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 #548 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1918 provisional handstamp, negative "Batumskaya Kontora No.1" handstamp, also framed 6-line cachet indicating payment is to be made in cash, endorsed "15k" in pen, fine and rare usage during the time when stamps in Batum were not available  | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #549 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1919 5r brown, horizontal pair, left stamp "O" virtually omitted reading "CCUPATION", n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #19a Catalog Value $475 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #550 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BATUM 1920 British Occupation overprint on 10k dark blue, with additional "25r" handstamped in red, trial surcharge, probably rejected due to poor contrast between the overprint and the blue stamp, l.h., v.f., signed Dobrijitzky. A rarity (a similar stamp is illustrated in "Batum under Occupation the years 1917-1921" by Hans G. Grigoleit & Edward Klempka (2017) * | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
