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 #1110 RUSSIA 1897 (3 Feb) registered cover sent by Alexander Vasilyevich Astashev, commander of the Imperial yacht "Zarnitsa" in Batum, to the German-owned varnish manufacturing company Conrad Wm. Schmidt (F. A. Glaeser) in London (during World War I, this company was sold to British owners and was renamed London Varnish & Enamel Co. The "Zarnitsa" was built in 1891 and was acquired by Grand Duke George Alexandrovich in 1896. The yacht was docked in Batum for his use. George lived in Abas-Tuman, a small town in Georgia, until his death in 1899, when the yacht was inherited by his brother, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich. Astashev was murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918)  | Price Realized $500.00 |
