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 #877 MEXICO 1864 3c brown, without overprint, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around, close but clear at bottom, good color, fine stamp, with 1998 MEPSI certificate, * Catalog #18a Catalog Value $ 700 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #878 MEXICO 1913 Sonora White Issue, 1c, 2c and 10c, used on combination with 3c black & green and imperforate 5c Ejercito on registered cover from Hermosillo, 4 January 1913 (wrong year-date, the postal clerk at Hermosillo failed to change the date to 1914) to Lyon, France, with Nogales and New York transit, Lyon arrival pmks on back, fine and unusual cover to a foreign destination during the Mexico Revolution  | Unsold |
 | Lot #879 MEXICO 1913 (31 Dec) registered cover from Nogales to Hermosillo, paying 20c Registered letter rate with 1c, 2c and 10c, used in combination with 2x1c Ejercito green, tied by cds, with violet Servicio Interior/Nogales and Certificato/Hermosillo pmks on back Catalog #322,323,327,347 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #880 MEXICO 1913 (8 Aug) cover from Magdalena to Nogales, franked with 1c and 2c used in combination with Sonora Green seal 1c (2), v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #322,323,336 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #881 MEXICO 1913 (30 June) cover from Sonora to Nogales, paying 5c letter rate with pair of 1c and single 3c, tied by cds, v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #322,325 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #882 MEXICO 1913 (11 Aug) cover from Hermosillo to Magdalena, paying 5c letter rate with single 1c and two different types of 2c, faint toning, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk Catalog #322-324 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #883 MEXICO 1913 Sonora Issue, 2c and 3c black & red, both Type I, Position D, paying 5c letter rate on cover from Hermosillo, July 1, 1913 to Nogales, fine commercial cover, with 2 July arrival pmk Catalog #323,325 | Unsold |
 | Lot #884 MEXICO 1913 Sonora Issue, 2c black & red used in combination with 3c white & green seal issue, paying 5c letter rate on cover from URES to Hermosillo, 5 September departure and 8 September arrival pmks, cover wear and filing folds away from the stamps, scarce commercial usage of mixed franking Catalog #323,337 | Unsold |
 | Lot #885 MEXICO 1913 Sonora White Issue with Colorless Roulette, 5c black and red, narrow numeral "5" type II, complete sheet of ten, unused without gum as issued, minor perf. separations, v.f. Five intact sheets were recorded in 1921. One of these sheets has been broken up, which accounts for most of the unused examples in the hands of collectors. Another sheet has been lost (ex-Bauer collection) and one is in the Smithsonian Museum. The sheet offered here is one of only two known sheets in private hands (catalogued as singles),  (*)Catalog #327 Catalog Value $ 12,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #886 MEXICO 1913 (20 June) cover franked with single 5c type II (pos.C), used from Magdalena to Cumeral, Sonora, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and scarce single franking on cover Catalog #327 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #887 MEXICO 1913 Sonora Issue, 5c black & red, Type II, single franking on cover from Ures, 21 July 1913 to Nogales, with 23 July arrival pmk (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #327 Catalog Value $ 350 | Unsold |
 | Lot #888 MEXICO 1913 Sonora Issue, 5c black & red, Type II, position E (red dot in O of right CENTAVOS), single franking on cover from POZA.EST, 9 September to Hermosillo, part of arrival pmk on back, very late usage of the Sonora white (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #327 Catalog Value $ 350 | Unsold |
 | Lot #889 MEXICO 1913 Sonora White Issue with Black Roulette, 5c black and red, complete sheet of ten, positions A and B showing "MARO" for "MARZO" errors, complete paper maker's "YUKON AURORA" watermark in the gutter and on two stamps, unused without gum as issued, v.f. Follansbee's "Stamps of Mexican Revolution 1913-1916" states fewer than 3 intact sheets are known. The sheet offered here is the only recorded so-far, with the "Yukon Aurora" watermark (catalogued as singles), (*)Catalog #329,329a,329b Catalog Value $ 6,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #890 MEXICO 1913 Sonora Issue, 5c black and red, without gum as issued, v.f., with 2012 MEPSI certificate, (*) Catalog #338 Catalog Value $ 750 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #891 MEXICO 1913 Sonora Green Seal Issue, colorless roulettes, 5c black & green, used on cover (slightly reduced at left) from Hermosillo, 22 July 1913 to Ures, with arrival pmk the next day, backflap defects, otherwise fine, only 200-250 of 5c issued, few on cover Catalog #338 | Unsold |
 | Lot #892 MEXICO 1914 "Viezca" Local handstamped overprint on 5c orange, used on registered cover (October 2014) to Torreon, with partial black label, carelessly opened, backflap missing, "No Reclamada" handstamp, transit and arrival pmks, rare usage, only 8 covers with VIEZCA 5c stamp have been recorded | Unsold |
 | Lot #893 MEXICO 1914 Transitorio Issue, 5c green, imperforate horizontal strip of four canceled 14 July 1914 on unaddressed George Ward Linn (printer) cover, v.f. Catalog #357var | Unsold |
