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

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1911
KOREA - Covers and Postal History
1900 (10 Jan) small cover franked with 5p green, tied by Seoul Coree cds, locally addressed, fine
Envelope
Catalog #10
Unsold
Lot #1912
KOREA - Covers and Postal History
1900 Newspaper franked with provisional 1 Chuen surcharge on 1895 5 Poon, canceled and tied by Seoul April 16, 1900 pmk, fine and early usage of this extremely rare provisional surcharge on newspaper, in use for only one month, one of only 2-3 known, signed Herbert Bloch (catalogue value $3,000 for used single)
Envelope
Catalog #15B
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #1913
KOREA - Covers and Postal History
1902 (29 July) cover franked with 5ch pink, tied by Seoul Coree cds, addressed to the French Legation, with native pmk alongside
Envelope
Catalog #23
Price Realized
$90.00

Lot #1914
KOREA - Covers and Postal History
1904 surcharges, set of four, tied by "Chemulpo 1 Apr 1904" cds on cover addressed to U.S. Naval officer, with "U.S.S. Vicksburg" handstamp, some adhesive toning, arrival pmk on back. A fine cover. The U.S. gunboat Vicksburg was present during the Russo-Japanese battle of Chemulpo two months earlier (Japan was the winner) and remained in the Korean port, which was considered neutral territory
Envelope
Catalog #35,36,37,38
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1915
KOREA - Covers and Postal History
1904 (30 Jan) picture postcard to Copenhagen, franked with 4c Falcon, tied by Chemulpo Coree departure, Shanghai, China (11 Feb) transit, arriving at destination on 18.3.1904, fine
Envelope
Catalog #43
Price Realized
$220.00

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