Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
July 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our July 9-10, 2024 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,554 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including selections from the philatelic stock of Larry Brassler, with a solid selections of United States, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, as well as Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Other areas are well represented, with China, Japan, Korea and Pakistan. As always, the sale contains 190+ large lots and collections, with individual country albums, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and much more. The sale will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #629 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, 2p blue, used, margins all around, nice colors, v.f. O Catalog #1,2 | Unsold |
 | Lot #630 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, margins all around, uneven, but clear at bottom right, tied by red pmk on outer FL to Old Surrey, 8 Feb 1841 departure datestamp on back, filing fold away from the stamp, fine,  Catalog #1 Catalog Value $850 | Unsold |
 | Lot #631 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1p black, seven singles, two on cover, different plates, mixed condition from cut in to margins all around, also a nice engraving of Penny Black and lettersheet dated 19 Oct, 66 signed Rowland Hill (the "inventor of Postage Stamps") Catalog #1 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #632 GREAT BRITAIN 1841 2p blue, horizontal strip of 12, canceled by light "506" numerals, ample margins to cut in at top or bottom, outer stamps with minor creases, scarce multiple (catalogued as four strips of three) O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #633 GREAT BRITAIN 1861 3p Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. essay, v.f. and rare E | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #634 GREAT BRITAIN 1867 5sh rose, Plate 2, duplex cancel, exceptionally well centered for issue, fresh and crisp impression, v.f., signed Scheller (Scott indicates 50% premium for examples with margins clear of design on all four sides) O Catalog #57 Catalog Value $1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #635 GREAT BRITAIN 1878 £1 brown lilac, Maltese Cross watermark, beautiful fresh color, neat Glasgow cds, fine (SG 129) O Catalog #75 Catalog Value £ 3,750 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #636 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 £5 bright orange, white paper, Glasgow (OC.25.94) cds, nicely centered, v.f. (SG 137) O Catalog #93 Catalog Value £ 3,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #637 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 £5 orange, slightly but noticeably blued paper on back, neat Glasgow (Ap 5 94) cds, well centered, v.f. (SG 137) O Catalog #93 Catalog Value £ 3,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #638 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 £5 bright orange, blue paper, overprinted Specimen in black, l.h., minor perf. stains, otherwise fine (SG 133s) S Catalog #93aS Catalog Value £ 3,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #639 GREAT BRITAIN 1884 £1 brown violet, watermarked "Three Orbs", Dublin cds, fine, signed Engel (SG 186) O Catalog #123 Catalog Value £ 4,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #640 GREAT BRITAIN 1891 £1 green, three used examples, oval Registered postmarks, mostly fine (SG 212) O Catalog #124 Catalog Value £ 2,400 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #641 GREAT BRITAIN 1891 £1 green, part black cancel, well centered, fresh color, v.f. (SG 212) O Catalog #124 Catalog Value £ 800 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #642 GREAT BRITAIN 1897 round-the-world stationery card from Liverpool to New South Wales, Port Said, San Francisco, with New South Wales, Egypt and USA adhesives, bearing postmarks of the corresponding countries, charged "15 Ctms", little toning, fine | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #643 GREAT BRITAIN 1902-11 KEVII, £1 blue green, n.h., fresh and v.f., with 2010 Eichele certificate (SG 266) ** Catalog #142 Catalog Value £ 3,000 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #644 GREAT BRITAIN 1903 Edward 1p carmine postal stationery card, used from London to Christchurch, New Zealand, sent via Brindisi, with double rectangular "Deceased" in violet, with Christchurch arrival and red "Dead Letter Office" cds, fine | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #645 GREAT BRITAIN 1916 1/2p postal stationery envelope sent from London to Sweden, top right corner burnt away in a fire on board the S.S. "Newton" at Sunderland on Feb. 14, the reverse bears a boxed cachet in Swedish explaining what happened | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #646 GREAT BRITAIN 1929 (1 Aug) Third World Jamboree, registered "window" cover from Birkenhead to Crown Close, franked with 2 1/2p and 2p (rounded lower right corner), tied by special "Arrowe Pk Camp Ches" pmks, repeated on back, with arrival alongside, v.f., rare Boy Scout item. (From 29 July to 12 August 1929, the third World Scout Jamboree was held at Arrowe Park, in Birkenhead, United Kingdom. This Jamboree commemorated the 21st birthday of Scouting, counting from the publication of the book "Scouting for Boys" by General Baden-Powell. Therefore, this Jamboree is also known as the "Coming of Age Jamboree") | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #647 GREAT BRITAIN 1939-42 George VI, 2sh6p green, 5sh dull red, 10sh indigo, 10sh ultramarine, £1 red brown, five different blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 476b-78c,£1,300)  **Catalog #249A-251A,275 Catalog Value $1,554 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #648 GREAT BRITAIN 1946 (11 June) cover with "The Boy Scout Association County of Devon" corner cachet, addressed to District Commissioner Boy Scouts Southhill, slogan handstamp "Don't Waste Bread, Others Need It", fine Boy Scout FDC Catalog #264 | Unsold |
 | Lot #649 GREAT BRITAIN 1951 Festivals, sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (SG 509-12,£400) **Catalog #286-89 Catalog Value $320 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #650 GREAT BRITAIN 1952-55 Queen Elizabeth II definitives, complete set, also 2sh6p-£1 Castles, all in blocks of four, last four sheet corner margin, n.h., v.f. (SG 515-39,£1,400) **Catalog #292-312 Catalog Value $1,364 | Price Realized $350.00 |
