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 #738
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE
1903 1sh green & aniline carmine, horizontal pair, right stamp "SOMAL.LAND" variety, l.h., v.f., only 22 copies of this variety can exist,
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Catalog #SG 21,21c
Catalog Value £512
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #739
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE
1903 2r carmine & yellow brown, variety reversed "C" for "O", lower left sheet corner margin single, h.r., v.f., only 18 examples of this variety can exist
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Catalog #SG 22var
Unsold
Lot #740
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE
1903 3r brown & green, overprint double, both inverted with one albino (impression showing on back), h.r., v.f., with 1964 BPA certificate,
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Catalog #SG 23a
Catalog Value £950
Unsold
Lot #741
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE
1903 3r brown & green, variety reversed "C" for "O", n.h., v.f., only 16 examples of this variety can exist
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Catalog #SG 23var
Unsold
Lot #742
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE
1903 5r ultramarine & violet, variety reversed "C" for "O", bottom sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., only 16 examples of this variety can exist
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Catalog #SG 24var
Unsold

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