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 #1392 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL - Interim Period 1948 collection of 100+ covers and cards on large Yvert & Tellier pages, showing various JNF labels overprinted "DOAR" (Post), including Development & Defense, Theodore Herzl, Ben Yehuda, Weizmann, Technion, Parachutists, etc., issues for Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Registered and commercial mail, some interesting combinations, usages from Nesher Yajur, locals from Jerusalem (sixteen covers, some remarkable frankings included), Rishon Le Zion (seven covers, including 26 April, Nachlat-Yehuda, 27 April, "Kishon" variety, etc.), Tiberias, Registered cover with locally overprinted Mandate stamps, Sefad (two covers, used 6 May and 7 May), Nahariya Emergency Mail (thirteen covers, combination frankings, souvenir sheet, etc.), some phantasies included, but generally solid and very collectable material. There are additional 50+ covers, with military mail from the War of Independence, Haganah dispatches, censor markings, Red Cross, Doar Ivri stamps on parcel receipts, Postal Stationery with triangular handstamps, plus mail from the Sinai Campaign and later wars. An interesting and well developed collection of this area  | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
