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 #760 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 complete set of 30 horizontal gutter tete beche Plate No. (1-6) Blocks of six, n.h., fine-v.f., scarce assembly (Bale $3,000)  **Catalog #10-14 | Unsold |
 | Lot #761 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 cross-gutter blocks of four ("heart of the sheets"), n.h., crisp, fine-v.f. (Bale $2,250) **Catalog #10-14 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #762 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 selection of tete-beche gutter pairs, imperf. between varieties, with 3m control block of twelve, 10m control block of ten, 20m block of four and 65m pair, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #10/14var | Unsold |
 | Lot #763 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 10m and 65m, horizontal gutter tete-beche blocks of six, also 5m gutter tete-beche block of four, each with variety imperf. at top margin, n.h., fine-v.f., scarce **Catalog #10/14var | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #764 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 3m and 5m, tab singles, imperf. between stamp and upper margin,. n.h., v.f. (Bale 10-11e, $775) ** Catalog #10,11var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #765 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 3m vertical gutter pair with tabs, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #10 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #766 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 5m green & blue, horizontal Tab Block of four, imperforate horizontally, also 20m dark blue single, variety scroll displaced to bottom, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #11,13var | Unsold |
 | Lot #767 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 5m cross gutter block of 12, all stamps imperf. horizontally and vertical center gutter with omitted perforations, four corner stamps hinged (not affecting cross gutter block of eight), balance n.h., v.f. (Bale 11r11, $2,750) */**Catalog #11var | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #768 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 20m and 65m, tete-beche control gutter blocks of four, imperf. gutters varieties, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #13,14var | Unsold |
 | Lot #769 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 65m horizontal Plate No.1 gutter block of six, Serial No.125454 shifted and printed partially on the upper right stamp, n.h., fine-v.f., very unusual item **Catalog #14var | Unsold |
 | Lot #770 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 65m horizontal gutter tete-beche pair, imperf. in margin, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #14var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #771 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 65m horizontal gutter tete-beche block of four, imperf. in margin, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #14var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #772 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays 1948 65m cross gutter block of four, double perforations at top, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #14var | Price Realized $450.00 |
