Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
January 7-8, 2025
Cherrystone Auctions January 7-8, 2025 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and via CherrystoneLIVE There are 1,481 lots which will be offered in four sessions, starting with United States, featuring a large collection of U.S. sheets and modern errors. Worldwide sections include an exceptional holding of Israel, including Forerunners and Interim Period. There are solid sections of France, Germany, Italy and Italian States, British Commonwealth, with many individual rarities. Eastern Europe offers a collection of Poland, with many better Krakow overprints, as well as Imperial Russia, with rare inverted backgrounds, Romanov correspondence, followed by Soviet Union, including Air Post and Civil War issues. There are 165 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #265 AUSTRIA Lombardy Venetia 1850 Issue, hand-made paper, 5c yellow, 10c black and 30c lilac brown (type II), paying 45c on outer FL used in 1854 from Milano to Trieste, stamps with margins all around, except 10c just touching at bottom, neatly tied by "Milano 5/10" pmks, oval Trieste arrival (5/10) on back, particularly nice three-color franking from Lombardy, late usage of 30c type III, rare cover, with 1982 Enzo Diena certificate (Sass.1,2,9, Euro 22,500+)  Catalog #1,3,5 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #266 AUSTRIA Lombardy Venetia 1850 10c black, horizontal strip of three, margins all around, used on outer FL addressed to Mantova, small scissors cut between two left stamps, otherwise v.f. and attractive cover, with arrival pmk on back, Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #267 AUSTRIA Lombardy Venetia 1850 15c red, type III, canceled on piece by "Wien Retour 5/11" strike, v.f. O Catalog #4 | Price Realized $250.00 |
