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 #1127 RUSSIA Revenue Stamps 1890-1914 presentation album (hard-bound) with 14 large pages containing 118 fiscal stamps, stuck down and each handstamped "Specimen". The Index page (in English) enumerates contents which include Inland Revenue stamps, revenues printed for St. Petersburg, Moscow and Warsaw Municipal Corporations, Officials stamps for Vitebsk and Zhitomir District Courts, Judicial stamps for District Courts in Poltava, Grodno, Uman, also Playing Cards and Tobacco stamps, "Customs banderoles for imported tobacco", "Excise banderole for Russian Brandy", etc. A rare presentation album S | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
