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 #1156 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1865 (5 Apr) cover addressed to Tripoli, with red crayon in Latin letters, franked with a vertical pair of 2pi blue & rose, horizontal network, large margins all around, tied by a perfect strike of double circle "Compagnie Russe de Navigation Smyrne" (Tchilingirian type 4), with violet merchant's handstamp alongside, filing fold away from the stamps, with 1998 Mikulski certificate "one of the rarest and also finest known to us letters from Russian Levant", ex-Faberge and Caspary collections (Tchilingirian suggests that it is possible that this marking was taken by the Ropit Agent on-board arriving ships to cancel mail deposited in their letter boxes)  | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
