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 #1560 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS 1913-39 three large "On His Majesty's Service" covers registered to London or Australia, one franked with 2x2p and 4p George V, the other two unfranked, fine-v.f.  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1561 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS 1917-45 selection of seven covers, including one registered to New York with 12x1p War Tax franking, another registered from Tarawa to Birmingham, U.K. franked with 6p and 1sh, a 1927 cover from the same correspondence franked with 2sh5p, 1937 "Solar Eclipse" Expedition cover,1944 cover from Tarawa and a 1945 cover from Ocean commemorating the reopening of the Pacific, fine-v.f. group | Unsold |
 | Lot #1562 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS 1939-45 selection of thirteen covers, one sent from G.P.O. Ocean Island to USA, showing the scarce type I censor hs (in use only August 28-October 2), three covers with the Type II censor handstamps (recorded to be in use between March 1940 and October 1941), eight covers with the "Passed by Censor No.1" postmarks (in use from March to November 1944), all sent from Fanning Island to various destinations, plus August 1945 cover from Tarawa to Australia with "Passed by Censor No. 8" handstamp (allocated to Tarawa), fine-v.f. and scarce group | Unsold |
