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 #120 United States 1930-79 Issues 1931 2c Red Cross, 2c Yorktown, each variety shifted red and shifted black, n.h. or l.h., also 5c Beacon Air Post, two singles, each with blue shifted to top or bottom, n.h., fine-v.f. */** Catalog #702,703,C11var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #121 United States 1930-79 Issues 1932 3c Olympics, n.h., near perfect centering, with 2024 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $195) ** Catalog #718 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #122 United States 1930-79 Issues 1935 National Parks, three sets of sheets of 50, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles)  **Catalog #740-49 Catalog Value $1,627 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #123 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 Presidentals, 1c-$5 complete set on individual cacheted FDCs, top values sheet margin singles, v.f.  Catalog #803-34 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #124 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 Presidentials FDCs, two sets to $5, various cachets, also coils, booklet panes, etc., fine-v.f. Catalog #803-834 | Unsold |
 | Lot #125 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 3c deep violet, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., fresh, single short perf. at left, still fine and scarce, with 2015 PSE certificate, * Catalog #807b Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #126 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 $1 Wilson, vignette and perforations shifted to bottom, block of four, h.r. at bottom, top stamps n.h., also $2 Harding and $5 Coolidge, top Plate No. Blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #832var,833,834 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #127 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 $1 Wilson, watermarked "USIR", right sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #832b Catalog Value $800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #128 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 $5 Coolidge, n.h., with 2005 PSE certificate graded "XF 90J" (SMQ $190), also variety showing displaced center, l.h., v.f. */** Catalog #834,834var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #129 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 $5 Coolidge, single and Top Plate No. Arrow block of four, used on separate Nov.17, Washington, D.C. legal-size FDCs, each addressed to Forth Worth, Tx, v.f. Catalog #834 | Unsold |
 | Lot #130 United States 1930-79 Issues 1938 $5 red brown and black, l.h., pencil notation on gum, v.f., with 1972 PFC (catalogue value for hinged) * Catalog #834a Catalog Value $1,850 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #131 United States 1930-79 Issues 1942 China Resistance, five sheets of 50, also Air Post, two sets of sheets, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) **Catalog #906,C25-31 Catalog Value $2,900 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #132 United States 1930-79 Issues 1943 (17 Nov) "Wings for Victory", hand-painted Dorothy Knapp cacheted cover, Grand Rapids, Mich., to Birmingham, Mich., v.f. Catalog #907 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #133 United States 1930-79 Issues 1943 Overrun Nations, 5c sheet of 50, "Norway" appears double on the left half of the sheet, at least 25 stamps with apparently doubled name, also another Norway sheet with reverse printing of flag colors, all n.h., v.f. **Catalog #911var,911b | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #134 United States 1930-79 Issues 1944 3c Corregidor, Dorothy Knapp, signed "Food for Victory", hand-painted cachet, Lansing, Mich. Oct.19, 1944, addressed locally, faint corner mounts toning, otherwise v.f. Catalog #925 | Price Realized $150.00 |
