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 #285 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 1m green, horizontally laid paper, with gum, block of 16, four violet control handstamps, fine-v.f., rare multiple
** Catalog #10 | Unsold
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 | Lot #286 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 1m green, horizontally laid paper, block of four with violet control handstamp, tied on back of a small cover by four Rethymnon departure handstamps, v.f.
Catalog #10 | Unsold
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 | Lot #287 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 small cover used locally, franked with horizontal pair of 1m green, wove paper, tied by straight-line Rethymnon departure pmks, fine
Catalog #10E | Unsold
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 | Lot #288 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 2m black, laid paper, violet control handstamp, tied by Rethymnon straight-line departure pmk on cover to Heraklion, with 21 Oct 99 arrival pmk on back, filing folds, cover refolded, some toning, signed Holcombe
Catalog #11 | Unsold
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 | Lot #289 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 2m black, wove paper, violet control handstamps, block of 14 (7x2), n.h., v.f.
** Catalog #11E | Unsold
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 | Lot #290 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 2m black, wove paper, violet control handstamp, tied by Rethymnon straight-line departure pmk on cover with Flag handstamp at upper left, filing fold away from the stamp, fine, signed Bloch
Catalog #11E | Unsold
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 | Lot #291 CRETE Russian Administration 1899 2m blue, printed on both sides, one double, one inverted, imperforate block of four, v.f.
P Catalog #36var | Price Realized $150.00
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