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 #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 |
