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 #769 ISRAEL 1948 Yehuda Essay, Coin Design, 15m stamp in black between two vertical bars, large die proof on white glazed paper, without gum as issued (10.5 x 17,5cm), couple of marginal thins and scattered toning well away from design, v.f., signed Tsachor, with his 1992 certificate. A rarity, only seven (!) recorded (Bale ED 7II, $6,000) E | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #770 ISRAEL 1948 Yehuda Essay, Coin Design, 15m black, sheetlet of four printed on white glazed paper with large margins, especially top and bottom, without gum as issued (11 x 24cm), v.f., signed Tsachor. A great rarity, one of only four (!) recorded (Bale ED 7I, $10,000)  E | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #771 ISRAEL 1948 Peltours Service cover forwarded via the South African Zionist Federation of Johannesburg, with two line cachet, franked with 10m and addressed to Ramat Gan, figure "1" denotes 1sh payment, from the 3rd mail bag brought to Israel by Peltours, oval cachet on front, Tel Aviv 6.7.1948 cds, opened and resealed at right  | Unsold |
 | Lot #772 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 5m green, perf. 11, Group 21.4 upper right sheet corner margin Plate No.10403 Block of four, thin yellow paper, l.h. in margin only, stamps n.h., v.f., rare, with 2023 Tsachor certificate (Bale $3,500) *Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #773 ISRAEL 1948 10m purple, perf. 11, Group 72.2 upper right sheet corner margin Plate No.20289 Block of four, thin white paper, h.r. in top margin only, couple of tiny toned spots, stamps n.h., v.f., rare, with 2023 Tsachor certificate (Bale $3,000) *Catalog #2 | Unsold |
 | Lot #774 ISRAEL 1948 10m purple, upper right Plate No.03507 block of six, Group 65, perf. 11 instead of 10x11, one of only five (!) recorded; also Upper Right Plate No.03888 Regular perf. 10x11 Group 65 issue, n.h., the former with couple of minute toned specks on gum, v.f., with 2023 Tsachor certificate (see the introduction to the Doar Ivri Plate Blocks section in Bale catalogue) **Catalog #2 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #775 ISRAEL 1948 20m ultramarine, perf. 11, Group 128, upper right sheet corner margin Plate No.29762 Block of four, transparent paper, l.h. in margin only, stamps n.h., diagonal crease at upper left, still v.f., rare, with 2023 Tsachor certificate (Bale $3,000) *Catalog #4 | Unsold |
 | Lot #776 ISRAEL 1948 250m-1,000m top values, set of three with Tabs, last two with sheet margin at left or right, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h. and post office fresh, completely unblemished gum, well centered, 500m with natural rounded corner at upper right, v.f., with 2023 Tsachor certificate ("a beautiful set") ** Catalog #7-9 | Unsold |
 | Lot #777 ISRAEL 1948 1,000m dark blue, perf. 10x10, with Tab, sheet margin at right, unused without gum, off-centered as always, fine and rare, with 2023 Tsachor certificate (Bale $6,500) (*) Catalog #9var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #778 ISRAEL 1948 120pr, 180pr and 300pr, three different unexploded booklets, last two with white covers on back, fresh, v.f.,  Catalog #Bale 1,2a,3b Catalog Value $ 1,500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #779 ISRAEL 1950 (15 Jan) registered cover addressed to Income Tax official, sent from Qiryat Motzkin to Haifa, paying only 25pr (Scott 4 & 19) instead of 40pr, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #780 ISRAEL 1950 University and Road to Jerusalem, sheets of 50 (the latter with 10 tabs), sensibly folded between stamps, n.h., fine-v.f. (Bale 15,31, $750) **Catalog #23,24 | Unsold |
 | Lot #781 ISRAEL 1950-52 20pr brown orange, unissued design, sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f., with 2023 Tsachor certificate (see Bale 2016 edition, page 74) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #782 ISRAEL 1953 Maimonides 110pr blue, imperforate vertical pair with bottom tab, final adopted design and denomination, large margins, printed on the issued Israel (Hebrew) watermarked gummed paper, full original gum, n.h., with the archival security punches and handstamped government printing shop violet overprint, dated and signed, vertical creases away from the stamps, v.f., with 2023 Tsachor certificate (one of only four known trials with tab) P Catalog #74P | Unsold |
