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 #2006 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled "Tauroggen", boxed two-line departure postmark, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2007 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, canceled by "1" in circle of dots, well centered, fine, with Eichele certificate, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2008 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, canceled by "2" in circle of dots, well centered, fine, with Raybaudi certificate, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2009 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., beautiful and fresh colors, v.f., * Catalog #9 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #2010 RUSSIA 1867 (24 Nov) registered cover sent by a police informant in Orlov to Count Peter Shuvalov (director of the Third Department of His Imperial Majesty’s Own Chancellery, Chief of the Corps of Gendarmes, Adjutant General, Lieutenant General, and Cavalier in St. Petersburg), inscribed “secret, very important, into his own hands.” The postage was 25 kopecks for weight and registration plus 5 kopecks for a receipt, with the Orlov post office wax seal and four wax seals of the sender who wrote “Seal of my coat of arms” around each one  | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2011 RUSSIA 1868 FL from Rome to Odessa, with "F.47" accountancy mark, showing Rome departure and Odessa 3 June arrival alongside of each other, addressed to the Consul General, with "Aus Frankreich per Aachen" 10/6 struck on reverse, charged 11 1/4 in blue crayon, Pontifical seal at upper left and St. Michel transit, fine and rare incoming letter from Papal States to Odessa | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2012 RUSSIA 1872 (14 Apr) locally addressed cover franked with single 5k black & lilac (horizontally laid paper), tied by red St. Petersburg City post cancel, arrival pmk on back, v.f. | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2013 RUSSIA 1874 cover from Riga to Leipzig, franked with 1k (2), 3k, 5k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by departure pmks, repeated alongside, with arrival pmk on back, fine and attractive 20k rate and four-color franking to Germany | Unsold |
 | Lot #2014 RUSSIA 1881 cover from a police informant or agent, franked with 5k black & lilac (horizontally laid paper) mailed locally in St. Petersburg to Governor-General Count Michael Tarielovich Loris-Melikov, inscribed "into his own hands." (Loris-Melikov was a hero of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. In November 1880 he was made Minister of the Interior. He worked with Emperor Alexander II to develop a program of extensive reforms to the Russian state to combat sedition and terrorism. Before these reforms could be implemented, the Emperor was assassinated on 1 March 1881. His son and successor Alexander III opposed the reforms, and Loris-Melikov resigned) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2015 RUSSIA 1897 incoming cover sent by a police informant in Brussels to the Imperial Police Administration in St. Petersburg. Postmarked at the Office of the Postal Director. The Third (secret) Department of the Police Administration was responsible for the security of the Tsar and the highest dignitaries, for surveillance of political organizations, and for the management of all domestic and foreign agents | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2016 RUSSIA 1902 3.50r-10r (vertically laid paper), four different, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #69-72 Catalog Value $464 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2017 RUSSIA 1902 vertically laid paper, 7r black & yellow, imperforate single, ample margins and beautiful fresh color, h.r. and some traces of album page adhesions on back, still v.f. and extremely rare imperforate single, signed Mikulski, Dr.P.Jemchuchin, etc. * Catalog #70d | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #2018 RUSSIA 1909 (1 Apr) autographed cover franked with 3k and 7k Arms, sent from Okulovka by Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (sister of Tsar Nicholas II) to her former tutor Ferdinand Thormeyer in Carouge, Switzerland | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2019 RUSSIA 1909 (6 Sep) registered autographed cover franked on back with 5k and 25k Arms, sent from Klementievo by Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich (brother of Tsar Nicholas II) to his former tutor Ferdinand Thormeyer in Carouge, Switzerland | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2020 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 3k rose, double impression, one inverted, with further perforation shift variety, sheet margin at bottom, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #90b | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2021 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, well centered, h.r., v.f., signed Stolow * Catalog #109d | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #2022 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, bottom margin block of eight plus label, n.h., mostly well centered, fine-v.f. and scarce showpiece  **Catalog #109d | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #2023 RUSSIA 1917 mourning envelope sent through diplomatic pouch from Petrograd to Paris (Medard correspondence, with "A.Medard officiel interprete Mission Militaire Francaise en Russie" endorsement at lower left), by a member of the French Military Mission in Russia, with "Controle P. et T. Militaire Interallie Petrograd" (inter-allied postal and telegraph military censor) double circle strike (repeated on back), endorsed "F.M.", fine and rare example of this handstamp, recorded only on a few covers from the French Military Mission to Russia | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2024 RUSSIA 1917 5r dark blue, green and pale blue, left sheet margin imperf. horizontal pair, green background inverted, h.r., few natural gum bends, v.f., rare * Catalog #133b | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #2025 RUSSIA 1917 7r dark green and pink imperforate, center inverted, oval Buzdyak cancel, very fine, one of only three known copies (all canceled "Buzdyak"). A key Russian rarity, O Catalog #134a Catalog Value $30,000 | Price Realized $23,000.00 |
