Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
July 11-12, 2023
Cherrystone's Summer Auction will be take place July 10-11, 2023. There are numerous highlights, including United States, with an intact "Roosevelt Album", a collection of Crash & Disaster mail formed be the late Zvi Aloni (contributor to the American Air Mail Catalogue) and portions of Carl A. Kilgas' collections of China, Taiwan, PRC and Korea. There are substantial showings of Italy and Italian Colonies, Central and South America, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, plus hundreds of Large Lots and Collections offered intact and more. This is a public auction, with live internet bidding via CherrystoneLIVE
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1193 BELGIUM BELGIAN POST OFFICE IN CHINA 1907 "Chine" 1c on 2c, 2c on 5c, 4c on 10c and 10c on 25c, type I ("Chine 11mm long) and type II ("Chine" 10mm long, thicker letters and numbers), all handstamped "Specimen" (two different types, one larger), the "set" of eight, h.r., some minor gum toning, 4c on 10c creased, otherwise fresh, fine-v.f., each stamp with a 2023 Pierre Kaiser certificate (King Leopold II of Belgium approved a Belgian Post Office in China and Belgian stamps surcharged and overprinted "Chine" were sent to the Belgian Consul in Shanghai. Chinese Postmaster General, T. Pitry, a Frenchman, curtly rejected the idea. The surcharged stamps were returned to Belgium and destroyed. Only 5-6 sets survived). A rarity, ex-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt collection, ex-Kilgas S | Price Realized $18,500.00 |
