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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #550
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1918 cover bearing a provisional handstamp, negative "Batumskaya Kontora No.1" hs, also framed 6-line cachet indicating payment is to be made in cash, endorsed "15k" in pen, v.f. and rare usage during the time when stamps in Batum were not available, with 1980 BPA certificate
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #551
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 (19 Jan) Greek 10L stationery card addressed to England, Field Post Office 80 handstamp, with "Passed by Censor No.52" in violet, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #552
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 (20 Feb) Greek stationery card addressed to England, Field Post Office 80 handstamp, with faint "Passed by Censor" in violet, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #553
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 (26 Feb) Greek stationery card addressed to England, Field Post Office 80 handstamp, with "Passed by Censor" in violet alongside, v.f., with 24 March arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #554
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 10r on 3k carmine red (imperf.), tied by Batum 19.12.19 cds on cover addressed to Switzerland, v.f., with Bern (3.1.20) arrival pmk on back (SG 8)
Envelope
Catalog #8
Catalog Value £630
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #555
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 35k on 4k Arms, unused and affixed on unaddressed postal stationery card, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, with 1983 Friedl certificate. Only 46 (!) stamps received this surcharge and were affixed on stationery cards; some were used, others were generally removed from cards. A significantly undercatalogued rarity, illustrated on page 82 in "Batum under British Occupation the years 1917-1921" by H.G. Grigoleit & E. Klempka (SG P1, £12,000 for unused stamp off card)
(*)
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #556
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 10r on 3k and 15r on 1k (red surcharge), imperforate singles, used on registered, locally addressed cover, filing fold away from the stamps, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, Romeko, Rosselevitch (SG 19,20a)
Envelope
Catalog #21,22
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #557
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1919 10r on 10k carmine red imperforate, inverted overprint, h.r., v.f., with photocopy of a Holcombe certificate for a block of four from which this copy originated. A rare stamp (SG 19var)
*
Catalog #21a
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #558
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM
1920 25r on 5k claret, surcharged in blue and black, blocks of four, n.h., v.f., signed Holcombe (SG 29,29a, catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #33,34
Catalog Value £440
Price Realized
$290.00

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