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 #1177 RUSSIA 1934 (6 Jan) signed autograph postcard sent from Ballerup, Denmark by Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna to Ferdinand Thormeyer in Carouge, Switzerland. The message reads, "Dear Siocha (Thormeyer’s nickname), The three postcards you sent me are quite pretty. Here we are re-celebrating Christmas. Good weather - sun every day then Venus rises. You say you can also see it. I think of you when I look at it. Old Countess Blucher spent the afternoon here. I won’t be able to write letters while the house is full of people. All my friendship and greetings, dear Siocha. I embrace you, Olga. I have only two Pro Juventute stamps." (Olga, a stamp collector, lived in Ballerup from 1932 to 1948 before moving to Canada. The card shows Olga's painting "Harbinger of Spring", signed Olga, dated 1931. Pro Juventute postage stamps were issued in Switzerland to raise money for children), illustrated in Rossica No.166  | Unsold |
