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 #2300 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1840s-1900s Proofs and Essays, collection on pages, includes proofs, essays (Barre and Hulot), trials, private issues/proposals, experimental perforations, unissued and related items, noted papers, shades, 190+ blocks of four, numerous unlisted items, Pichot essays proposed to prevent removal of cancelations, Goldbeater's skin essays, 1858 Barre essays, including on blue paper with large figure "10" on back (same paper was used for Greek 10L), Napoleon Laureated Issues, 3c and 30c color trials, some printed on both sides, 1866 Renard "Empire Francais Timbre Poste" essays for stationery envelopes, additional engravings by Gauthier, Esparon, Trottin, 1869 Prince Imperial Essays by Joubert of London, 1870 Bordeaux engravings by Leopold Yon, Type Sage imperf. proofs (8 different), Postage Dues 1876 60c black, 1894-96 Grasset designs, including French Indochina, Mouchon designs, die proofs in adopted colors, Merson die proofs with 2fr and 5fr in issued colors, La Semeuse (Sower), etc. A definitive collection of early French Proofs and Essays, mostly fine-v.f., huge catalogue (Maury) P | Unsold |
 | Lot #2301 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1849-1988 collection in three Kabe albums, extensive 19th Century, mostly used, later issues include Commemoratives, souvenir sheets (1925 Paris, 1937 PEXIP, also No.1100), Semi-Postals, Air Post (C1-2, 5-17 used), some back of book issues, etc., mixed condition  *O | Unsold |
 | Lot #2302 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1849-1989 collection in Scott Specialty album, 19th Century used, with imperf. and perf. issues to 5fr, Bordeaux Issue, Type Sage, Merson, 20th Century mixed, with Le Havre and Bordeaux unused, 1925 Paris and 1927 Strasbourg souvenir sheets (each canceled in margin), also Strasbourg strip from souvenir sheet used on piece, 1930s commemoratives used, Pexip souvenir sheet unused, Semi-Postals used or unused, Red Cross booklets, good selection of imperforate sets, Air post, with 50fr Burelage (used), Postage Dues and additional back of book items, mixed condition, usual faults noted among early items, generally fine or better, high catalogue value *O | Unsold |
 | Lot #2303 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1900-2000 selection of many hundreds, mostly unused (l.h. or h.r., some n.h.), better items include 1929 issue 3fr, 5fr, 10fr and 20fr (Pont du Gard), 1927 Air Post (C1-2), plus subsequent sets, various Commemoratives, early Semi-Postals, later issues with Famous Men, etc., Air Post, Parcel Post, few booklets, Military Issues, etc., fine-v.f. * | Unsold |
 | Lot #2304 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1925 Paris souvenir sheet of four, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h., v.f.,  *Catalog #226 Catalog Value $1,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2305 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1953 Sports Issue, 100 sets, n.h., fine-v.f. (YT 960-65, €8,400) **Catalog #700-705 Catalog Value $6,130 | Unsold |
