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 #922 POLAND Postal Stationery 1859 1 1/2k unused postal stationery entire envelope (98x58mm), red bilingual imprint (Kasa Glowna Pocztowa) at upper right, with signatures of Kurmanowicz and Bobinski in black on the inside back flap, unused, creases and black mark at left, signed Seybold; also 3k unused envelope, with indicia at upper left (Fi.3,4, 4,800zl $1,100)  | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #923 POLAND Postal Stationery 1859 1 1/2k used postal stationery entire envelope (98x58mm), red bilingual imprint (Kasa Glowna Pocztowa) at upper right, with signatures of Kurmanowicz and Bobinski in black on the inside backflap (sharp edge), unaddressed, canceled "1" in concentric circles, with Warszawa 11/11 pmk in red alongside, fine, very rare used (Fi.3, 35,000zl $8,000+) | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #924 POLAND Postal Stationery 1916 Austrian 10h parcel card with additional franking, sent from Zablocie (Zywiec) to Constantinople, fine, with arrival pmk on back, scarce usage from Poland to Ottoman Empire | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #925 POLAND Postal Stationery 1918 Lublin Issue, 15h red and 25h black, three of each, unused, one 25h with set of three Lublin overprints, canceled 18.XII.18, with Registry label alongside, signed Dr.Kronenberg | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #926 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 15h on 10h magenta, two cards, each additionally franked with imperf. Polish Eagle stamps, registered from Przemysl to Vienna, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #927 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 15h on 10h magenta, double overprint, canceled Myslenice 21.VI.19, unaddressed, fine, signed Gryzewski | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #928 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 15h on 10h magenta, postal card additionally franked with 2x20f, registered from Krakow to Switzerland, with "K3" censor and Bern arrival pmk, fine and scarce mixed franking, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #929 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 Krakow Issue, 15h on 8h green, double card, part I with double overprint, unused, fine-v.f., rare | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #930 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 two intact lettersheets ("Sekretniki") 25h on 15h red brown, each with a different type of double surcharge, canceled Bielitz, one unaddressed, fine-v.f. (Fi.3Np, 5,000zl) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #931 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 25h on 10h telegram receipt, double surcharge, unused, fine-v.f., signed Dr.Kroneberg, with his 1999 certificate Catalog #Fi.2n | Unsold |
 | Lot #932 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 Parcel Post Receipts, 15h on 10h gray blue, overprinted Poczta Polska, used in 1920 from Poznan to Brodnica, with "Z. Ameryki przez U.E.P. Gdansk Nowy Port" label, similar handstamp alongside, fine and rare Catalog #Fi.5 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #933 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 Parcel Post Receipts, 15h on 10h gray blue, overprinted Poczta Polska, double card, one with double overprint, top portion with inverted overprint, unused, fine-v.f., rare Catalog #Fi.5var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #934 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 Parcel Post Receipts, 15h on 10h gray blue, overprinted Poczta Polska, three unused, two with minor faults Catalog #Fi.9 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #935 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 Parcel Post Receipts, 15h on 10h gray blue, overprinted Poczta Polska, overprint and surcharge displaced, used with additional franking from Brzeziny to Krakow, military telegraph and signature on back, filing fold, otherwise fine, rare Catalog #Fi.9 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #936 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 Krakow Issue, selection of 19 items, used and unused cards and entire lettersheets, different types of overprints, one used to Finland, another censored and sent to Vienna, also a registered card from Krakow to Warszawa, mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #937 POLAND Postal Stationery 1919 Krakow Issue, collection of 25, mostly different stationery cards, letter cards, generally unused, different types, surcharges and Poczta Polska overprints, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Dr.Kamienski | Unsold |
