Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
March 18-19, 2025
Welcome to our March 2025 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, taking place Tuesday and Wednesday, March 18-19 at our Teaneck galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. The auction highlights are quite numerous, beginning with a solid section of United States including many rarities and graded items. There are outstanding collections of Albania, France, Germany & Colonies, featuring Part I of the extensive collection of Japanese Prisoner of War Camps for captured German soldiers at Tsingtao. Rarities from Italy & Colonies include Offices in China, Oltre-Giuba and others. There are Krakow overprints from Poland, original Artist drawings of the World War II "Gorale" issue, exceptional collections of Russia, Liechtenstein, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, as well as South and Central American countries. There is a collection of "Petroleum and Oil Exploration" on stamps, formed by Dr.Peter Scholle and presented exhibition style on pages, showing rarities from the Middle East and Gulf States. From Egypt, you will find the complete set of Port Fouad in sheets. As always, there are nearly 200 large lots and collections, ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #522 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHRAIN 1939 cover franked with 3a6p and pair of 3a, tied by Persian Gulf departure pmks and sent to USA, with letter written by E.H.Bennett at Bahrain Island, describing the early CASOC (California-Arabian Standard Oil Co.) exploration efforts and visit by the Saudi King to the drilling camp  | Unsold | |
| Lot #523 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHRAIN 1957 1r on 1sh6p gray blue, surcharge double, light postmark, well centered, fresh and v.f., with 1960 BPA certificate. One of the rarities of the Queen Elizabeth II issues, certainly the scarcest stamp from Bahrain, O Catalog #SG 101a Catalog Value £5,000 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
