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 #1260 SAAR Semi-Postals 1928 10fr Madonna, well centered, minute toning at bottom perfs, tied by 12.4.29 cds on registered (overfranked) cover to Augsburg, without arrival pmk, cover folded vertically (twice), fine and rare item, with 2015 Christian Geigle certificate (Mi.134)  Catalog #B15 Catalog Value €7,500 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1261 SAAR Semi-Postals 1948 Flood Disaster souvenir sheets of four and one, used on separate "Saarbrucken" 12.10.48 First Day Covers, with additional franking added on both sides and registered to New York (prepared by Willibald Becker and addressed to Penny Black Stamp Company), with October 14 and October 15, 1948 arrival pmks, mostly v.f. and extremely rare set of FDCs (Mi. Block 1,2) Catalog #B64a,CB1a Catalog Value €12,000 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1262 SAAR Semi-Postals 1948 Flood Relief souvenir sheet of four, 5f+5f (green) inverted and shifted downwards, n.h., tiny marginal abrasion, most probably a picked out natural inclusion ("eine winzige, belanglose Schurfung"), also a minute toned speck at upper left, still very fine and rare error souvenir sheet, only a few known, signed Arge Saar, with their 1976 certificate (Mi. Block 1K1)  **Catalog #B64a Catalog Value €15,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
