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

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1119
RUSSIA
1900 (3 Sep) autograph cover sent by Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich from the Imperial hunting preserve at Spala to his former tutor Ferdinand Thormeyer in Carouge, Switzerland. The envelope is stationery from another imperial hunting preserve at Belovezh and is so embossed. The Spala post office was open only for a few weeks in September or October when the imperial family was hunting there. In 1900 they arrived on 30 August and left on 14 September. This is one of only three recorded covers from Spala, illustrated in Rossica No.166
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

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