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 #1447 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Covers and Postal History 1775-1871 small box of covers in plastic pochettes, neatly packaged and labeled, with stampless letters (76) from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tiflis, Tambov, Riga, Odessa and others, also FLs (73), various destinations and frankings, many with single 10k, sent to Finland, France, Norway (Christiania), Belgium, Italy (Genova), etc., also used in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, etc., some interesting items, mostly fine or better  | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1448 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Covers and Postal History 1866-1919 Russian Far East, collection on pages, with hundreds of stamps and 110+ covers, cards and picture postcards, clearly identified usages from Chita, Irkutsk, Verhne-Udinsk, Stretensk, Nerchinsk, Troitskosansk, Barguzin, Vladivostok, Berezovka, Borzya, Sobolinaya, Zabaikal-Obl, Asha, Ust-Kara, Ust-Uda, several items from Prisoner of War Camps (incl. three to Japan, with interesting censor and POW Society markings), registered cover from Vitim to Yokohama, Yakutsk-Obl and others, variety of rare usages, destinations, rates (some registered) and cancellations, mixed condition, nice collection | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1449 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Covers and Postal History 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War, collection mounted and partially written up on pages, 120+ covers or cards covering both the Russian (97) and Japanese (24) Army markings, with various theaters of operations, units, hospitals and usages generally well identified, with Japanese FPOs, China dispatches and various pmks, also a pencil-drawn map of enemy positions sent home by a Japanese soldier, etc., occasional wear and tear, fine-v.f. An excellent representation of Russo-Japanese War postal history, many ex-Dr.Casey | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #1450 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Covers and Postal History 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War selection of 108 cards or picture postcards, also five covers, mostly military units in Manchuria, variety of army markings, some duplication, occasional faults, many fine-v.f. A useful specialist collection, many ex-Dr.Casey | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
