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 #143 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1845 (ca) cover with red "Free", "Washington, D.C. Apr 4" pmk, signed "Jefferson Davis, Miss." and addressed to Richard T. Archer, Port Gibson, Miss., minor edge toning, fine (Jefferson Davis was at that time a Congressman from Mississippi and Richard T. Archer, who migrated to Mississippi in 1824, ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South)  | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #144 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1845 (ca) outer FL with red "Washington, D.C. Feb 26" pmk, signed "Jefferson Davis, Miss.", "Free" handstamp alongside, addressed to Richard T. Archer, Port Gibson, Miss., minor edge toning, fine (Jefferson Davis was at that time a Congressman from Mississippi and Richard T. Archer, who migrated to Mississippi in 1824, ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #145 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1845 (15 Nov) FL from Brierfield, addressed to "My Dear Friend" and signed "Jefferson Davis", handstamped "5", with departure pmk alongside, sent to Richard T. Archer, Port Gibson, Miss., overall toning, but text and signatures completely intact (Jefferson Davis was at that time a Senator from Mississippi and Richard T. Archer, who migrated to Mississippi in 1824, ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #146 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1849 Free frank FL dated 6th May, from Brierfield, addressed to "My Dear Friend" and signed "Jefferson Davis U.S.S.", handstamped "Free" and signed "Jefferson Davis, U.S.S.", sent to Richard T. Archer, Port Gibson, Miss., overall toning, but text and signatures complete intact (Jefferson Davis was at that time a Senator from Mississippi and Richard T. Archer, who migrated to Mississippi in 1824, ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #147 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1853 cover addressed to Jefferson Davis, Memphis, Tenn., signed "C.G Clay" (Clement Claiborne Clay), with Huntsville, Alabama departure pmk (Clay was a U.S. Senator from 1853 and from 1862-64 as a CSA senator from Alabama) | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #148 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1853 FL addressed to Vicksburg, Miss., re-addressed to Falmouth, Va, with "San Francisco, Cal. 1 Jul" and "Free" alongside, signed "W.M Gwin, U.S. Senator" (William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) served in elected office in Mississippi and California. In California he shared the distinction, along with John C. Fremont, of being the state's first U.S. senators. Before, during, and after the Civil War, Gwin was well known in California, Washington, D.C., and the Southern United States as a determined Confederate sympathizer) | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #149 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1855 (28 Apr) Washington, D.C. Free departure cds, War Department Official Business envelope addressed to Governor J.J. McRae, Jackson, Miss., free-frank of "Jeff. Davis", fine (Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), was the only president of the Confederate States of America. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #150 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1857 FL addressed to Falmouth, Va, with red "Free New York, Sep 6" and signed W.M Gwin (William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) served in elected office in Mississippi and California. In California he shared the distinction, along with John C. Fremont, of being the State's first U.S. senators. Before, during, and after the Civil War, Gwin was well known in California, Washington, D.C., and the Southern United States as a determined Confederate sympathizer) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #151 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1864 Robert E. Lee field endorsement, 10c blue tied by blue Petersburg, Va. cds, addressed to ex-Governor John Letcher in Lexington, Va., endorsed "R.E.Lee, Gel", with Confederate Stamp Alliance certificate which states "genuine, envelope has been cleaned and tears repaired at top and at left, envelope reduced at top and right and back flaps re-attached." A fine and rare Robert E. Lee field endorsement, used in 1864, probably from Gaines Mill, Va., one of only 15 (!) known | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #152 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1875 3c Centennial stationery, entire envelope addressed by typewriter to Mrs. Walker Brooke in Vicksburg, Miss., overall toning, early usage of a typewriter (Walker Brooks served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the CSA from 1861-62. He was also a U.S. Senator from 1852-53) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #153 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Free Frank Autographed covers 1885-87 correspondence of 16 covers, each with 2c Bank Note franking, addressed to Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Mississippi, one addressed to "Ex President of Southern Confederacy", sent from Georgia, Maryland, New York, South Carolina, Louisiana, etc., fine | Price Realized $900.00 |
