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 #761 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD 1851 1p brownish red, on unwatermarked blued paper, horizontal pair, full original gum, h.r., v.f., with 2014 BPA certificate. The scarcest of the first issue (catalogued as singles) * Catalog #SG 7 Catalog Value £700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #762 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD 1852-60 1p pale blue to greenish blue, canceled "2", margins all around, good color, fine stamp, with 1963 Royal certificate, ex-Brack, O Catalog #SG 15 Catalog Value £1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #763 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD 1852-60 1p bright blue, canceled "17", margins all around, good color, fine stamp, with 1962 BPA certificate, O Catalog #SG 16 Catalog Value £1,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #764 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD 1852-60 1p gray to bluish gray, horizontal pair, used, margins all around, fine and rare, ex-Hurlock (catalogued as singles) O Catalog #SG 19 Catalog Value £1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #765 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD 1858 cover franked with 1p rose red, margins all around, canceled by "1" duplex and sent to New Hampshire, faint red "Paid at Trinidad" crowned circle (SG CC1), "Steamship 10", with oval B.K.Phillbrick & Co. Port of Spain merchant's cachet, St. Thomas transits and additional markings on back, fine cover to the United States  Catalog #SG 12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #766 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD 1859 complete FL franked with 1p rose red, margins all around, canceled by "1" duplex and sent to Boston, red "Paid at Trinidad" crowned circle (SG CC1), "Steamship 10", St. Thomas transits and additional markings on back, red crayon "4" due and arrival docketing, filing fold away from the stamp, fine cover to the United States Catalog #SG 12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #767 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD 1859 1sh indigo, block of four, h.r., margins all around, excellent color, v.f. (a similar multiple realized £1,600 in the Sir John Marriott sale)  *Catalog #SG 29 Catalog Value £440 | Unsold |
 | Lot #768 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD 1865 (30 Apr) FL from Ciudad Bolivar to France, franked with 1p red, tied by "1" duplex, with Trinidad departure May 8 1865 alongside, "GB 2F" accountancy mark, handstruck "10" (decimes) charge, showing "Forwarded by Gerold & Urich" and red London transits on back, French entry and arrival pmks, some cover ageing, otherwise fine Catalog #48 | Unsold |
