Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
March 12-13, 2024
Cherrystone Auctions March 12-13, 2024 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. The sale contains 1,316 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States, with a specialized collection of Postal History of the South, ex-Dabney. Worldwide sections include an exceptional collection of Bavaria, with stamps and covers, offered for the first time at auction. There are solid sections of France, Italy, British Commonwealth, all with many individual rarities. Also featured is a collection of Sweden, with exceptional First Issues. There are 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of Indian Feudatory States (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact. Kindly note that we will continue adding images for many lots. If scans for the lot you are interested in are unavailable, please check again in a few days.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #636 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1852 1/2a white, Scinde Dawk, heavy cancel, large margins all around, strong embossing, fine example of this popular rarity (SG S1) O Catalog #A1 Catalog Value £3,000 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #637 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1854 4a blue & red, Die III, margins all around, canceled (not tied) on FL from Calcutta to London, boxed "India" in red on front, also framed 1860 departure and arrival pmks, fine  Catalog #6 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #638 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1929 (9 Mar) registered 1a stationery envelope with additional 1a and 6a George V adhesives, sent from Dharwar City to Peking, China, with arrival pmk, re-used to Kobe, Japan, with 18.4.29 arrival pmk on the other side, fine cover addressed to Colonel Bailey (a British intelligence officer and one of the last protagonists of "The Great Game", the struggle for supremacy between the Russians and the British Empire along the Himalayas) | Unsold |
