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 #969 POLAND 1905 cover to Vienna, franked with Russia 3k and 7k, used in combination with Austrian 25h Franz Josef (showing signs of being previously used), all tied by Cyrillic "Warszawa Exp. No.3", filing fold away from the stamps, fine and truly remarkable example of postal fraud, where a previously used Austrian stamp was used in place of short-paid 4k, with Wien arrival (18.10.05), signed Rachmanow  | Price Realized $325.00 |
