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 #544 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 1p red brown, lettered "S-K", margins all around, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #3 Catalog Value $ 625 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #545 GREAT BRITAIN 1878 (1 Oct) Round the World FL from London, franked with 2 1/2p (Pl.12) addressed to USA, sent via Alexandria, where 1pi was added to Singapore, with 12p Straits Settlements, further to Yokohama, with 5sen brown and finally to San Francisco, where 3c Bank Note canceled Dec.14 paid for further transmission to New York, returning back to London on 31st December, fine and remarkable five-country combination cover, 92 days in the mail  | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #546 GREAT BRITAIN 1879 (13 Jan) Round the World stationery 1p card from York, addressed to USA, sent via Alexandria, where Egyptian 1pi was added, through Suez to Singapore and Batavia, Java, carried to Yokohama, with Japanese 5sen brown, cork canceled, used for further transmission to San Francisco, with 2c Bank Note canceled by foreign mail pmk, then to Ottawa, where Canadian 3c yellow paid for the return voyage to England (3 May, 1879), remarkable five-country combination card, 111 days in the mail | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #547 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 Queen Victoria £5 orange, blue paper, overprinted Specimen in black, l.h., nicely centered, natural gum wrinkles, v.f., with 1989 Diena certificate (SG 133s) S Catalog #93S Catalog Value £3,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #548 GREAT BRITAIN 1887-1902 Queen Victoria, imperforate plate proof in blue, background omitted, also 1p KEVII imperforate plate proof in scarlet, both n.h., v.f. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #549 GREAT BRITAIN 1897 (25 May) Round the World, 1p stationery card from Penmaenmawr, Wales, via Liverpool to Honolulu, redirected to New South Wales, with 1d franking added in Sydney, forwarded to Hong Kong, Hakodate, Japan, with 10sen canceled by cds, then Yokohama and back to England, returning 27 Sep, 1897, fine three-country combination card, 126 days in the mail | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #550 GREAT BRITAIN 1902-11 KEVII, 1/2p-1sh, selection of 20, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #127-38,144-50 Catalog Value $ 2,136 | Unsold |
 | Lot #551 GREAT BRITAIN 1902 KEVII 1p deep green, imperforate proof on thin white card, block of four, v.f., with 1987 Royal certificate  PCatalog #128P | Unsold |
 | Lot #552 GREAT BRITAIN 1938 George VI, perf. and imperf. essays in violet, also War Tax imperforate proofs 1/2p and 1 1/2p (two), also overprinted on 2p orange, fine-v.f. E | Unsold |
 | Lot #553 GREAT BRITAIN 1941 1/2p green, pane of 24, five stamps at upper right affected by "dry printing", n.h., some natural gum creases, otherwise fine-v.f., with 1993 Royal certificate (SG 485var) **Catalog #258var | Unsold |
 | Lot #554 GREAT BRITAIN 1951 1p light ultramarine, right sheet margin block of nine, center right stamp showing "keyhole" variety, n.h., v.f., with 1993 Royal certificate (SG Spec. Q6d) **Catalog #281var | Unsold |
