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 #551 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1902-09 KEVII definitives, complete set of 17, used, generally neat cancels, well centered, fine-v.f., scarce, O Catalog #60-76 Catalog Value $2,991 | Unsold | |
Lot #552 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1948 Gandhi, six covers, three with special commemorative cachets, used to London, USA, Ceylon, also locally in Calcutta. Also unused cacheted envelope, plus a Telegram bearing 12a, used in combination with George VI 1r and 2r, sent from Calcutta to Multan (Pakistan), mixed condition, some cover flaws noted, fine Gandhi group ![]() Catalog #203-05 | Price Realized $375.00 | |
Lot #553 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1948 Gandhi, six sets of four, hinged or adhered in special memorial booklets, fine-v.f. *(*) Catalog #203-06 | Unsold | |
Lot #554 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA 1948 Gandhi, three sets of four, each canceled by commemorative "15 Aug 1948" pmks (Banaras, Bareilly-Izatnagar, Calcutta) pmks in special memorial booklets, fine-v.f. O Catalog #203-06 | Price Realized $850.00 |