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 #1416 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ORANGE FREE STATE Postal Stationery 1891-1902 annotated exhibit presented on 72 pages, with 150+ used and unused regular and Provisional definitive postal cards (including message and reply cards) displaying most of the typographic settings used to produce them. Local, domestic and foreign uses include several items of Boer War philately: Army field post offices, censorship markings and handstamps, also earliest known dates of use of 1884 1d Definitive (June 25, 1885), Victoria West via Colesburg and 1891 1/2d on 1d Provisional (Aug 29, 1891, from Thaba Nchu to Edinburgh) and the discovery 1893 1 1/2d on 3d Provisional postal card showing earliest known use (April 29, to Germany via London), extremely late use of 1893 11/2d on 3d Provisional (Aug 1, 1896), only recorded inverted 1 1/2d surcharge on adhesive tied to unused Sixth Setting postal card (late impression) and early use of 1901 1d on 1 1/2d Provisional (March 12) displaying scarce period after 'Penny' variety, occasional minor toning, generally fine-v.f.  Catalog #SG P1-18 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
