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 #220 BOLIVIA Flight Covers 1925 (7 Aug) flown cover from Sucre to Cochabamba, paying 50c with three adhesives handstamped with three-line "Correo Aereo A Cochabamba 7-VIII-1925", with corresponding departure and arrival postmarks, fine  | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #221 BOLIVIA Flight Covers 1925 (12 Aug) flown cover from Cochabamba to La Paz, franked with the overprinted 50c, tied by oval first flight datestamp, with arrival pmk on both sides | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #222 BOLIVIA Flight Covers 1930 first flight cover "Bolivia-Europa", Arica, Chile leg of the flight, with 7 October arrival pmk, signed by the pilot, v.f. | Price Realized $350.00 |
