11 departure pmk alongside, paying 28k rate, handstamped "A.P.D." (Austria Paid) and Franco in red, with Vienna arrival pmk | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #882 POLAND 1869 (12 July) outer FL paying 25kr with 2x10kr and single 5kr Franz Josef (mixed coarse and fine beard), tied by Krakau departure pmks, addressed to the Rothschild firm in Paris, oval "Franc and Wolff a Cracovie" merchant's cachet, blue "Autriche Erquilines" entry and Paris arrival pmk on back, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #883 POLAND 1870 (23 Mar) FL to Elzbietow, franked with Russian 10k brown & blue, tied by ornamental "1" in four squares, Warszawa departure cds in Cyrillic on back, fine | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #884 POLAND 1870 FL from Paris to Warsaw, franked with France 4x20c Empire, tied by Paris Star pmks, with R.Montaigne departure cds below, "Aus Frankreich Per Aachen Franco" Prussian entry in blue, red Warszawa 9.1.1870 in Cyrillic on back, fine incoming cover from Paris | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #885 POLAND 1871 stampless cover to Paris, showing sender's Warszawa origin, two-line Cyrillic departure datestamp, "P.38" handstamp, manuscript charge markings, blue French entry at top and red "Aus Russland Porto" datestamp on back, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #886 POLAND 1877 (27 July) FL franked with Russian 8k Arms (horizontally laid paper), tied by Warszawa railroad departure pmk, repeated alongside, addressed to the Rothschild firm in Paris, blue "Russie Erquilines-Paris" entry, with "Warszawa Terespolska Droga Zelezna" railway pmk and Paris arrival on back, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #887 POLAND 1881 (27 Nov) registered 7k stationery entire envelope with additional 7k franking, tied by Warszawa-Aleksandrowo Railroad pmks, with corresponding Registry label added in Germany, addressed to Leipzig, with Postal car departure and 10/12 arrival pmks | Unsold |
 | Lot #888 POLAND 1919 three (philatelic) covers and one partial cover, with total of 19 Krakow overprints, including 25 on 80h inverted overprint, 15h, 20h, and two Postage Dues, fine-v.f.., signed Dr.Kronenberg | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #889 POLAND 1919 (15 Feb) registered cover addressed to Josef Muller, with 50h, 60h, 1k (all three with forged overprints) and genuine 80h and 2kr, tied by Krakow pmks, signed Dr.Kronenberg. Also included five unaddressed covers, with 50h, 60h, 80h, 1kr and 2kr, plus others, tied by Bogumin and Krakow cds, signed Dr.Kronenberg | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #890 POLAND 1919 (3 Feb) cover used locally in Krakow, franked with Poczta Polska 3h bright violet (I.8), 5h green (I.45) and 10h magenta (I.47), tied by bilingual Krakow pmks, paying 18h instead of 25h and charged penalty 15h in crayon, strip of 3x5h rose red added on reverse, fine and attractive cover, signed Mikstein and Dr.Kronenberg (ex-Mikulski collection, Sep 15-16, 1999, $2,300 hammer) Catalog #41,42,44 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #891 POLAND 1919 3h violet, position 92, l.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, Schmutz, ex-Grabowski (Fi.30, 1,600zl) * Catalog #41 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #892 POLAND 1919 5h light green, position 28, l.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, Schmutz, ex-Grabowski (Fi.31, 2,000zl) * Catalog #42 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #893 POLAND 1919 6h deep orange, varieties "double dot" and "damaged A" (pos.I-30 and I-73), h.r., v.f., signed Mikstein, etc., with Dr.Kronenberg certificates * Catalog #43var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #894 POLAND 1919 10h magenta, position.50, l.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, Schmutz (Fi.33, 1,600zl) * Catalog #44 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #895 POLAND 1919 Money order (for 200kr), franked with imperf. pair of 15f, single 2h Eagle, with additional pair of 20h on back, used in combination with 20h green (I-78) from Krosno (2.IV.19) to Krakow, with 7.IV.19 arrival pmks on back, fine and scarce combination, signed Vaumund and Schmutz | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #896 POLAND 1919 40h olive green, overprint inverted, n.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee, 1995 Mikulski certificate, ** Catalog #46a Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #897 POLAND 1919 80h orange brown, overprint inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Mikstein, with 1997 Mikulski certificate, ** Catalog #49a Catalog Value $325 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #898 POLAND 1919 1kr carmine, horizontal pair, used in combination with 3f and 10f Eagle on postal money order purchased in Przemysl 4.IV.19 and sent to Tarnow, with 5.IV.4.19 arrival, signed Mikulski and Schmutz. Lower part of the money order severed and re-attached, otherwise fine, scarce usage, ex-Grabowski Catalog #51 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #899 POLAND 1919 8h Poczta Polska stationery card, additionally franked with 2kr dark blue, registered from Lwow (6.II.19), with triangular "N Remboursement" label, fine and uncommon usage | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #900 POLAND 1919 3kr carmine rose and 4kr yellow green, tied by Krakow 1 cds on value letter to Vienna, wax seals removed from back, v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg Catalog #53,54 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #901 POLAND 1919 cover franked with 25h on 80h and unoverprinted 25h Eagle, addressed to Cieszyn, filing fold, fine Edmund Furst philatelic cover | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #902 POLAND 1919 three covers, each franked with 25h on 80h (one inverted), fine-v.f., last one with Dr.Kronenberg certificate | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #903 POLAND 1919 25h on 80h orange brown, surcharge inverted, used in combination with 6h and 25h on 80h, also 6h Postage Due Krakow overprints, on cover from Cieszyn, filing fold away from the stamp, backflap missing, with arrival pmk on back, signed Dr.Kronenberg; also another cover with inverted 25h on 80h, used locally in Cieszyn Catalog #60a | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #904 POLAND 1919 (6 Apr) cover to Krakow, franked with imperf. 25h Eagle, tied by handstamped Jordanow departure pmk, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #905 POLAND 1928 Warszawa Exhibition souvenir sheet of two used (14.V.28), also strip from the souvenir sheet (two stamps and label) used on flown cover from Warsaw (5.V.28) to Vienna, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk OCatalog #251 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #906 POLAND 1931 Pilsudski, 50gr blue green, lower left sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., natural diagonal pre-print crease in margin, just touching the lower left stamp, still v.f.  **Catalog #254var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #907 POLAND 1937 1zl black, imperforate souvenir sheet of four without inscriptions, proof on wove paper, v.f. (*)Catalog #316P | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #908 POLAND 1938 2.20zl, two unexploded booklets, fresh, fine-v.f.  | Unsold |
 | Lot #909 POLAND 1947 Swiat Pracy (World of Labor), unexploded booklet with four imperf. deluxe sheets, fine-v.f., only 200 issued (Fischer 437-40, 8,000zl) P Catalog #413-16P | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
