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 #831 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 (7 Jan) Rome to Buenos Flight, picture postcard franked with 3L green, with appropriate first flight cachet, Buenos Aires arrival cds, returned back to Italy, with 1.75L added in Firenze, minor corner mount remnants, signed Diena (The Rome-Buenos Aires mail flight, Francesco Lombardi, Branco Mazzotti and three others were attempting an experimental mail-carrying flight from Rome to Buenos Aires in three days, crashed on a beach twelve miles south of Fortaleza, Brazil, after having made a fine Atlantic crossing in fourteen hours. The plane was carrying 200 lbs of mail and copies of a souvenir edition of a newspaper, flew to Dakar, Senegal, by way of Casablanca, Agadir and Thies. After leaving Dakar the aircraft encountered unfavorable weather and crashed)  | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #832 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 (Jan 27) Rome-Buenos Aires flight cover originating from FIUME, with additional franking and numerous transits and appropriate First Flight cachet on back, 2L and 3 Lire overprinted stamps on front (the latter uncanceled), some toning, otherwise fine and rare flight, unusual origin | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #833 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 (Jan 27) Rome-Buenos Aires flight, picture postcard with additional franking on face, appropriate First Flight cachet and 3 Lire overprinted stamp, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
