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 #1199 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GUATEMALA 1845-1970 specialized collection in two well-filled albums, one dedicated exclusively to the Provisional Surcharges beginning with 1881, showing overprint varieties such as double, shifted, inverted (including 4x1886 1c on 2c strips of five with surcharge inverted), various positions, multiples, cancels, all noted on pages; another album with 20+ stampless covers, 1871 Issue including imperfs (1c blocks of 10 and 61), 20c blue error of color (unused), various cancelations, 1873 16x4r and 6x1p dull yellow (all used), Indian Woman selection of cancels and plate varieties, trial color proofs, Quetzals with multiples, cancels, fairly extensive 1886 through the 1930s including pages from 1897 souvenir booklet, Semi-Postals, Air Post, Officials, Postal Tax, etc., also 35+ covers, some reference material noted, mostly fine-v.f. An excellent collection of Guatemala   *O | Unsold |
