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 #1426 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, lettered "O-J", black MC pmk, deep color, fresh and v.f., O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1427 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, lettered I-E, canceled by red MC on small FL dated 26 Aug 1840, v.f., with red departure and arrival markings on front  Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1428 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 2p blue, lettered "S-J", light pmk, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., with 1985 PFC, O Catalog #2 Catalog Value $975 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1429 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 1p red brown, unused with full original gum, n.h., margins all around, v.f., with 1985 PFC (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #3 Catalog Value $625 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1430 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 2p blue, Plate 3, lettered "C-J", unused with original gum, l.h., margins all around, color slightly oxidized ("sulphurised"), otherwise v.f., rare unused, with 2020 BPA certificate (SG 14) * Catalog #4 Catalog Value £5,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1431 GREAT BRITAIN 1847 1sh pale green, two singles (overlapping, margins touching on sides) on outer FL to New York, "446" obliterator cancels, Liverpool transit on reverse, fine, with 1989 Diena certificate (SG 54) Catalog #5 Catalog Value £2,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1432 GREAT BRITAIN 1852 (8 Jan) outer FL franked with imperf. 1d red brown and 1sh green (embossed), the latter with full margins, except clipped corner at lower left, tied by "809" numerals, with corresponding Gateshead departure pmk on back, sent via Ostende to Amsterdam, fine combination franking, with arrival pmk, 1999 BPA certificate Catalog #5 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1433 GREAT BRITAIN 1847 10d red brown, ample margins to touching at bottom and at right, showing part of adjoining stamp at left, cancelled by grids on outer FL used in 1850 from London to Florence, red "P P" and French entry cds, charged "12" (decimes), with Firenze arrival pmk on back, addressee's name obliterated by pen, fine (SG 57) Catalog #6 Catalog Value £3,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1434 GREAT BRITAIN 1854 (18 Nov) outer FL registered to France, franked with Square Embossed 5p and 1sh, each with ample margins to just in at places, used in combination with perforated 1p and 2p, showing Ct.Tower St. cancel at bottom, "Registered" and "Paid" in red, also "PD", with "Ang.Calais" French entry and other markings, filing folds mostly away from the stamps, fine and attractive combination franking | Unsold |
 | Lot #1435 GREAT BRITAIN 1855 4d rose carmine, used in combination with 2d blue (pl.7) on FL from London to Genova, with 12 Oct 1858 arrival pmk, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1436 GREAT BRITAIN 1855 1d red brown, 4d rose and 1sh green, used in 1859 on registered FL from Bristol to Trieste, neat Bristol cds and red London registered oval, crayon due markings, backstamped on arrival, fine three color franking, signed Raybaudi Catalog #11,26,28 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1437 GREAT BRITAIN 1855 4p rose, used on FL from Sheffield to Paris, tied by "700" obliterator and Sheffield (Nov.7) cds, with Calais cds alongside, fine, signed Raybaudi (SG 62) Catalog #22 Catalog Value £780 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1438 GREAT BRITAIN 1855 4p rose, vertical pair, used in 1856 on FL from London to Trieste, heavy cancellations, with large "England par Autriche" datestamp, Trieste arrival on reverse, fine, signed Raybaudi (SG 62a) Catalog #22 Catalog Value £1,230 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1439 GREAT BRITAIN 1856 6p deep lilac, small h.r., faint natural gum crease, fresh and fine stamp, with 2013 BPA certificate (SG 69, £1,800) * Catalog #27 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1440 GREAT BRITAIN 1856 6d pale lilac, two horizontal pairs, paying 24 pence on cover from Southampton, sent via the British Post Office in Panama (May 22, 1862) to Guayaquil, Ecuador, cover and stamps refolded at top, minor backflap mending, otherwise fine, with Holcombe certificate Catalog #SG 70 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1441 GREAT BRITAIN 1858-69 2p deep blue, selection of seven, Plates 7, 8, 9 and 12 through 15, complete as issued, mostly h.r. (Plates 8-9 unused), few minor flaws and trifle oxidized (sulphurised), few pencil signed, scarce group (SG 45,47) (*)* Catalog #29-30 Catalog Value £8,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1442 GREAT BRITAIN 1867-80 1sh green, Plate 7, top sheet margin imprint block of four, heavy h.r., usual centering, fresh color, scarce positional multiple, with 1984 Diena certificate (SG 117,£5,600)  *Catalog #54 Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1443 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 1sh green (pl.8,9), used in 1873 and 1874 on separate FLs from Manchester and London to Madrid and Malaga respectively, fine-v.f. covers to Spain, each with arrival pmk (SG 150) Catalog Value £480 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1444 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 1sh green (pl.12), used in 1875 on cover from London, via Brindisi to Bombay, tears including backflap, otherwise fine, with Sea Post Office arrival pmk, fine single franking on cover to India (SG 150) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1445 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 1sh green (pl.11), horizontal pair, wing margin at left (some creases and toning), used in 1875 on FL from Manchester to Caracas, endorsed "per R.M. Str Shannon," faint arrival markings on back, fine double rate to Venezuela (SG 150) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1446 GREAT BRITAIN 1873 4d gray brown (pl.17), used in 1880 on FL from London, via Panama to Santa Ana, Salvador, Central America, fine letter to an uncommon destination, with arrival docketing (SG 154) Catalog Value £1,700 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1447 GREAT BRITAIN 1873-80 3p rose, Plate 20, right wing margin single, n.h. and post office fresh, fine and attractive stamp, with 1989 Royal certificate (SG 143) (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #61 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1448 GREAT BRITAIN 1878 10sh slate, lettered "E-A", Coffee House cds and red crayon markings, fine, with 2023 PFC, O Catalog #74 Catalog Value $3,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1449 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 4d gray brown (pl.17), lettered "R-F", tied by duplex BC pmk on outer FL from London (18 August 1882) to Brazil, departure cds alongside, Pernambuco (5 Sep) arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamp, fine, uncommon destination (SG 160) Catalog #71 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1450 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 4d gray brown (pl.18), used in 1883 on FL sent "per French Str via St. Nazaire" from Manchester, via Calais to Caracas, with "Paris Etranger" and "Ligne A Paq Francais" markings, imperceptible toning, otherwise a fine single franking to Venezuela, with arrival docketing (SG 160) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1451 GREAT BRITAIN 1880-81 1/2p pale green, imperforate Imprimatur single, margins all around, l.h., v.f. and rare, signed Raybaudi, with 2013 BPA certificate (SG 164) * Catalog #78a | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1452 GREAT BRITAIN 1880-81 1p Venetian red, imperforate Imprimatur single, margins all around, l.h., v.f. and rare, signed Raybaudi, with 2013 BPA certificate (SG 166) * Catalog #79a | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1453 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 10sh slate, White Paper, lettered "E-F", lightly canceled, well centered, v.f., with 2023 PFC, O Catalog #91a Catalog Value $4,675 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1454 GREAT BRITAIN 1883 3p on 3p violet and 6p on 6p violet, l.h., the former with faint toning, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Brun, with 1985 Diena certs (SG 159,162,£1,325) * Catalog #94-95 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1455 GREAT BRITAIN 1887 1d (two) and 6d purple rose, used in 1889 on FL from Liverpool to Mauritius, arrival pmk on back, overall paper toning, otherwise a fine letter to an uncommon destination (SG 170,208) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1456 GREAT BRITAIN 1887-1900 Queen Victoria 1/2-1sh, the complete set of 14, n.h., post office fresh, mostly v.f., both 1sh values with 1985 PFC (SG 197/214,£950) ** Catalog #111-22,125-26 Catalog Value $823 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1457 GREAT BRITAIN 1887-1902 Queen Victoria, imperforate plate proof in blue, background omitted, also 1p KEVII imperforate plate proof in scarlet, both n.h., v.f. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1458 GREAT BRITAIN 1902-11 KEVII, 1/2p-1sh, selection of 20, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #127-38,144-50 Catalog Value $2,136 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1459 GREAT BRITAIN 1902 KEVII 1p deep green, imperforate proof on thin white card, block of four, v.f., with 1987 Royal certificate PCatalog #128P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1460 GREAT BRITAIN 1912-13 George V 1/2p-1sh complete set of 14, also 9p olive green, n.h., fine-v.f., the latter with 1984 PFC, ** Catalog #159-172,183 Catalog Value $585 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1461 GREAT BRITAIN 1913 Coil stamps, 1/2p green, 1p scarlet, n.h., v.f., with 1986 Royal and 1987 PFCs (SG Spec.N15,N17), ** Catalog #177,178 Catalog Value $687 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1462 GREAT BRITAIN 1913-18 Seahorses, 5sh rose red, Bradbury-Wilkinson, lower left sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f., with 1987 Royal certificate (SG Spec. N68a) ** Catalog #180 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1463 GREAT BRITAIN 1916 three covers to London, each with stationery cut square franking (two vertical gutter tete-beche pairs), two with triangular "H.M.H.S. 602 Master" censor handstamps, posted from a hospital ship "the Braemar Castle" (sunk in the Aegean on 21 Nov 1916 en route from Salonica to Malta, with wounded onboard), both cancelled Southampton 11 Sep 16, fine-v.f., interesting lot (in 1915 the Plymouth Battalion and the headquarters of the Royal Marine Brigade sailed on "Braemar Castle" to Gallipoli) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1464 GREAT BRITAIN 1935 Silver Jubilee, set of four on registered FDC to South Africa, v.f. (SG 453-456) Catalog #226-229 Catalog Value £600 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1465 GREAT BRITAIN 1938 George VI, perf. and imperf. essays in violet, also War Tax imperforate proofs 1/2p and 1 1/2p (two), also overprinted on 2p orange, fine-v.f. E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1466 GREAT BRITAIN 1941 1/2p green, pane of 24, five stamps at upper right affected by "dry printing", n.h., some natural gum creases, otherwise fine-v.f., with 1993 Royal certificate (SG 485var) **Catalog #258var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1467 GREAT BRITAIN 1951 1p light ultramarine, right sheet margin block of nine, center right stamp showing "keyhole" variety, n.h., v.f., with 1993 Royal certificate (SG Spec. Q6d) **Catalog #281var | Unsold |
