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 #1323 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1850-2002 balance of a consignment in carton, remainder collections and singles and sets in glassines, with Mauritius on pages, Ascension, Gibraltar, Canada, with George VI booklets, also Air Post Semi-Officials, British Antarctic Territories, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cyprus, including 1960 Revenues in blocks of four, complete sheets of odd definitive values from Falkland Islands and Dependencies (mostly on Stanley Gibbons lot sheets, high acquisition cost), plus others */**O | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1324 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1864-1990 selection of hundreds of singles and sets in glassine envelopes, with British Europe, Malta, Cyprus and Gibraltar with sets to £1, All Reigns represented, Seychelles, including specialized George VI with better varieties, Ascension, Mauritius, Heligoland, St. Helena, Papua, Maldive Islands, neatly packaged, with SG Catalogue numbers, some blocks of four and larger, souvenir sheets, few used, generally l.h. or h.r., some n.h., fine-v.f. * | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1325 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1864-1996 selection of 73 different items on SG sales cards, each with a detailed description, included are singles and sets from Malta, Cyprus, with early issues in blocks of four, also Postage Dues, Fiscals, Nevis, Montserrat, St. Lucia, Leeward Islands, Barbados, Dominica, British Guiana, Bermuda, plus a few others. All are better items, definitives, blocks of four, varieties, Specimen overprints, etc., fine-v.f. An excellent group, ready for immediate resale, SG retail £11,400+ * | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1326 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1880-1983 balance of the collection, good showing of British Asia, Malaysian States, Labuan, some on SG sales cards, each with a detailed description, included are singles and multiples, better items, also Jamaica, Virgin Islands, New Guinea, Seychelles and many more, mostly in glassines, with SG catalogue numbers, fine-v.f., excellent lot, ready for immediate resale, high catalogue value * | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1327 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1895-2007 British Asia and British Africa, selection of hundreds of mostly complete sets, Malaysian States (Kedah, Perak, Johore), Burma, Singapore, Ceylon, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei, also Gambia, Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, all Reigns represented, Queen Victoria-Queen Elizabeth, many modern issues and souvenir sheets, some blocks of four, etc., useful group, fine-v.f. */** | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1328 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1937-52 George VI, advanced collection on pages, six volumes, comprehensive showing of singles and sets, color and perforation varieties, Aden (Dhow complete), Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Bahawalpur (1947 Nawab Sadiq Mohammad Khan Abbasi V Star & Crescent overprint, SG 15), Bahrain, Bechuanaland, Bermuda (Keyplates), Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, India and Indian States, Jamaica (SG 132a,£7,000), Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysian States, Malta, Nauru, Nigeria, Seychelles, Singapore, etc., different Printings and SG listed color varieties, additional better items, occasional "Specimen" perfins, some blocks of four, also hundreds of additional singles, sets and multiples in glassines, with much Omnibus material, l.h. or h.r., some used, few minor faults noted, generally clean, fine-v.f., SG £100,000+ */**O | Unsold |
 | Lot #1329 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1943-51 British Occupation of Italian Colonies, collection virtually complete including E.A.F., Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania, commemoratives and overprints on George VI definitive, also Postage Dues, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. * | Unsold |
