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 #1385 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WORLD WAR II Occupation Issues 1939-45 collection in Schaubek album, selection of Field Post Issues, including Tunis, Leros, Rhodes, "Inselpost" overprints; continuing with issues for Albania, Belgium Flemish Legion complete, also Kings set of sheetlets of four, "Langemark", Bohemia & Moravia issues, Denmark set of three (unused without gum), Estonia, including Pernau, France, with Legion souvenir sheet, Zante overprints, Channel Islands, Kotor, Zara, Kurland, Laibach, Lithuania, with some better items, including "Vilnius" 80k and 1r (Krischke certificates), also Telsiai, Montenegro (complete less 10L), Generalgouvernment, Serbia, Russia (Pleskau), mixed condition, mostly unused, l.h. or n.h., some doubtful items not counted, fine-v.f. *O | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1386 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY - WORLD WAR II Occupation Issues 1941-45 collection on pages, Flemish Legion, including Kings sheetlets of five, Langemark and other sets, Estonia, France, including St. Nazaire Ship, French Legion Russian Bear souvenir sheet, Kurland set of five, Laibach, Latvia, Memelland overprints, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Serbia, with Pictorials, overprints, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets, Poland, Bohemia & Moravia, some covers, miscellaneous varieties, plus others *O | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
