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 #1123 RUSSIA 1901 (27 Feb) registered cover sent from St. Petersburg to Ferdinand Thormeyer in Carouge, Switzerland. Postmarked at the 11th city branch office, envelope imprinted with "From the Administrator of His Imperial Majesty's Palace." (the palace in question was the Anichkov, home of Emperor Nicholas II's mother. The administrator from 1897 to 1912 was Maj. Gen. David Alexandrovich Ozerov. The 11th city branch office was the post office closest to the palace. Thormeyer tutored the children of Emperor Alexander III from 1886 to1899)  | Unsold |
