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 #798
GUATEMALA
1811 cover (backflap missing) from Guatemala to Sonsonate, with a good strike of "Viva F.VII/Guatemala" in black, without any additional rate markings, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #799
GUATEMALA
1862 (ca) incoming cover from New York, franked with vertical pair of 10c green, paying double rate (10c per 1/2 oz), taxed "4" (reales) in black (as per convention with the United States of 1.9.1862), fine (most of the early existing covers from the United States to Guatemala are from the correspondence (usually stampless letters) of Elisha Oscar Crosby, who was the first U.S. Minister to Guatemala from 1861 to 1864)
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #800
GUATEMALA
1871 (16 Oct) incoming FL from London to Guatemala, franked with a single Great Britain 1sh green, single rate "2" reales in red (for under 1/2 oz), fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #801
GUATEMALA
1874 (16 Sept) incoming FL from Glasgow to Guatemala, franked with Great Britain 2x1sh green, double rate "4" reales in black (this includes postage due for 1/2 oz to 1oz), "per Elbe" endorsement at top, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #802
GUATEMALA
1893 Allegory, 10c brown, die proof on card, die number in pencil on top, country name crossed out and indicated "Nic" (Nicaragua), also Bolivia 5c die proofs in brown and ultramarine, each on card, the former penciled "Guatemala" at bottom, some soiling, rare
E
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #803
GUATEMALA
1911 Pres. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, engraved die of center only, card mounted, die number at bottom, also 1c Quetzal, die proofs on center and frame, each mounted on a separate card, some adhesive toning, otherwise fine
P
Catalog #142P
Price Realized
$230.00

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