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 #1149 RUSSIA 1908 (13 Nov) signed autograph postcard sent from Pavlovsk by Grand Duchess Yelisaveta Mavrikievna to the wife of General von Loewe at Gern castle in Eggenfelden, Lower Bavaria. The German inscription above the message reads, "From Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg." (the Grand Duchess was the wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (a nephew of Tsar Alexander II). She was the royal patron of the Russian Blue Cross, a charitable organization which established schools, asylums, and hospitals for poor or ill children. Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna was Konstantin's sister)  | Price Realized $95.00 |
