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 #476 GERMANY 1872 3kr carmine, unused with original gum, small h.r., fresh color, excellent embossing, signed Diena, with 2007 Krug certificate, fine and scarce unused stamp (Mi.9) * Catalog #9 Catalog Value $ 1,700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #477 GERMANY 1872 7kr ultramarine, l.h., well centered, fresh and v.f., with 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate, rare unused, * Catalog #10 Catalog Value $ 2,350 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #478 GERMANY 1872 Large Shield, 2 1/2gr orange brown, h.r., minor gum adhesions and tiny thin, well centered, good embossing, fine and scarce stamp, signed Pfenninger, * Catalog #19 Catalog Value $ 1,800 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #479 GERMANY 1900 5m Reichspost, Type I, red partly retouched at right, n.h., v.f., signed Pfenninger, ** Catalog #65e Catalog Value $ 1,650 | Unsold |
 | Lot #480 GERMANY 1901 (9 Nov) Round the World stationery 10pf card from Potsdam to USA, with New Orleans arrival, 2c carmine added for further transmission via New York and India, where 1a Victoria canceled Bombay paid for the return to Germany on 4th January, 1902, framed "Reexpedie" and arrival pmks, fine three-country combination card, 57 days in the mail  | Unsold |
 | Lot #481 GERMANY 1901 3PF on left half of 5pf green, the legendary "Vineta" provisional, h.r., signed Miro, Friedemann, also Roumet, with 1971 certificate, as well as Georg Buhler, with his 1975 certificate. A considerable rarity unused (This famous provisional was created on April 13, 1901 on board the cruiser SMS Vineta. As the postal officer had not been supplied with 3 Pfennig Germania stamps, he bisected his stock of the 5 Pfennig stamps and stamped them by hand with a "3 PF" mark. Mail with the Vineta provisional stamp was sent from Pernambuco to Germany on April 17, 1901. Only 600 were surcharged, with majority used, destroyed or disappeared over the years, making this unused provisional one of the rarities of German philately) (Mi.AI, €13,000) * Catalog #65B Catalog Value $ 9,000 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
