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 #1096 RUSSIA 1887 (4 Dec) small registered cover from Vitebsk to Varvara Shebeko in Paris, franked on back with pair of 7k blue, showing an interesting backflap imprint and full wax seal on reverse (Shebeko was the companion and confidante of Catherine Dolgorukova, second wife of Emperor Alexander II. Shebeko orchestrated the affair between the Tsar and Dolgorukova which lasted from 1865 until their marriage in 1880, shortly after the death of the Emperor’s first wife. After the Emperor was assassinated in 1881, Shebeko and Dolgorukova settled in Paris)  | Price Realized $95.00 |
