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 #1 United States Stampless covers 1793 (9 Sep) FL from Le Havre, France to Philadelphia, with "27 OC" and "Boston" straight-line arrival handstamp, "Sh 44" ms due marking (4c ship plus inland 250-350 miles 2x20c to Philadelphia)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #2 United States Stampless covers 1802 (12 Mar) FL from Philadelphia to Spain, via Bordeaux, with "Col. Par Bordeaux" straight-line hs, due markings, St.Sebastions arrival docketing (8 May), usual filing fold, fine early letter to Spain | Unsold |
 | Lot #3 United States Stampless covers 1811 (8 Nov) FL from Bordeaux to New York, with red Baltimore Feb 4 and "Ship" handstamped, charged "53" (3x17c inland and 2c Ship Letter fee), fine and scarce triple rate Trans-Atlantic incoming mail | Unsold |
 | Lot #4 United States Stampless covers 1814 (25 June) FL from New York to Bordeaux, with "Col.Par Lorient" entry hs, "Deb 32 Bordeaux" arrival, with "10" and "9" (decimes) due markings, fine early letter sent unpaid from New York to France | Unsold |
 | Lot #5 United States Stampless covers 1837-38 three FLs to Connecticut, one to New Haven, with oval "Tallahassee FLOa" Nov 23, 1837 datestamp (territorial), "Paid" alongside, charged "23", filing fold through the pmk; 1838 free frank to New London, red "Washington City, D.C. Jan 6" pmk, "Free" alongside, also red "Elyria, O." Feb 14, 1838 FL to Woodbury, fine group | Unsold |
 | Lot #6 United States Stampless covers 1848 FL from New Orleans to Paris, endorsed "By the Steamer from New York to Liverpool", New Orleans departure pmk, with red framed "Colonies &c.Art.13" accountancy handstamp, also "Paid", but charged ms "33" (decimes) postage due and "68" in red crayon, red London transit and French entry markings, fine example of retaliatory rate. Also included is a cover sent Sept 7, 1848 from Paris to Boston, red "PD" (Paid to destination), but still charged "24" (cents) due by the U.S. in retaliation for similar treatment of U.S. mail to France, with red arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #7 United States Stampless covers 1848 15 Jan FL (with additional contents) from "Sheboygan" to "Konigreich Wurttemberg", with clear Sheboygan W.T. departure pmk, date filled-in by hand, "Paid" hs, charged "20", with framed red "Colonies &c.Art.13", London transit and French entry markings, scarce usage from Wisconsin Territory to the Kingdom of Wurttemberg | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #8 United States Stampless covers 1849 (30 Oct) FL to Austria, with good strike of "Pomeroy Oct 30" departure, with "Paid" hs and ms "10" alongside, endorsed "Boston per Steamer", red "Colonies & Art" and French entry pmk, charged "49" in red crayon ("43/6"), backstamped, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #9 United States Stampless covers 1857 "San Francisco Cal. 26 paid 20 Feb", well struck cds in red on FL to France, "New-York Am. Pkt. Mar. 21" exchange postmark (also in red), Calais arrival and bold "5" (decimes) due handstamp, pencil "26" at left, v.f. (the 26c rate comprised 21c for carriage by American packet via British open mail and a 5c West Coast surcharge), ex-George Kramer | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #10 United States Stampless covers 1857 (31 Jan) Charleston, S.C. FL to France, with complete departure pmk and "10" along with "Paid" handstamps, endorsed "By First Steamer via Liverpool & Calais", red New York and "GB 1f60c" accountancy mark, charged "16" (decimes) due on arrival, with London transit on back, fine Trans-Atlantic letter | Price Realized $140.00 |
