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 #223 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 1851 (7 Mar) FL to Trieste, originating at Sarajevo, carried by messenger to Brood, where disinfected "Netto di Dentro e di Fuora/Cont.Amt.Brod" cachet was applied on reverse, franked with Austrian 9kr blue, HP type I, tied by two-line "Brood 24 Mar" hs, with double circle "Karlstadt 26.3." transit and Trieste arrival in red, fine example of Austrian Consular post office in Bosnia, with Puschmann certificate  | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #224 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 1878-79 group of six stampless covers and two postal cards (one Ottoman 20pa) with "Feldpost Expositur" or "Etapen Postampt" pmks, used from Mostar, Bilek, Bihac and Petrovac to Vienna, Prague, etc., mostly fine | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
