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 #1407 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL 1948-1990 collection of Tabs in three Lighthouse hingeless albums, including 1-6, 1a-3b and 10m and 15m Tabs with errors, also 7-9 (v.f. set, with APS certificates), 10-14, 10-14 vertical gutter pairs, 10-14 vertical gutter pairs with Tabs (n.h., v.f. set with Jubilee lines at right), also 28-30, 33-34, C1-6, 55, missing items in between, but complete from 1952, occasional errors and varieties are included (there are no Postage Dues), other tete-beche, including Freedom From Hunger strips, later items, n.h., fine-v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1408 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL 1948-55 collection on pages, with Plate No. Blocks of four of Doar Ivri to 50m, including better perf. 10 3/4 (15m), Postage Dues Plate No. Blocks of nine (J1-5), 1948 Holidays (10-14) horizontal gutter tete-beche blocks of six and Plate Blocks of six, also vertical gutter tete-beche pairs (folded) and vertical gutters with tabs (l.h., v.f.), additional tete-beche pairs, two Flag (15) and Petah Tikvah (27) tab blocks, Plate Blocks of 28-30, 33-34, C1-6, etc., few l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f.  */** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1409 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL 1948-2000 collection of hundreds of First Day Covers, mostly complete, including 1-6 (with tabs), others singles, later issues with tabs, mostly fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1410 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL 1949 Tabul Exhibition, ten souvenir sheets, n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #16 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $90.00 |
