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 #609 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1893 1p stationery card additionally franked with 2 1/2p blue, sent from Rarotonga to San Francisco, with Auckland transit and San Francisco arrival pmks, fine  | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #610 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1894 (14 July) registered cover from Rarotonga to Bengal, India paying 17 1/2p with 2 1/2p, 5p and 10p Queen Makea Takau, Auckland and Wellington transit postmarks, cover with clipped corner at lower left, otherwise v.f., with Dalsingh Sarai arrival Catalog #12,13,14 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #611 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1899 "One Half Penny" on 1p blue, left sheet margin block of 30, complete setting, mostly n.h., minor wrinkles, rare (large blocks of this issue are almost always defective)  *Catalog #SG 21 Catalog Value £1,050 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #612 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1902 2p chocolate, with figures of value omitted, bottom sheet margin example, l.h., v.f., one of only 43 recorded, surely one of the best known, * Catalog #SG 31a Catalog Value £2,250 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #613 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS 1932 1d black & lake, center inverted, canceled to order and tied on piece by Rarotonga cds, fine example of this rarity, with 2023 Royal certificate. Only five (!) reported (SG 100a, £8,500) O Catalog #85a Catalog Value $9,500 | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
