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 #965 RUSSIA 1838 outer FL from Odessa to Genova, disinfected, showing Odessa Quarantine Station markings on departure, second disinfection at Brody, with usual cover slits, charged on arrival  | Unsold |
 | Lot #966 RUSSIA 1913 Nicholas II, 5r brown, block of 15, used, minor perf. faults, impressive multiple  Catalog #104 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #967 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf. pane of 50, plus labels, dramatic shift of red center, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple **Catalog #131e,var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #968 RUSSIA 1917-24 Madagascar Postes & Telegraphes "Collection de Berne" Archive, five large sheets, dated 8 November, 1924, numbered 5-8, with 126 different horizontal (few vertical) strips of three, tied by red overprints and countersigned by the secretary and director of Post and Telegraph in Berne, Switzerland, with virtually complete R.S.F.S.R., including surcharges, Early Soviet Commemoratives and Definitives, plus Semi-Postals, Air Post (C1-5), as well as Postage Dues, some gutter strips (rare), surcharges and Imperial definitives to 10r (used in RSFSR), fine-v.f., possibly unique S | Unsold |
 | Lot #969 RUSSIA 1919 Priority telegram from Serpukhov, dated Nov.10,1919: "protracted fighting at the front; cavalry corps of comrade Budennyi requires very determined measures, by the units of 42nd division, according to directive issued by me to employ the reserve units". Signed by Stalin, also by Army Commander Egorov (future Marshall of the Soviet Union killed during the Great Purge) as a member of the Revolutionary Council. A rare document from Russia's Civil War | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #970 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 1r orange, double surcharge red and black, h.r., v.f., signed Romeko, Mikulski, with his 1981 certificate, * Catalog #191b Catalog Value $ 800 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #971 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed) 3r black brown & green, Type I, perforated 13 1/2 x 10, large margins, l.h., fresh and v.f., rare and undervalued combination perf., * Catalog #292b Catalog Value $ 2,750 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #972 RUSSIA 1925 Lenin Mausoleum, 40k unissued design, imperf. essay on gummed, watermarked paper, in the issued color for this value, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #973 RUSSIA 1945-46 Fighter Bombers, blocks of four, complete set of 18, n.h., couple of minor gum offsets, fine-v.f. **Catalog #992A-1001 | Unsold |
 | Lot #974 RUSSIA 1945-46 Fighter Bombers, blocks of four, complete set of 18, n.h., couple of minor gum offsets, fine-v.f. **Catalog #992A-1001 | Unsold |
