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 #1170 RUSSIA Air Post 1926 (28 Aug) registered cover from Moscow to Switzerland, franked with three different surcharges including 10k (narrow "0" variety), 5k on 1k Foreign Exchange tax stamp on back, v.f., with Lysin arrival pmk. Although airmail stamps were not officially authorized for use on non-airmail covers until September 6, 1926, this cover, processed through the Philatelic Bureau, was obviously permitted to pass a week earlier  Catalog #C6,7var,8 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1171 RUSSIA Air Post 1926 (2 Sep) cover from Nizhny Novgorod, registered from Moscow to Austria, franked with a combination of Air Post, Definitives and Commemorative stamp, paying 38k (the correct foreign registered letter rate was 28k, hence this letter was probably overweight), with 5k on 1k Foreign Exchange tax stamp on back, contents indicated "2017" in pen, filing folds away from the stamps, fine Catalog #C7 | Price Realized $230.00 |
