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 #1131 RUSSIA 1903 (31 Dec) autograph cover sent from Athens, by Princess Alice of Battenberg to Empress Maria Feodorovna in St. Petersburg, postmarked at the Office of the Postal Director, with embossed "Alice" and crown on the backflap (Princess Alice was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, a niece of Empress Alexandra, and the mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II. She married Prince Andrew of Greece on 6 October 1903)  | Price Realized $95.00 |
