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 #1753
ITALY Air Post
1933 Balbo's Trans-Atlantic Flight Issue, 5.25 Lire + 44.75 L green, red & ultramarine, horizontal triptych I-Borg, with watermark showing letters ("POSTE ITALIANE", normally found in sheet margin), overprinted "VOLO DI RITORNO", n.h., v.f., signed Giulio Bolaffi, with 2023 Dr.Avi certificate. A rarity from Italy (see footnote in Scott following C49) (Sass. 53b, €75,000)
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Catalog #C49var
Catalog Value $54,000
Price Realized
$13,500.00

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