 | Lot #894 MEXICO 1914 (22 July) Chinese merchant mail, cover with diagonal half of 10c used as 5c from Nogales to Magdalena, with arrival pmk on back, v.f. usage of Transitorio bisect (authorized usage period July 16-29, 1914) Catalog #358var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #895 MEXICO 1914 Transitorio, 50c claret, top sheet margin block of four, imperforate vertically, bottom pair n.h., v.f., ex-Hind, with 2013 MEPSI certificate (catalogued as hinged pairs) */**Catalog #360a Catalog Value $ 500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #896 MEXICO 1914 20c yellow brown, h.r., usual tropical gum, otherwise fine, with 1980 MEPSI certificate, * Catalog #367 Catalog Value $ 2,500 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #897 MEXICO 1914 Transitorio 20c yellow brown "Victoria de TORREON April 2 1914" overprint, usual centering for this (Scott prices it with design close to or touching the perfs), strong color, n.h., fine, with 2011 MEPSI certificate. Only 50 issued (catalogued as hinged) ** Catalog #367 Catalog Value $ 2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #898 MEXICO 1914 Transitorio 20c yellow brown "Victoria de TORREON April 2 1914" overprint, well centered for this issue (Scott prices it with design close to or touching the perfs), with complete offset of the overprint on back, strong color, v.f. for this difficult stamp, with 1981 MEPSI certificate. Only 50 issued (catalogued as regular overprint) * Catalog #367var Catalog Value $ 2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #899 MEXICO 1914 Sonora Issue, 20c yellow & green, tied by Nogales 21 Oct. 1915 cds on cover to Hermosillo, stamp with closed tear at top, fine and rare usage, with arrival pmk, 2015 MEPSI certificate Catalog #409 | Unsold |
 | Lot #900 MEXICO 1914 15c lavender and claret, left margin block of four, h.r., few perf. separations, fine-v.f., with 2011 MEPSI certificate (catalogue value for singles) *Catalog #421 Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #901 MEXICO 1914 15c lavender and claret, block of four, right stamps with "Gons" variety, n.h., v.f., signed Bloch, with 1983 MEPSI certificate (catalogue value for ordinary singles) **Catalog #421,var Catalog Value $ 2,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #902 MEXICO 1915 (12 May) Chinese Merchant's cover registered from Mexicali to San Francisco, franked on back with pairs of 15c overprinted "Gobierno Constitucionalista" and 5c orange with large "Villa" monogram, departure pmk shows "1916" year date in error, Calexico transit and San Francisco arrival pmks, scarce usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #903 MEXICO 1915 (22 May) registered cover from Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, franked with three vertical pairs of the unissued Madero 5c blue, tied by violet departure datestamps, with El Paso, Texas arrival (24 May) pmks on back, v.f and uncommon usage of these unissued stamps (see note in Scott following No.393) | Unsold |
 | Lot #904 MEXICO 1915 two covers, one franked with single 5c orange, used from Ignacio Esta to Oaxaca, with arrival pmk, the other franked with a horizontal tete-beche pair (one stamp defective), tied by Oaxaca cds and addressed to Ocotlan, some stains, otherwise fine Catalog #417-18 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #905 MEXICO 1915 15c lavender and claret, "Villa" monogram overprint, h.r., fine, with 1991 and 2010 EPSI certificates, * Catalog #444 Catalog Value $ 750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #906 MEXICO 1915 15c lavender and claret, overprint inverted, small h.r., v.f., one of only three known copies, with 2012 MEPSI certificate * Catalog #444var | Unsold |
 | Lot #907 MEXICO 1915 5p carmine and black, overprint inverted, block of four, upper right stamp hinged, balance n.h., v.f. (Follansbee 465I SP, Scott unlisted) */**Catalog #465var | Unsold |
 | Lot #908 MEXICO 1915 15c lavender and claret, block of four, h.r., v.f., with 2011 MEPSI certificate (catalogue value for singles) *Catalog #483 Catalog Value $ 800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #909 MEXICO 1915 5p carmine and black, overprint inverted, block of four, n.h., v.f., with 2012 MEPSI certificate (Follansbee 494I SP, unlisted in Scott) **Catalog #494var | Unsold |
 | Lot #910 MEXICO 1915 Map of Mexico, 40c selection of eleven imperforate and gummed trial color proofs, each with security punch, fine-v.f., scarce group P Catalog #512P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #911 MEXICO 1916 5p carmine and black, Corbata tablet overprint inverted, block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., with 2011 MEPSI certificate (catalogue value for hinged singles) **Catalog #538a Catalog Value $ 1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #912 MEXICO 1916 1p blue & black, double tablet overprint, vertical pair, bottom stamp n.h., v.f. (catalogued as hinged singles) */** Catalog #549a Catalog Value $ 400 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #913 MEXICO 1916 Transitorio 4c blue violet, with red "Corbata" overprint, h.r., fine, with 2012 MEPSI certificate, * Catalog #561 Catalog Value $ 425 | Unsold |
 | Lot #914 MEXICO 1916 25c on 5c orange, tablet inverted, two horizontal pairs (originally a block of four), n.h., v.f., with 2012 MEPSI certificate for a block of four, only 100 printed (catalogued as hinged singles) ** Catalog #584a Catalog Value $ 900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #915 MEXICO 1916 60c on 2c, Red Surcharge, block of four, top stamps hinged, bottom pair n.h., fresh and v.f., believed to be one of only two known blocks of four, with 1989 MEPSI certificate (catalogue value for singles) */**Catalog #590 Catalog Value $ 3,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #916 MEXICO 1917 Chinese Merchant's cover to San Francisco, franked with pair of 5c ultramarine, canceled by manuscript "El Tigre", showing the return address of "El Tigre Min" (Lucky Tiger Mining company), transit markings on back, interesting and undoubtedly rare usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #917 MEXICO 1917-20 1p blue & black, 5p green & black, each with an interposed center, n.h. or l.h., fine-v.f., rare, */** Catalog #627a,628b Catalog Value $ 1,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #918 MEXICO 1934 National University, Postage and Air Post complete set of 18, n.h., fresh, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #698-706,C54-61 Catalog Value $ 12,250 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
