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 #1111 RUSSIA 1897 (12 Oct) registered cover sent by the St. Petersburg Postal Director to the Emperor of Russia (Tsar Nicholas II) in Darmstadt, Germany. Postmarked at the Office of the Postal Director, which managed mail to and from the imperial family, and in Darmstadt on arrival. The wax seal reads."St. Petersburg Postal Director". Nicholas and Alexandra were visiting her hometown to dedicate the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, a chapel for the private use of the Russian imperial family when they were in Darmstadt. Illustrated in Rossica No.177  | Unsold |
