Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
September 24-25
Our September 24-25, 2024 auction features solid selections of United States (including further material from the Larry Brasler stock), Canada, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, as well as Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland. There is an old-world collection of Mixed Frankings and Redirected Mail, formed by a European gentleman, with an extraordinary selection of combination usages. Other areas areas are well represented, with China, Japan and Korea. As always, the sale contains 160+ large lots and collections, with individual country albums, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and much more. The sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #377 COLOMBIA 1859 5c blue, pos.34, Stone B, left sheet margin example, tied by black manuscript cancel on outer 1860 (26 June) FL from Cucuta to Maracaibo, Venezuela, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. An exceptional showpiece item, signed Buhler, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate  Catalog #2var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #378 COLOMBIA 1859 FL to Quito, Ecuador, franked with 10c orange red, full margins to just touching at bottom, tied by faint "Pasto.de.Oficio" cancel, filing fold well away from the stamp, fine. The contents of the letter date it to November/December 1859. A major South American rarity, as this is the only recorded First Issue usage to Ecuador, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate Catalog #4var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #379 COLOMBIA 1859 10c ocher (shade), margins all around including adjoining stamp at right, tied by faint "S.Jose.de Cucuta.Franca" cancel on (Dec. 6) outer FL from Cucuta to Maracaibo, Venezuela, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., with 2008 Moorhouse certificate Catalog #4var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #380 COLOMBIA 1859 10c dull orange (shade), margins all around, tied by neat "La Mesa" manuscript cancel on outer FL to Bogota, filing fold and some staining away from the stamp, otherwise v.f., one of only three known covers from this correspondence, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate Catalog #4var | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #381 COLOMBIA 1859 10c orange yellow, horizontal pair, full margins all around, tied by blue oval "Santa Marta Franca" cancel on outer FL (8 Oct) to Medellin, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. and important classic rarity, as this is the only known 10c First Issue pair on cover, signed Muller, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate, ex-Neuberger & Hubbard Catalog #4var | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #382 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow, margins all around, tied by striking "Bogota" eye-glass cancel in black on FL (11 Oct) to Ambalema, filing fold away from the stamp and marginal fault at lower right well outside the design, otherwise v.f., with 2008 Moorhouse certificate, ex-Hubbard Catalog #11 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #383 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow, large margins all around, tied by oval "La Mesa Franca" cancel on blue on 1861 (25 Feb) FL to Bogota, some inconsequential marginal toning, v.f. and rare Colombian postal history item, with 1965 BPA and 2008 Moorhouse certificates Catalog #11 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #384 COLOMBIA 1860 10c yellow buff, stone A, position 31, featuring diagonal dash (6mm) at lower left side, large equal margins, tied to cover to Ambalema by "Bogota" eye-glass oval handstamp, paying the single weight for a distance between 50 and 150km. Only about ten genuine covers recorded bearing this stamp, with Bortfeldt and Moorhouse certificates, ex-Goeggel Catalog #11 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #385 COLOMBIA 1860 (2 Sep) outer FL from Bogota to Ambalema, franked with 20c blue, three large margins including part of adjoining stamp at top, just touching at bottom, tied by oval Bogota eye-glass cancel, with red sender's cachet at upper left, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and rare cover, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate, ex-Hubbard Catalog #12 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #386 COLOMBIA 1861 undated outer FL from Salinas to Bogota, franked with New Granada 5c pale yellow horizontal pair, margins all around, canceled "Chita Franca" in black (Salinas and Chita are the same location), with sender's wax seal showing the origin (Salinas), filing folds and cover flaws away from the stamps, v.f., one of only four covers known from this correspondence and the one only franked with pair of 5 cents and the remarkable "Chita" cancel, with 2008 Moorhouse certificate "acknowledged as one of the finest of the few known 'New Granada' covers", ex-Londono Catalog #14 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
