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 #2387 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1863-1913 balance of a specialized collection, hundreds of used and unused, with many cancels both on and off piece, sometimes in multiples, 35+ covers and cards, including a number of better usages, a few proofs and reprints, blocks of four and larger multiples and a variety of other specialty material, all mounted on album or exhibit pages in three binders, the collection starts with Russia Coat of Arms issues used in the Ottoman Empire, including some covers; 1863 first issue includes used examples, one signed Calves, another ex-Torrey (canceled Kerch-Enikol), also seven different forgeries; 1868-90 issues are well represented including covers, there are 1876 and 1879 surcharges, also 1909-10 Cities overprints including numerous errors, blocks and multiples, the overall quality is generally fine or better, with only occasional faults (among the 1863 issue)  *O | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #2388 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1860-1918 balance of a collection, 150 covers or cards, mostly Russian Levant, including ROPIT agencies, registered mail from Constantinople, Ropit Afon, Jaffa, Smyrna, Dardanelles, Jerusalem, Kerasunde, Trebizond, Mytilene, Mersina, Mt.Athos, maritime mail, few postal stationery entires, postal receipts, cancels, couple of Russian Offices in China, mixed condition, few stamps and sheets, interesting lot | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