 | Lot #2026 RUSSIA 1918 1r imperf., irregular pane of 30, double background, one inverted (!), folded between stamps, some invalidating pencil markings, spectacular multiple */** | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2027 RUSSIA 1918 1r imperf., sheet margin block of four, double frame, center inverted, v.f. * | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2028 RUSSIA 1919 cover to Paris, with violet "Ambassade de France en Russie / L'Attache Militaire" cachet, endorsed "Capitaine Barbier L'att. Mil.Moscou", with Paris 14 Sep 1919 arrival and "Minister Affaires Etranger" (Foreign Ministry) cachet. A rare diplomatic dispatch from Moscow during the Russian Civil War | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2029 RUSSIA 1921 (10 Apr) registered cover from "Kitaevskoe" (Stavropol) to Samara, franked on back with Imperial 1k and 2x2k, tied by departure pmks, with official violet "Commissoriat Lyublino District" handstamp, postal slip attached (indicating non delivery), Samara arrival, cover well worn, but with clear markings indicating rate reduced to 5r (instead of 10r) for official usage | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2030 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r on 40r gray violet, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, also Lenin Mourning Issue, 6k perf. single with black center shifted * Catalog #195a,270var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2031 RUSSIA 1922 Soviet Star surcharges, 20r on 70k, horizontal strip of three, surcharge shifted to left, completely omitted from the right stamp, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin * Catalog #218c | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2032 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 7k chocolate (unwatermarked), three singles, one showing broken "8", another perforated 12 1/2, also a block of four, variety l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #349,349a | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2033 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 7k green, imperforate single, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #377b | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2034 RUSSIA 1927 October Revolution, 14k dull blue and red, map inverted, bottom margin vertical strip of four, n.h., with annulling perforations, v.f. ** Catalog #379var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #2035 RUSSIA 1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet of four, unused without gum (168:120mm), sharp edges, tiny wrinkles at upper right corner and faint overall toning as always, still a v.f. item. Only 500 souvenir sheets were printed, of which 25 were additionally overprinted, leaving 475 available, with many subsequently destroyed or discarded, (*)Catalog #485-486var Catalog Value $19,500 | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #2036 RUSSIA 1933 Commissars, 40k carmine, variety imperf. at left, canceled to order, v.f. O Catalog #523var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2037 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, 10k rose red & violet, variety "Tilde" before "CCCP", h.r., v.f. * Catalog #564var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2038 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 3k slate blue, Perf.14, variety imperf. at top, canceled to order, v.f., scarce unlisted variety O Catalog #585var | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2039 RUSSIA 1938 10k slate blue, horizontal pair, right stamp variety imperf. at right, n.h., minor creasing, otherwise v.f. ** Catalog #616var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2040 RUSSIA 1939 Women Aviators, imperforate singles, large margins all around, l.h., last with faint natural gum creases, v.f. and scarce set of imperfs, signed Kessler, with penciled position markings * Catalog #718-720var | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #2041 RUSSIA 1942 (13 Apr) 20k green used on card from Leningrad to a Red Army soldier in Kalininskoye, with forwarding return slip showing numerous censor and Fieldpost markings applied during the Siege of Leningrad (Sep 8, 1941- Jan 27, 1944) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2042 RUSSIA 1946 Order of the Red Workers, 60k dark brown violet, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1038var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2043 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum souvenir sheet of four, l.h., fine-v.f. *Catalog #1327a | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2044 RUSSIA 1949 Kislovodsk, 40k violet, vertical pair, top stamp variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1366var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2045 RUSSIA 1952 Order of Lenin, 10r black, imperforate proof on watermarked paper, v.f., with 2023 Raritan guarantee P Catalog #1654P | Unsold |
 | Lot #2046 RUSSIA 1961 two cacheted Space-related covers, signed by Yuri Gagarin and Herman Titov (1971), v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2047 RUSSIA 1962 Ogarev, 40k green, vertical bottom sheet margin pair imperf. between, canceled to order, v.f. O Catalog #1637var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2048 RUSSIA 1964 signed black & white photograph of "Voskhkod 1" (1964) cosmonauts: Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov and Boris Yegorov, v.f. | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2049 RUSSIA 1964 signed official Goznak picture postcard of "Voskhkod 1" (1964) cosmonauts: Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov and Boris Yegorov, v.f. | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2050 RUSSIA 1964 three signed maximum cards, each with corresponding stamp and photograph of "Voskhkod 1" (1964) cosmonauts, individually signed by Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov and Boris Yegorov, v.f. (Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first cosmonaut to fly in space twice, when he was selected as the solo pilot of Soyuz 1. A parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry on 24 April 1967, making him the first human to die in a space flight) | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2051 RUSSIA 1966 Space, 10k triptych, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., scarce ** Catalog #3276var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2052 RUSSIA 1972 Sobinov, 10k red brown with "Narodnyj Artist CCCP" inscription at bottom, unaccepted in this form (the stamp was released with the revised "Narodnyj Artist Respubliki") (People's artist of the Republic, rather than People's Artist of the USSR), bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with 2001 Wassman certificate (Zagorsky 4049var) ** Catalog #3966var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2053 RUSSIA 1974 "Soyuz 15", failed attempt to dock with Space Station "Salyut 3"; scarce on-board cancelation August, 1974 "Space Mail" postal stationery card, v.f., scarce | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2054 RUSSIA 1982 Garibaldi, 6k imperforate to sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #5076var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2055 RUSSIA 1984 Adzar Republic, 4k imperforate left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #5114var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2056 RUSSIA 1984 Tolstoy, 4k imperforate top sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #5115var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2057 RUSSIA 1989 Shevchenko, 5k imperforate bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #5756var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2058 RUSSIA 1991 Dolphin, 20k imperforate left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #5958var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2059 RUSSIA 1994 Trinity Cathedral St. Petersburg, 150r olive green and black, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #6216var | Unsold |
