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 #1322 FRANCE 1851 (2 Aug) folded "official notice of letter held for postage in Paris, which had to be paid before it could be forwarded", sent to San Diego, California, with "Ship 6" and San Francisco arrival, French markings include "Ministere du Finances", "Rebuts", etc., interesting item  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1323 FRANCE 1853 (23 Aug) FL (flimsy paper) from Bordeaux to St Denis, Reunion, franked with pair of 25c and single 10c, margins cut in, endorsed "voie de Suez", with 8 Nov St. Denis arrival pmk, faults, fine appearance, uncommon usage to Reunion with first issue franking Catalog #1,6 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1324 FRANCE 1853 1fr lake, yellowish, imperforate single with margins all around, slightly rounded but clear at bottom left, canceled by grids on small cover from Toulouse "via Liverpool" to United States, with red Paid 27 Feb 1857 transit and Philadelphia March 14 arrival pmks, charged "5", backflap missing, otherwise fine single franking 1fr on cover, signed Raybaudi (YT €12,000) Catalog #21 Catalog Value $7,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1325 FRANCE 1853-62 Empire Francais imperforate trial color proofs 4c, 20c, 25c and 30c Napoleon, selection of 20, including three blocks of four, fine-v.f.  P | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1326 FRANCE 1867 (15 Sep) cover sent unpaid from Paris to Germany, with departure cds and ms "6 1/2" blue crayon, supported by handstamped "6 1/2" (Schilling) due mark, Grand Hotel return address and Hamburg (17 Sep) arrival pmk on back, some mended cover tears, unusual | Unsold |
 | Lot #1327 FRANCE 1871 (21 Apr) FL from Orleans to Chateauroux, franked with 20c Empire (Napoleon) and 20c Rep. Francaise (Ceres), tied by "2740" large numerals, with 22 April arrival pmk on back, fine mixed issues combination | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1328 FRANCE 1871 surcharged "10" on 10c bistre, block of four, h.r. at top, bottom right stamp n.h., nice color, fresh and fine, rare multiple (the anticipated demand for the surcharged stamps never materialized and the stamps were not issued, except for a few sheets which got into the hands of collectors. All the rest was destroyed by burning, very few blocks survive) (YT34, €15,000) *Catalog #49 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1329 FRANCE 1875 (6 July) cover franked with pair of 25c blue, tied by "3" Paris Star cancels, with Place de La Madelaine cds alongside, sent to USA, with red "Afr. Insuff. P.3", blue ms "2" (double weight) and charged "New York July 18 Due 5 Cents" on arrival, fine cover carried via England, only postage due collected without fine being assessed | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1330 FRANCE 1881 (4 Mar) cover from Boulogne-s-Mer, franked with pair of 35c type Sage, addressed to a Lt.Col. C.M. Griffith, 1st Bombay Grenadiers, India, some overall toning, otherwise fine, with Inhow arrival pmk | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #1331 FRANCE 1925 Paris Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet of four, n.h., minor gum wrinkles and trivial corner crease, otherwise v.f., **Catalog #226 Catalog Value $3,750 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1332 FRANCE 1925 Paris Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet of four, n.h., tiny marginal flaw and small hinge remnant on front, otherwise v.f., **Catalog #226 Catalog Value $3,750 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1333 FRANCE 1927 Strasbourg souvenir sheet, h.r., marginal creases, stamps n.h., v.f., * Catalog #241 Catalog Value $1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1334 FRANCE 1927 Strasbourg Exhibition souvenir sheet of two, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, otherwise v.f. ** Catalog #241 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1335 FRANCE 1929 50c Jeanne D'Arc, unexploded booklet of 10x50c "Le Havre", back cover printed tete-beche, v.f., with "02062" serial number handstamped on front (YT 157-C12)  Catalog #245a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1336 FRANCE 1937 PEXIP souvenir sheets (2), one canceled to order (n.h.), the other on cover to USA, fine-v.f. Catalog #329 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1337 FRANCE 1944 Liberation Issues, 1.50fr Petain, overprinted RF and Cross, gutter sheet of 100, n.h., some perf. separations, fine-v.f. ** | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1338 FRANCE 1944-45 Liberation Issues, 1c-1.50fr thirty nine stamps, various "Libre" and "R.F." overprints, used on ten covers or cards from Paris, Aigurande and Bordeaux, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1339 FRANCE 1948 CITEX sheetlet of 10, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1340 FRANCE 1975 Arphila, imperf. deluxe and imperforate (gummed) souvenir sheets, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1429var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1341 FRANCE 1987-88 selection of 55 imperforate De-luxe sheetlets, with Regular Issues, Commemoratives, Paintings, etc., v.f. P | Price Realized $500.00 |
