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.
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 | Lot #614 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS 1880 6p olive gray, lettered "T-C", h.r., usual centering, fresh and fine stamp, with 1984 BPA certificate (SG 5) * Catalog #5 Catalog Value £500 | Price Realized $325.00
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 | Lot #615 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS 1880 6p gray, Plate 16, block of four, wing margin at right, h.r. at top, bottom stamps l.h., fine and rare multiple,
* Catalog #SG 5 Catalog Value £2,000 | Price Realized $2,100.00
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 | Lot #616 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS 1882 30pa on 1pi rose, h.r., fine, with 1990 PFC (SG 24) * Catalog #17 Catalog Value £1,600 | Price Realized $700.00
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 | Lot #617 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS 1886 1/2 on 1/2pi emerald green, small "1" at right, used, fine, with 1963 BPA certificate (SG number has changed from 24 to 28b) O Catalog #SG 28b Catalog Value £2,250 | Unsold
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 | Lot #618 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS 1904 KEVII, 1/2pi to 45pi, set of twelve, plus additional (better) shades of 10pa, 30pa and 9pi, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 60-71) * Catalog #48-59 Catalog Value £490 | Price Realized $200.00
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 | Lot #619 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS 1966 definitives, 73 sets mostly in large blocks, n.h., v.f. (SG 283-96)
** Catalog #278-94 Catalog Value £949 | Price Realized $240.00
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