Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
September 12-13, 2023
Our September 12-13, 2023 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. There are 1,500 lots in the sale, which begins with United States and U.S. Possessions. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer Great Britain and British Commonwealth, European Countries and the rest of the world, with exceptional China, including Postal History and additional lots from the Carl A. Kilgas collection. There are further selections from the estate of Dr.Martin Stempien, a specialized collection of Greece and Samos, formed by Dr.Frederick Rogers, and a selection of reference material from Sergio Sismondo's estate, with many fascinating offerings. The auction concludes with nearly 250 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1344 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GUATEMALA 1845-1970 specialized collection in two well-filled albums, one dedicated exclusively to the Provisional Surcharges beginning with 1881, showing overprint varieties such as double, shifted, inverted (including 4x1886 1c on 2c strips of five with surcharge inverted), various positions, multiples, cancels, all noted on pages; another album with 20+ stampless covers, 1871 Issue including imperfs (1c blocks of 10 and 61), 20c blue error of color (unused), various cancelations, 1873 16x4r and 6x1p dull yellow (all used), Indian Woman selection of cancels and plate varieties, trial color proofs, Quetzals with multiples, cancels, fairly extensive 1886 through the 1930s including pages from 1897 souvenir booklet, Semi-Postals, Air Post, Officials, Postal Tax, etc., also 35+ covers, some reference material noted, mostly fine-v.f. An excellent collection of Guatemala   *O | Unsold |
 | Lot #1345 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GUATEMALA 1867-1902 Reference collection, many hundreds of used and unused on pages, with various types and colors of the "First" Bogus issue, including forgeries, Coat of Arms fakes, Indian Woman, fake cancels and reprints, genuine and fake surcharges, some covers, fake bisects, various bogus overprints, etc. An interesting lot for a specialist, ex-Sismondo *O | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
