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 #304 CUBA 1824 (4 Mar) FL to Matanzas, with red straight line "Trinidad" departure handstamp, fine and early usage of this mark (reportedly used from 1825-1840)  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #305 CUBA 1834 (27 July) FL to Havana, with red Puerto Principe departure handstamp, charged 2 Reales, small surface defect, otherwise fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #306 CUBA 1866 (11 Dec) FL from Santiago de Cuba to Trieste, franked with single French 80c Empire, tied by dots, with corresponding "Cuba" and mute star datestamp (weak strike) alongside, Brooks & Co. private cds at bottom, French maritime, Vienna transits and Trieste arrival postmarks on back, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #307 CUBA 1869 (18 Dec) outer FL from Santiago de Cuba, franked with pair of France 40c "Empire" tied by Anchor cancel and sent to Bordeaux, with St. Thomas Paq. Fr. B.No.3 transit, backstamped, fine and scarce usage from the French Consular office | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #308 CUBA 1914 Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, 5c green, trial color plate proof on card, irregular part imprint block of 12, vertical crease through four stamps, otherwise v.f.  PCatalog #263P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #309 CUBA 1917 Jose de la Luz, 3c green, trial color plate proof on wove, imperf. block of eight, v.f. PCatalog #267P | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #310 CUBA 1917 Jose de la Luz, 3c green, trial color plate proof on wove, imperf. vertical gutter block of eight, v.f. PCatalog #267P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #311 CUBA 1948 General Maceo, four different imperforate cross-gutter blocks of four, colors omitted, gummed proofs from the Waterlow & Sons archives, n.h., each stamp with security punch, folded between stamps, fine-v.f. PCatalog #426/430P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #312 CUBA 1948 Coffee, imperf. block of four, also horizontal imperf. gutter block of four, as well as corresponding blocks, proofs of groundwork only, all with security punches, fine-v.f. PCatalog #483var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #313 CUBA 1954 Portraits, 2c, 6c, 10c, 12c, 16c, 50c and $1 green, seven different large die proofs with serial numbers at bottom, each with archival staple holes, otherwise fine-v.f., scarce P Catalog #520/528P | Price Realized $450.00 |
