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
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 | Lot #1476 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY 1770-1800s selection of 55 stampless letters, various early markings, Andalusia, Catalonia, Madrid, Cadiz, Seville, Granada and others including Napoleonic Army, incoming mail to Spain from Italy, Austria and France, mostly fine or better
| Price Realized $450.00
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 | Lot #1477 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY 1870-1940 selection of 275+ covers, including postal stationery, with a nice selection from Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Germany, Italy, Portuguese Colonies, Switzerland, etc., all priced with some written up for resale, nice variety of frankings and destinations, fine-v.f
| Price Realized $525.00
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 | Lot #1478 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY 1900-70 selection of 300+ covers in small box, many priced, with better Canal Zone, France, Vatican including rare FDCs (1-13, E1-2, C16-23), French Colonies, South America, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Greece, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, etc., a mixed variety of frankings, destinations, topics (Red Cross, Sports, etc.), fine-v.f. and high retail value
| Price Realized $1,500.00
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 | Lot #1479 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY 1909-18 collection of 160+ mostly used Zeppelin picture postcards (not flown by Zeppelin), views with Zeppelin in the air or moored at an air station, showing the early struggles of these giant oblong objects gliding through the air, almost always ending in a disaster. Most of these cards were issued at various Air shows, the 1909 International Aeronautical Exhibition (I.L.A.) and others, mostly in Germany, few other countries, many elaborate designs, embossing, extended cards, panoramic pop-up folding cards, pull-out postcards, some with additional labels, generally fine-v.f., many $100+ items, difficult to assemble
| Unsold
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 | Lot #1480 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY 1930s-60s carton with hundreds, mostly in plastic pochettes, some priced for resale, many better items, inspection recommended
| Price Realized $625.00
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 | Lot #1481 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS and POSTAL HISTORY 1931-34 Antarctica, seven Wilkins expedition covers including five signed, with NY-Bergen, NY-London, NY-Spitzbergen, Bergen-North Pole, Bergen-Spitzbergen, etc., also five "Little America" photos signed by Bud Waite and five ppcs signed by Robert English, fine-v.f.
| Price Realized $475.00
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