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 #1154 POLAND 1803 French military two-page folio, dated "5 Messidor an 11" (24 June, 1804), headed "Relations Exterieures, Commissariate des Isles Canaries", Cadiz, Spain, instructing that some French soldiers from the detachment of the 18th brigade of light infantry, embarked on the transport to The Gold Coast, via Pondicherry, India, including those of the "Polish Legion" who arrived on the French brig, with the list and ranks of the soldiers (including Corporal Gregor Groupinsky of the Polish legion), signed Duc Denis Decres, Napoleon's Minister of the Navy. A fine historic document | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1155 POLAND 1807 (24 May) folio from Finckenstein (Kamienec), signed by General Duroc to chief of Medical Service (Rene-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes), instructing to inspect hospital in Kwidzyn (Marienwerder) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1156 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, four copies, different shades and postmarks, each with a minor plate flaw, one with red shifted, usual centering, trivial faults, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1ab,1b, 1ac) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1157 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, four copies, different shades and postmarks, one defective, others with small faults, signed Wiatrowski O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1158 POLAND 1860 10k blue & rose, canceled "248" in concentric circles (Zbojno), with red markings (probably Warszawa arrival), excellent color and perforations, fine and scarce stamp, Bojanowicz rated "9" O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1159 POLAND 1919 30h violet, pos. IIB-23, hinge removed, beautiful, distinct color, fresh and v.f. stamp, signed Mikulski, Dr.Kronenberg, * Catalog #59 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1160 POLAND 1919 5pf on 20pf and 10pf on 40pf surcharge significantly shifted to left or bottom, blocks of four, h.r., fine-v.f.  *Catalog #74,76var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1161 POLAND 1919 5pf and 10pf surcharges, used with additional franking on small registered cover from Gniezno (22.10.19) to Poznan, v.f., with arrival pmk on back, signed Herbert Bloch  Catalog #77-78 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1162 POLAND 1922-25 Miner, 1m, 2m and 100m singles, also 1.25m and 300m imperf. vertical pairs, plus 50f imperf. pair, all with red printer's marks, unused without gum P | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1163 POLAND 1924 Polish Eagle, 20,000m, 30,000m, 50,000m, 1,000,000m, 2,000,000m imperforate, five different, each with printer's invalidating line, v.f. (Fi.900zl) (*) Catalog #206/214var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1164 POLAND 1928 Vienna Postal Forgeries, 25gr red brown, three imperf. pairs, various shades, one part perf., n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski ** Catalog #260var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1165 POLAND 1932 Olympics, 10gr charity label "Polacy na X Olimpiade", fine collateral item ** | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1166 POLAND 1933-37 three covers addressed to "Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America", others just to President Roosevelt in Washington, also 1943 registered cover from Polish Finance Ministry, posted on board HMS ship, censored and addressed to Jan Kiepura (Polish singer) in Beverly Hills, with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #1167 POLAND 1943 (8 Dec) folded soldier's letter addressed to fieldpost via Moscow, written by a Lady to a Polish officer requesting to be drafted into the Polish Armed Forces, to help with the War Effort to liberate the homeland. A fine letter, with fieldpost and Soviet Army censor markings, stamp damaged on opening | Unsold |
 | Lot #1168 POLAND 1945 1.50zl on 25gr red brown, type I surcharge inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Laszkiewicz (Fi.376a, Zl 750) ** Catalog #346var | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1169 POLAND 1945 5zl on 25gr rose brown (Traugutt) imperforate lower right sheet corner margin pair, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., splendid example of this rare imperforate variety (Fi.347nz, 34,000zl) (*) Catalog #362var | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1170 POLAND 1945 5zl green, imperforate proof, n.h., v.f., signed Schmutz (Fi.369P2, 16,000zl) P Catalog #367P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1171 POLAND 1945-47 issues, four different imperforate singles, l.h. or n.h., v.f. (Fi.379nz,406nz,411nz,418nz, 1,500zl) */** Catalog #372,404,B47,48var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1172 POLAND 1948 Boleslaw Bierut, 10zl violet, 15zl red, imperforate horizontal pairs, handstamped "Groszy" in Italics, n.h., v.f. (Fi.474nz, 475nz, 6,400zl for unoverprinted imperforate pairs) ** Catalog #440,441var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1173 POLAND 1957 40th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 2.50zl Lenin, two imperforate horizontal pairs, trial colors on gummed paper, n.h., v.f. (Fi.887P, 7,600zl) P Catalog #793P | Unsold |
| Lot #1174 POLAND This lot has been withdrawn */** | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1175 POLAND 1979 Fish, 90gr and 6zl each with name of country omitted, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2328,2334var | Price Realized $180.00 |
