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 #1318 FINLAND 1858 5k blue, stationery lettersheet addressed to Riga, with boxed "Karis 2 Apr 1858" departure datestamp and framed "Polucheno 28 Mar 1858" franked arrival in Riga (Gregorian and Julian calendars), filing folds through the indicia, fine and scarce lettersheet from Kars to Riga  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1319 FINLAND 1862 large part of outer FL (sideflaps missing) franked with two imperforate cut squares of 5k blue (1860 issue), laid paper, ample margins, one cut close at bottom, canceled by framed "Wasa 6 June 1862" datestamp, addressed to Gamlakarleby, minor filing folds away from the franking, fine and incredibly rare usage of Postal Stationery Cut Squares as regular franking on cover, with 2003 Cyril Schwenson certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #1320 FINLAND 1866 5k Postal Stationery entire envelope, with seven stars in the value tablet, indicia at left, struck on the invalid 1856 10k red, imprint on back flap and canceled by pen cross, additionally franked with 20p bright blue, Perforation B, canceled by St. Michel pmk (1866 or 1867) and addressed to Abo, with 2006 Jussi Tuori and 2018 Schwenson certificates ("this envelope is one of those which were returned to Stempelkontor after they were no longer valid and received a new imprint on front. The old imprint was invalidated with ink cross, without water stain from removal of 5 kop stamp"), "very good condition, some missing teeth of 20k stamp of not big importance". The Jussi Tuori certificate states "the cover is extremely rare, only two such combinations are known. The stamp has some tooth problems, however, not important in such rare item." | Unsold |
