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 #1043 POLAND 1796-1826 six FLs from Krakow, various markings, first one ms "Cracau" and used to Steyr, others to Micheldorf, one with "Podgorze" hs, others "Cracovie", "Cracau" handstamps or manuscript, fine lot  | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1044 POLAND 1808-38 four FLs with Krakow markings, including "Krakau" in oval, also another two-line "Krakau" datestamp applied in transit on FL from Stettin to Tarnow, plus "Cracau" straight-line and "Cracau" ms, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1045 POLAND 1823 two entires showing different dispatch handstamps from "Slonim", one on home-made cover to Warszawa, framed departure postmark in Cyrillic caps, the other on front of 10k stationery entire envelope (backflap defective), oval "from Slonim" in Cyrillic, showing only "18" of yeardate, fine usage from Slonim (in present day Belarus) | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #1046 POLAND 1830 FL to Frankfurt, with "Cracovie Pologne" departure, charged "20" with red crayon, Frankfurt 22 June arrival pmk on back, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1047 POLAND 1855 FL from Ostrov to Krakow, sent via Radzilow, Brody and Lemberg to Krakow, with departure, transit and arrival markings on back, handstamped "Russie" to indicate origin, also another FL with "Krakau 19 Oct" departure datestamp, addressed to Grunsbach in Moravia | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1048 POLAND 1858 (2 Apr) FL franked with Russia 10k brown & blue (No.2), tied by "1" in concentric rings and sent to Zagorze, with red Warszawa departure pmk, filing fold away from the stamp, fine usage or Russia No.2 in Poland, signed Korszen | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1049 POLAND 1858 Russia 10k brown & blue (No.2), tied by "104" in rectangle of dots on large part of FL (most of the top, side and bottom panels missing) from Bialystok to Warsaw, with framed departure datestamp and red Warszawa 8/9 (1858) arrival pmk on back Catalog #2 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1050 POLAND 1860 10k dark blue & rose, canceled by "1" short straight foot at base of numeral surrounded by six thin squares, usual centering, attractive color O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1051 POLAND 1910 10h parcel card with Austrian 10h (2) added on both sides, sent from Lwow to Brzostek, with "Lemberg" registration label, bilingual departure and Brzostek arrival pmks | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1052 POLAND 1918 two Money orders with Austrian franking, tied by Polish cancels Myslenice and Tarnobrzeg, the former used locally, the latter to Krakow, with arrival pmks, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1053 POLAND 1919 (Apr) money letter from Szustry village, Lututow (Wielun), sending 9 marks to a weekly magazine "Mucha" (Fly) in Warszawa, franked with 6x5pf Poczta Polska surcharges, used in combination with 3x25f Polish Eagle, all canceled by crayon, with 4.4.19 Warszawa arrival pmk on back, fine and interesting usage, signed Walocha | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1054 POLAND 1919 10h magenta, h.r., also 12h light blue, l.h., v.f., signed Korszen, Mikstein, * Catalog #44,45 Catalog Value $575 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1055 POLAND 1919 90h red violet, Thin "Z" variety, l.h. (if at all), v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg, * Catalog #50 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1056 POLAND 1919 25h blue, unused (regummed), fine and rare stamp, signed Jendroszek, (*) Catalog #58 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1057 POLAND 1919 30h dull violet, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, etc., ** Catalog #59 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1058 POLAND 1919 Gniezno surcharges, set of two used in combination with 15f and 20f Arms on registered cover (24.10.19) to Poznan, v.f., with arrival pmk, signed Landre, with 2009 Ceremuga certificate Catalog #77-78 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1059 POLAND 1919 Gniezno surcharges, set of two used in combination with additional franking on registered cover (opened for display) from Gniezno (2.10.19) to Dusseldorf, with arrival (6.10.19) pmk on back, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski Catalog #77-78 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1060 POLAND 1920 Ministerium Wojny Misja Francusko-Polska corner card cover addressed to the Ministry of War in Paris, with red Polish Eagle "Mission Franco-Polonaise R.F." cachet, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
