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 #750
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - New Republic
1886 1s6p violet (dated 13 Oct 86), h.r., fine,
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Catalog #SG 11
Catalog Value £550
Unsold
Lot #751
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - New Republic
1886 2sh6p (19 Aug 86), 10sh6p (7 Jan 86) and £1 (6 Sep 86), three different, h.r., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #SG 13,22,24
Catalog Value £535
Unsold
Lot #752
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - New Republic
1886 1sh (21 May 86) and 10sh (2 July 86), vertical tete-beche pairs, h.r., the latter with some album page adhesion, otherwise fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #SG 32a,42a
Catalog Value £750
Unsold
Lot #753
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - New Republic
1887 1p violet, vertical tete-beche pair, h.r., fine,
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Catalog #SG 72b
Catalog Value £550
Unsold
Lot #754
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH AFRICA - New Republic
1887 £1 violet, vertical tete-beche pair, top with doubled impression, h.r., rare (catalogued as normal tete-beche)
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Catalog #SG 94a
Catalog Value £500
Unsold

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