Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
May 7-8, 2024
The May 7-8, 2024 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries, via CherrystoneLIVE. There are 1,562 lots, offered in four sessions, beginning with United States, followed by a diverse worldwide holding formed by Dikran Taner. There are solid sections of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Italian States, Switzerland, Turkey, as well as British Commonwealth, featuring John Pedneault's postal history of Ireland, extensive Bermuda, British Africa and various individual rarities. In addition, there are selections of China, with Red Revenues, numerous Flight and Zeppelin covers, rare booklets and more. Finally, the last session is highlighted by Large Lots and Collections, with 184 lots ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1030 JAPAN 1871 48m brown, vertical pair, pos.28-36, full margins all around, tied to reverse of a native envelope, various chops, minor cover tears and creases, stamps v.f. A rare cover  Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1031 JAPAN 1871 200 mon vermilion, Plate 2, pos. 8, privately rouletted 11, canceled by top portion of early framed "Kanazawa-kensazumi" pmk, stamp with official pinhole applied at upper right margin, with 2023 Florian Eichhorn certificate. A rarity, less than ten(!) copies of the privately perforated 200m are recorded O Catalog #3 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1032 JAPAN 1872 1/2 sen reddish brown, Plate II, pos.16, brittle laid paper, right sheet margin example, vertically perforated 9, canceled by framed vermilion non-standard type pmk, with 2023 Florian Eichhorn certificate, stating "One of two recorded copies of the dragons 1/2 sen Pl.II vertically perforated 9" O Catalog #5 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1033 JAPAN 1872 1/2 Sen brown, Cherry blossoms native paper, variety "upper character in the left label has two diagonal top strokes missing" ("ki-han-sent"), Plate 4, pos.23 (JSCA 9v-4-23), unused with gum, h.r., fresh and fine stamp, rare, with 2023 Florian Eichhorn certificate * Catalog #9a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1034 JAPAN 1872 1/2 Sen brown, Cherry blossoms native paper (JSCA 9), two horizontal pairs, canceled by three strikes of double circular type Yokohama (7.6.11 or June 11, 1874) on cover addressed to Tokyo, with additional departure pmk repeated below, with partial arrival cancel on back, overall toning and cover missing backflap, with 2023 Florian Eichhorn certificate (the addressee, Lyman, was a foreign advisor to the Japanese government, as chief geologist and mining engineer. Cherry blossoms used on inland mail are very unusual and appear almost exclusively on correspondence by resident foreigners) Catalog #9 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1035 JAPAN 1895 (19 Oct) registered cover to Austria, hand-illustrated (with contents), registered from Kobe, franked with 3sen, 8sen and 10sen, tied by cds, with Bologna transit and Graz (27 Nov) arrival pmks, fine and attractive cover | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1036 JAPAN 1935 Mt. Fuji souvenir sheet of 20, hinged in margins, v.f.,  *Catalog #222a Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1037 JAPAN 1935 Mt. Fuji souvenir sheet of 20, n.h., v.f. (catalogued as hinged) **Catalog #222a Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $240.00 |
