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 #1147 RUSSIA 1908 (21 Aug) registered cover from St. Petersburg to Nicolas Johnson in Paris. The printing on front and the wax seal read, "Administrative Office of His Imperial Majesty Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich." (Nicholas Johnson and Grand Duke Michael were graduates of the Mikhailovsky Artillery School. In late 1912 Michael chose Nicholas as his private secretary. Arrested at Gatchina on 7 March 1918, both were soon exiled to Perm and executed by the Communists on 13 June), illustrated in Rossica No.171  | Unsold |
