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.
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 | Lot #288 AUSTRIA 1850 (2 Sep) FL from Brescia to Schio, franked with 3kr vermilion, used in combination with Lombardy-Venetia 15c carmine rose, Type I, ample to large margins all around, tied by framed "2.9.50" departure datestamp, arrival on back "Schio 2 Set", horizontal filing fold affecting both stamps, fine appearing First Issue Austria/Lombardy combination, with Scheller certificate (Sass.€50,000)
| Unsold
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 | Lot #289 AUSTRIA 1867 (12 Sep) small cover from Hietzing, franked with single 25kr lilac, tied by departure pmk, addressed to Le Comte de Reiset in Paris, with 20c blue perforated Empire added and tied by Paris Star pmk, cover re-addressed to Arromaches (Calvados), fine (Gustave Armand Henri, Comte de Reiset, was a French diplomat, writer and art collector. He served as an ambassador to the Kingdom of Hannover from 1863)
| Price Realized $475.00
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 | Lot #290 AUSTRIA 1873 (12 Mar) outer FL from Trieste to Athens, franked with 15kr Franz Josef, tied by oval departure pmk, charged "30" in red crayon, with Large Hermes 10L and 20L (usual margins, the former in at right, the latter with margins all around), also arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine Austria/Greece combination
| Price Realized $475.00
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 | Lot #291 AUSTRIA 1919-20 Posthorns and Coat of Arms, 5h+15h blue green, two vertical gutter combination pairs, each part perf. at top, also imperf. vertical gutter pair of 5h+15h gray, unused without gum as issued, v.f. P
| Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #292 AUSTRIA 1919-20 Posthorns, 15h green, maroon and gray, three imperforate bottom sheet margin horizontal pairs, unused without gum as issued, v.f. P
| Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #293 AUSTRIA 1919-20 Posthorns and Allegory, 15h+50h green, se-tenant horizontal imperforate gutter pair with sheet margin, unused without gum as issued, v.f. P
| Price Realized $140.00
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 | Lot #294 AUSTRIA 1919-20 Coat of Arms, 5h dark green and yellow green, two perf. and one imperf. horizontal sheet margin pairs, also 5h maroon and 5h yellow brown, sheet margin imperforate pairs, total of five items, all unused without gum as issued, v.f. P
| Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #295 AUSTRIA 1919-20 Coat of Arms, 5h dark gray blue, two top sheet margin blocks of four, one vertical gutter (hinge reinforced), unused without gum as issued, v.f.
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| Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #296 AUSTRIA 1945 For use in Styria, 1pf-5m complete, including two different types of 1m-5m, n.h., also the unissued 1m-5m overprinted with vertical bars, some signed, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #405-31 Catalog Value $1,330 | Price Realized $450.00
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 | Lot #297 AUSTRIA 1945 For use in Styria, 1pf-5m complete, including two different types of 1m-5m, n.h., also the unissued 1m-5m overprinted with vertical bars, some signed, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #405-31 Catalog Value $1,330 | Price Realized $550.00
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 | Lot #298 AUSTRIA 1948-52 Costumes, 1.40gr perforated and gummed trial color proofs in gray and ultramarine, v.f. (ANK 908P, €3,500) P Catalog #541P | Unsold
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 | Lot #299 AUSTRIA 1959-70 Sports, 1.80s imperforate trial color proofs, three different, unused without gum, v.f., with 1963 Dr.Wallner certificate (ANK 1152P, €1,500) P Catalog #648A/P | Unsold
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 | Lot #300 AUSTRIA 1960 1.50s green (Adolf Scharf), perforated and gummed sheet margin proof single, n.h., v.f. (ANK 1117P III, €1,200) P Catalog #651P | Unsold
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 | Lot #301 AUSTRIA 1963-70 Paris Conference 3sh imperforate sheet corner margin single, also Bergenz, imperforate trial color proof on gummed paper, both n.h., the latter with gum creases, otherwise v.f. (ANK 1159U,1354PU, €750) ** Catalog #704,877var | Unsold
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