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
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 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA 1913 (15 Dec) signed autograph postcard sent from Pavlovsk by Grand Duchess Yelisaveta Mavrikievna to the "Hereditary Prince" in Altenburg, Germany. Postmarked at the imperial mail delivery section of the St. Petersburg post office. The message reads, "Happy New Year! Aunt Elisabeth." (Grand Duchess Yelisaveta Mavrikievna, formerly Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, was the wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (a nephew of Tsar Alexander II). Their main residence was the Pavlovsk Palace. The addressee, Georg Moritz, was the oldest son of her brother Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. The house of Saxe-Altenburg became extinct when Georg died. The photograph on the back shows Elisabeth's youngest child, Princess Vera Konstantinovna)  | Unsold |
