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 #1372 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY 1872-1960 large collection on album and home-made pages, plus mostly on black 8x11 cards, good showing of Small and Large Shields, occasional earlier German States classics, regular issues and commemoratives, followed by extensive Semi-Postals, Air Post, French Zone issues, A.M.G., Berlin and some Soviet Zone locals, much duplication (two Ostropa souvenir sheets, Hitler perf. and imperf. and others), also Air post, some covers, an additional album with Se-tenants and combinations, occasional errors and varieties, mixed condition, duplication noted throughout, substantial catalogue value *O | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1373 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS GERMANY 1872-1988 collection in two large Scott Specialty albums, virtually complete used, with most of the Large and Small Shields,1874 surcharges, 1900 "Germania" and 1m-5M Reichspost (65d,65A), Deutsches Reich (65C-79) complete, shades, varieties and errors, Inflation issues with many high priced singles (mostly signed Bloch, Dr.Oechsner, Infla-Berlin), many se-tenant pairs and strips of three or larger, perf. varieties, American Zone (Band and Netz overprints, mostly complete, including both 12pf gray blue, signed Schlegel), Federal Republic, Semi-Postals complete, with all the souvenir sheets (B33,68, also B58 Ten-Year sheet of four canceled Lorch 30.6.35 Last Day of Validity, plus Olympics, Derby and Hitler souvenir sheets), plus complete Air Post (C1-60), including the Zeppelin issues (C38,39,41,42 and 45 on individual flown Zeppelin covers), Officials and Franchise stamps; French Zone; Berlin (1948 Black and Red overprints, signed Bloch), plus complete DDR to 1982 (with all perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets, Goethe, Marx Engels, etc.), few minor faults possible, generally carefully collected, unusually nice and mostly fine-v.f. A splendid and comprehensive collection of used Germany, with many extras, high catalogue value O | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
