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 #53 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 1c ultramarine, block of four, n.h., well centered, v.f., with a photocopy of a 2024 PFC for a block of eight from which this originated,  **Catalog #246 Catalog Value $360 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #54 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 1c blue, plate proof on card, block of sixteen, v.f. (catalogued as four blocks of four) PCatalog #247P4 Catalog Value $1,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #55 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 2c pink, plate proof on card, block of 42, marginal scissors cut at top between pos. 5-6, fine-v.f. and rare multiple, PCatalog #248P4 Catalog Value $4,875 | Unsold |
 | Lot #56 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 3c purple, large die essay in violet, large die on india, die sunk on card, 63x68mm, v.f., E Catalog #253-E1a Catalog Value $1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #57 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 6c brown, plate proof on card, right sheet margin block of 32, v.f. and rare multiple (catalogued as blocks of four) PCatalog #256P4 Catalog Value $15,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #58 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 8c violet brown, large die proof, die sunk on card (114x126mm), v.f., P Catalog #257P1 Catalog Value $250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #59 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 10c green, imperf. left margin block of four, top stamps with small h.r., bottom stamps n.h., v.f., with 1990 PFC, *Catalog #258P5 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #60 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 50c orange, large die essay with type II lines around both "50"s, die sunk on card (114x151mm), v.f. E Catalog #260E | Unsold |
 | Lot #61 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 $1 black, type II, $2 blue and $5 green, three different large die proofs, die sunk on cards, fresh and v.f., P Catalog #261A-263P1 Catalog Value $1,650 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #62 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1898 (8 Mar) registered cover from Paris to San Francisco, franked with pair of 25c Type Sage, tied by departure cds, with San Francisco Registry Exchange label, with 5c and 8c Bureau Issues tied by San Francisco Registry ovals, paying 13c for further transmission to Hanoi, Tonkin (French Indochina), where 2x25c "Indochine" stamps were added, tied by Hanoi (30 Apr, 98) arrival cds, redirected once more, again Registered back to France, arriving Paris (6 June 98), wax seals removed from back, otherwise fine and remarkable round-trip from Paris-San Francisco-Hanoi-Paris  | Price Realized $475.00 |
