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 #735 GUATEMALA 1871 10c blue, just tied by "1" duplex cancel on complete FL dated August 10, 1871, addressed to Lanman & Kemp in New York, with "N.Y. Steamship Aug 31 / 10" arrival below, corresponding departure and arrival docketing on back, filing fold and other defects through the stamp, additional franking (probably 2x1c ocher) missing, nevertheless fine appearing and possibly the earliest usage recorded of the 1871 Issue on cover (Goodman "Guatemala" illustrated the earliest cover dated October 10, 1871) ( Lanman & Kemp was a multi-generational family firm of wholesale druggists in New York City. Their records document the operations of the wholesale drug business in the years before the development of modern pharmaceuticals)  Catalog #3 Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #736 GUATEMALA 1872 4r dull red violet, h.r., also 1p dull yellow used, minor creases, fine, *O Catalog #5,6 Catalog Value $ 890 | Unsold |
 | Lot #737 GUATEMALA 1878 The Indian Woman Issue, 1/2r yellow green, single franking, tied by large numeral "9" in oval on cover (reduced at left) from Mazatenango to Retalhuleu, with "Correos De Mazatenango June 16, 1878" cds alongside, fine cover, with 1985 Peter Holcombe certificate ("a very scarce stamp on cover") (Goodman's census lists eight covers and one front with 1/2r yellow green franking, plus one or two others. Most of these are in multiple frankings or in combination with other values or issues. Only four covers are single frankings paying the internal domestic rate. This cover is especially rare, being the earliest domestic usage known with this stamp), Catalog #11 Catalog Value $ 1,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #738 GUATEMALA 1881 Provisional Issue, surcharged 5 Centavos on 1/2r green (Indian Woman), tied by blue grids on cover headed "J Rufino Barios" (President of Guatemala) and sent on 14 Sep 1881 from Guatemala City to Paris, red and magenta departure datestamps, fully intact Seal of the President on back, minor cover mending at top, fine, ex-Lange, with 1979 Royal certificate. The Centavos surcharged Provisionals on the entry of Guatemala into the UPU are surprisingly rare used on cover. Goodman lists a total of only four covers of all values, three of which are the 5c on 1/2r yellow green. All three of these covers are to England which is unusual as this is an underpayment of the ten centavos rate. The cover offered here is not listed by Goodman. The provisional 5c single foreign rate was only valid for 68 days (Aug.1-Oct.7,1881) Catalog #18 Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #739 GUATEMALA 1881 20c on 2r carmine rose, horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine and very rare, * Catalog #20b Catalog Value $ 750 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #740 GUATEMALA 1881 The UPU Quetzal Issue, 1c-20c blocks of 15, complete set, mostly n.h. (except for 1c hinge reinforced), fresh, fine-v.f. set of multiples (catalogued as hinged singles)  */**Catalog #21-25 Catalog Value $ 555 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #741 GUATEMALA 1881 2c brown and green, Quetzal inverted, horizontal pair, h.r., usual slight gum toning, still fine, scarce multiple (catalogue value for singles) * Catalog #22a Catalog Value $ 1,450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #742 GUATEMALA 1881 2c brown and green, Quetzal inverted, block of four, heavy h.r., fine and rare multiple (catalogue value for singles) *Catalog #22a Catalog Value $ 2,900 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #743 GUATEMALA 1881 5c red and green, Quetzal inverted, lightly canceled, fine, according to Goodman only 25 exist, with 1988 Rendon certificate, O Catalog #23a Catalog Value $ 2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #744 GUATEMALA 1892 (17 Mar) Round the World stationery 10pf card from Dresden, Germany to London, from there to Coban, Guatemala, where 5c and 1c (defective) adhesives were added for further travel to San Diego and San Francisco, forwarded via Shanghai to Hong Kong, franked there with 2c rose, interesting and rare Germany-Guatemala-Hong Kong combination, sent back to Germany, arriving Dresden 17 March, 151 days in the mail | Unsold |
 | Lot #745 GUATEMALA 1894 10c on 20c orange yellow, used on cover from Guatemala City, via Panama to Scotland, July 7, 1894 departure (earliest known?) and August 10 arrival pmk on back, cover tears at top, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #746 GUATEMALA 1900 (5 June) registered cover from Esquintla to Guatemala City, franked with 12 different surcharges, oval arrival datestamp, cover faulty at bottom, impressive | Unsold |
 | Lot #747 GUATEMALA 1911 25c General Post Office, center inverted, used on piece, some staining, otherwise fine, one of only two known on piece, O Catalog #141a Catalog Value $ 900 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #748 GUATEMALA 1911 25c General Post Office, center inverted, vertical pair, used, fully intact and sound perforations, very faint perf. toning, fine and very rare error, especially in multiple, less than 100 believed to be printed, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate, ex-Santa Fe (catalogue value for singles) O Catalog #141a Catalog Value $ 1,800 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #749 GUATEMALA 1930 Los Altos Railway, 3c and 5c imperforate horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f., with 1985 Jack M. Jonza certificate for 3c value ** Catalog #253,254var | Unsold |
 | Lot #750 GUATEMALA 1930 Los Altos Railway, 3c and 5c imperforate blocks of six, n.h., v.f., with 1994 Jack M. Jonza certificates **Catalog #253,254var | Unsold |
