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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #87
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 2c stationery entire envelope "Wells Fargo Columbian Issue", oval Oct 24, 1893 Wells Fargo Pomona, Ca to New Orleans, with Wells Fargo Express Ciudad de Mexico handstamp on back
Envelope
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #88
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 2c used in 1894 on J.B.Lippincott Book Publishers' advertising cover, closed tear at left, fine
Envelope
Catalog #231
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #89
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 $4 crimson lake, unused (regummed), well centered, reperforated at top, with clear 1977 PFC and 2024 PSE certificate, also 10c black brown, n.h., well centered, reperforated at left, v.f. appearance, with a clear 2005 PFC for a block of four from which this originated, and 2024 PSE certificate,
**(*)
Catalog #237,244
Catalog Value $1,265
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #90
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 15c dark green, bottom margin horizontal plate number strip of five, h.r., folded between the stamps, fine-v.f. (catalogued as a strip of four and a single)
*
Catalog #238
Catalog Value $1,550
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #91
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 $1 salmon, l.h., well centered, with 2019 PFC graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $1,350)
*
Catalog #241
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #92
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 $1 salmon, right sheet margin vertical strip of three, with part of American Banknote Co. imprint, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #241
Catalog Value $10,800
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #93
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 $1 salmon, block of four, neat partial cds, well centered, fine and rare multiple, with 1988 PFC, ex-Twigg-Smith (where it sold for $4,250 plus buyers' premium)
Box
Catalog #241
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #94
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 $2 brown red, h.r., well centered, small inclusion, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #242
Catalog Value $1,100
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #95
United States 1893 Columbian Exposition
1893 $3 yellow green, disturbed original gum, well centered, fresh color, with 2019 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $1,700)
*
Catalog #243
Price Realized
$1,100.00

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