Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
November 7-8, 2023
Our November 7-8, 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 and StampAuctionNetwork (SAN). The 1,211 lots sale begins with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include a solid collection of Germany and German Colonies, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth features British Guiana "Cotton Reels" with an unused 12c black, making its first appearance on the market since the 1935 Hind sale; G.R.I. errors and varieties, strong Bushire, specialized Malaysian States and much more. There are strong selections from various European Countries and rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates. The auction concludes with 250 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact. Kindly note that we will continue adding images for some lots. If scans for the lot you are interested are unavailable, please check again in a few days.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #621 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO 1914 First Setting, 1/2p-80pf, ten different, l.h. or h.r., some signed Buhler, Bloch, Kosack, Bothe, fine-v.f., * Catalog #33-41,43 Catalog Value $ 1,340 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #622 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO 1914 First Setting, 1/2p on 3pf brown, left sheet margin horizontal pair, left stamp thin "y" in "penny", n.h., v.f., signed Bothe and Kosack (Gibbs 12a,SG H12a) (catalogued as hinged singles) ** Catalog #33,33a Catalog Value $ 560 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #623 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO 1914 First Setting, 3pf brown, double overprint, one diagonal, unused without gum, some toning/discoloration at lower left, otherwise fine, signed Bothe. A rarity, only 4 (!) recorded (originally a block of four, ex-Marquis de Bute collection, illustrated in Gibbs, the stamp offered here being the lower right example. The Bute collection was mostly housed in the underground vaults in London, which were flooded during the blitz in 1940. Stamps ex-Bute exist generally without gum) (Gibbs 1a) (*) Catalog #35var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #624 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO 1914 First Setting, 10pf carmine, overprint inverted, unused without gum, v.f., signed Peter Holcombe, Herbert Bloch. Only top half of the sheet (50 stamps) were printed, of which 28 are recorded, only 4 (!) unused, two of them was a pair from the Bute collection (since separated), one of which is the stamp offered here (The Bute collection was mostly housed in the underground vaults in London, which were flooded during the blitz in 1940. Stamps ex-Bute exist generally without gum) (Gibbs 3a) (SG H3a,£10,000) (*) Catalog #37a Catalog Value $ 10,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #625 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO 1914 Second, 1/2p brown, thin "y" in "Penny", 1p on 5pf green (two, one "TOG" variety), 5pf green, rounded upper right corner, rare (of the 50 printed, about two thirds were used), signed Borek, etc., also 20pf, 30pf and Third Setting 10pf, seven different, couple of minor toned spots, mostly fine-v.f., * Catalog #46a,47,47b,49,51,53,63 Catalog Value $ 1,935 | Unsold |
 | Lot #626 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO 1914 20pf ultramarine, vertical strip of three, top stamp is the second (narrow) setting, others first setting (wide setting), n.h., v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, ex-Gibbs (illustrated on page 184 of his handbook). A great rarity, one of the sheets from Setting I printing of the 20pf value did not receive the overprint on its upper half. By the time this omission was discovered, the setting was already changed, so the unoverprinted section received the Setting II overprint, thus creating 10 vertical combinations through the center of one sheet, with Settings I+II se-tenants. Only 6 pairs have been recorded (Gibbs 17b) (SG H17b,£9,000) (catalogued as a hinged pair) ** Catalog #51b Catalog Value $ 9,000 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #627 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO 1914 Third (Sansane-Mangu) Setting, 10pf carmine (unwatermarked), canceled on piece by LOME 20.10.15 cds, v.f., signed Holcombe, etc. (Gibbs 31b, and he notes that "this no watermark variety is not known to exist unused and is very rare. It is only known printed from individual setting"), only a few recorded (SG H31a, £7,500) O Catalog #63var | Unsold |
