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 #302 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 Palestine Round trip, Suez acceptance, picture postcard (Pompei "Casa dei Vetti") franked with 50M, addressed to L. Lopez c/o Shell Co. in Haifa, with Pyramid cachet, v.f., signed Diena, Gappe, also Trachtenberg, with his 1975 certificate, plus a 2002 Eichele certificate. An extremely rare Suez Zeppelin dispatch from Egypt, one of only four flown (Si.105Ed, €12,500)  Catalog #C3 | Unsold |
 | Lot #303 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 Palestine Round trip, Suez acceptance, picture postcard (Port Tewfik, smaller size card produced by the Cairo Postcard trust) franked with 50M, addressed to L. Lopez c/o Shell Co. in Haifa, with Pyramid cachet, mounting tape on reverse, still v.f., with 2008 BPA certificate. An extremely rare Suez Zeppelin dispatch from Egypt, one of only four flown (Si.105Ed, €12,500) Catalog #C3 | Unsold |
 | Lot #304 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 Palestine Round trip, Suez acceptance, cover franked with 100m surcharge, addressed to L. Lopez c/o Shell Co. in Haifa, with Pyramid cachet, with Haifa arrival pmk, (13 Apr) on back, mounting tape on reverse, otherwise v.f., with 2008 BPA certificate. An extremely rare Suez Zeppelin dispatch from Egypt, one of only four flown (Si.105Ed, €12,500) Catalog #C4 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #305 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 Palestine Round trip, Cairo acceptance, cover franked with 100m on 27m double surcharge, addressed to Hermann Sieger in Germany, with 10 Apr 31 departure and 13 April arrival on back, v.f., signed Gappe, also Sieger, with his 1965 certificate (Si.Aya) Catalog #C4var | Unsold |
 | Lot #306 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 (10 Apr) picture postcard (LZ-127) Cairo to Germany, posted on board and addressed to Friedrichshafen, endorsed "Affranchissement Percu 1 RM" (post office out of stamps) by a crew-member A.Wittemann (as the post office ran out of stamps, special permission over the radio was granted to collect cash and mark the mail in manuscript to that effect), v.f. with Cairo (11 Apr) pmk and Pyramid cachet alongside (Si.104I, €300), ex-Blau | Unsold |
 | Lot #307 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 (10 Apr) Egypt Flight card from Alexandria to Jerusalem, with 7 May arrival pmk, v.f. On the return trip from Palestine to Germany, L.Z.127 landed in Cairo and remained there for only 30 minutes. There was not enough time to unload all the mail and some pieces were taken back to Germany. This card was sent from Germany by train to Trieste and from there by boat to Haifa, finally arriving in Jerusalem on May 7th, 1931. Only a few pieces recorded, ex-Blau Catalog #C3 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #308 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 (10 Apr) Egypt Flight cover with corner cachet "First Flight of Graf Zeppelin Egypt-Palestine", from Port Said to Tiberias, Palestine, franked with horizontal pair on 50m on 27m, right stamp "1951" error, v.f., with 13 April arrival pmk on back (Sieger 105Cxa, €1,000) Catalog #C3,3a | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #309 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 (10 Apr) Egypt Flight cover franked with set of two overprints, sent from Alexandria to Jaffa, v.f., with 13 April arrival pmk on back (Sieger 105Bz) Catalog #C3-4 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #310 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 Egypt flight cover and card from Cairo and Alexandria to Germany, the former with arrival pmk, fine-v.f. Catalog #C3-4 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #311 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 (10 Apr) Egypt Flight postcard from Cairo to Germany, franked with "1951" (instead of "1931") variety, carried on the return flight, with Friedrichshafen arrival (13.4), v.f. As the Egyptian postal authorities did not provide a cachet, this flight is the only "un-named" one in the history of German Airships, ex-Blau Catalog #C3a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #312 EGYPT 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin Flights 1931 coverfront with set of two Zeppelin surcharges, one being "1951" 50m on 27m error, canceled by Port Said Graf Zeppelin pmk and addressed to Jerusalem, v.f., only a few errors recorded on the Port Said dispatch, ex-Blau Catalog #C3a,4 | Price Realized $365.00 |
