Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
May 9-10, 2023
Welcome to our May 9-10, 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. There are 1,487 lots in the sale, which begins with United States and U.S. Possessions, including graded items, Plate Blocks, and modern errors. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer Great Britain and British Commonwealth, European Countries, Asia and the rest of the world. There is a splendid collection of Egypt and Orient Zeppelin flights, featuring three of the four known Suez dispatches, plus other rarities. There are further selections from the estate of Dr.Martin Stempien, a respected postal historian and Secretary to the Chairman of the Expert Committee at the New York Philatelic Foundation from 1988-2018. 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 #188 AUSTRIA 1850 3kr red, Type IIIb with Tokay rouletting on machine-made paper, single franking with large margins and clear rouletting on all sides, tied to a complete FL to Nagy Kallo by a clear "TOKAY" 3/2" cds, filing folds through the stamp, nevertheless a fine example of this rare TOKAY provisional, with 2007 Gabor Visnyovszki certificate (Ferchenbauer €12,500)  Catalog #3 | Unsold |
 | Lot #189 AUSTRIA 1850 3kr red, machine-made paper, block of six, margins all around, barely touching in places, cancelled Trieste 27/10 (Abends), small scissors cut at bottom between stamps, fine first issue multiple, signed Emilio Diena  Catalog #3 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #190 AUSTRIA 1850 9kr blue, top sheet margin single, plate flaw variety, tied by boxed Wien 8 April pmk on FL to Dran, fine Catalog #5var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #191 AUSTRIA 1867 10kr blue, coarse print, used in combination with Hungary 5kr rose (first lithographed issue), on registered 1871 FL from Cseney to Pest, both stamps tied by Cseney 9/6 cds, handstamped "Ajanlott" (registered) and "418" ms alongside, with Gyertyamos transit and Pest arrival pmks on back, filing fold through both stamps and small edge tears along bottom cover, still attractive and rare mixed franking with Hungary's first issue (Ferchenbauer €7,000) Catalog #30 | Unsold |
 | Lot #192 AUSTRIA 1919 Karl I, 2kr complete and unexploded booklet containing 5h panes of 6 and of 4 + two labels, and 10h & 15h panes of 6, front cover with violet ink line at lower left, fine-v.f.,  Catalog #ANK 4 Catalog Value €2,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
