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 #627 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAURITIUS 1853 1p orange vermilion on yellowish paper, Earliest Impression, clear to full margins all around, used, fine example of this rare stamp, with 1980 Calves, 2002 BPB and 2006 Brandon certificates (SG 3, £18,000) O Catalog #3 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #628 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAURITIUS 1854 1p dull vermilion on yellowish paper, Intermediate Impression, pos. 10, clear to large margins all around, marginal thin at lower right (not mentioned on accompanying certificate), fine, with clear 2009 Brandon certificate (SG 11, £2,350) O Catalog #3b | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #629 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAURITIUS 1849 2p blue, Early Impression, yellowish white paper, used, clear to large margins all around, fine (SG 8, £9,000) O Catalog #4a | Unsold |
 | Lot #630 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAURITIUS 1849 2p blue on yellowish paper, Early Impression, used, large margins all around, v.f. example of this rare stamp (SG 8, £10,000) O Catalog #6 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #631 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAURITIUS 1854 1p vermilion, Intermediate Impression, position 2, ample margins all around, neat target pmk, fine and rare stamp, with 2007 Raybaudi certificate O Catalog #SG 11 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #632 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAURITIUS 1859 Dardenne, 2p pale blue, vertical pair, bottom stamp with heavy retouch on neck, also with plate flaw, large white spot at upper right, three margins, touching to slightly in at right, tied by black pmks on somewhat defective and partly restored FL from Port Louis (8 March, 60) to France, endorsed via Suez, with red entry (3 Apr) pmks, transit and Bordeaux arrival pmks  Catalog #SG 44,44a | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #633 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAURITIUS 1887 2c on 13c slate, surcharge double, h.r., fine, signed Diena, * Catalog #84b Catalog Value $975 | Unsold |
