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 #638 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE 1894 (28 May) cover with embossed "N.C.P. Opobo Vice-Consulate" on backflap, franked with six different adhesives, including Queen Victoria 2p, 2 1/2p and 5p, British Protectorate Oil Rivers 2d and 5d, used in combination with Opobo provisional "1/2" on right half of 1d, tied by Opobo River cds, with oval Liverpool/Registered (25 July 94), transit and arrival pmks on back, some toning and faults, but rare Opobo provisional commercially used on cover  Catalog #SG 3,4,57-49,57 | Price Realized $950.00 |
