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 #2392 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS SOLOMON ISLANDS Postage Dues 1940-75 specialized collection with used and unused sets of eight, plus 27 covers, with several addressed to well known Missionaries (for example Rev Shepherd at Barakoma Island), some highlights include a 1944 scarce underpaid incoming commercial cover to Lunda with 2p added with Linga type 6 handstamp applied, an incoming commercial cover with "Honiara Tax Payable" handstamp, commercial use from Australia to Yandina with 6p Postage Due paid, inter-island mail from Auki to Yandina with scarce Auki "tax due" handstamp, commercial covers addressed to the Chief of Police at Honiara, Guadalcanal, several commercial covers with regular stamps used to pay postage due, nice variety of handstamps and various offices, etc., fine-v.f. While several may be philatelic, commercial covers with postage dues are quite scarce and this collection offers a wonderful foundation for further study and expansion  *O | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
