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 #1150 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CANADA Air Post Semi-Officials 1926-29 selection of 12 stamps and 18 covers; Elliot Fairchild CL8, CL9, CL10c with "dot over O of ELLIOT" variety, CL11 (2), CL12 (3), Klondike Airways (CL45), Cherry Red Airline (CL46) 2 unused, 1 used and 10 covers, also a photograph of the aircraft featured on the stamp, five Yukon Airways (CL42) on covers from Whitehorse, Carcross and Atlin, Commercial Airways cover to Edmonton; also two April 13, 1928 covers with CL42 and George V 2c green, one from Whitehorse to Carcross and the other from Carcross to Atlin, with arrival cds, each signed by the Pilot T.G.Stephens, plus another cover Whitehorse to Champagne carried on the March 19 flight, re-flown and canceled on June 23, showing both cancels. There are also two handbooks ("Yukon Airways Airmail Company" by William Topping and "The Pioneer and Semi-Official Air Mails" by C.Longworth-Dames) and examples of fake surcharges of 1932 6c Canada  *Catalog #CL8/46 | Price Realized $575.00 |
