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 #1710 ISRAEL Air Post 1955 (27 July) flown cover from Soviet Union (Vilnius) to Tel Aviv, with departure pmks, three-line cachet in Hebrew: "This piece of mail survived from El-Al airplane which was shot down over Bulgaria on 27.7.55", with Tel Aviv arrival (9.8.55) on back. (El Al Flight 402 was an international passenger flight from London to Tel Aviv via Vienna and Istanbul. On 27 July 1955, the flight strayed into Bulgarian airspace and was shot-down by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters, crashing near Petrich. All 7 crew and 51 passengers on board were killed.) A fine cover recovered from this tragic episode  | Price Realized $325.00 |
