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 #1348 FRANCE Crimean War 1854 (4 Oct) FL sent unpaid from Varna, Bulgaria to Bas Rhin, with "Armee D'Orient Quart. Gal" cds, charged "30", apparently forgiven and crossed out, charged instead with "6" (decimes), various transit and arrival markings, fine letter from a French soldier in Bulgaria  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1349 FRANCE Crimean War 1854 (10 July) registered cover to Lyon, paying soldier's concessionary rate of 20 centimes, plus 20c registration, franked with pair of 25c imperf. Empire (paying 50c old rate, overpaying 10c due to recently reduced tariff of 1.7.1854), ample margins to cut in at top, other faults, canceled by "AOA" lozenge, with "Armee d'Orient/Bau.A" (Bulgaria) departure cds at top, straight-line "Charge" in red, Marseille (25 July) and Lyon arrival pmks on back. Registered military mail is of great scarcity, ex-Piat, with 1997 Behr and Greg Todd 2015 certificates | Unsold |
 | Lot #1350 FRANCE Crimean War 1854 (25 July) cover to Puy, paying soldier's concessionary rate of 20 centimes, with pair of 10c imperf. Empire, showing full sheet margin and filet "d'encadrement" at top (creased over edge of the cover but still with full margins all around), canceled by "AOB" lozenge, with "Armee d'Orient/Sed're" (Bureau Sedentaire Bulgaria) departure cds at left, Nimes (Aug 5) transit and arrival pmks on back. The letter is addressed to "Madame Generale Couston", fine cover used by a French officer in transit from Crimea, 2015 Gregory Todd certificate | Unsold |
