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 #570 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE 1897 2 1/2p on 2sh dull lilac, h.r., toned with soiled perforations, horizontal crease, otherwise v.f., with 2024 Royal certificate, * Catalog #SG 67 Catalog Value £2,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #571 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE 1912-21 Crown CA, the complete set to £5 with practically all the shades, fresh and without the usual toning, top value signed Roig, fine-v.f. (SG 112-130,£6,400) * Catalog #103-121 Catalog Value £6,400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #572 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE 1963 Second Anniversary of Independence 11s on £1 black on orange, both settings, n.h., v.f. (only 540 examples were printed most of which were used. The very rare narrow setting only occurs 7 times on the sheet, R5/1-5 and R10/4-5, making a maximum of 63 examples that can exist, most of which were used) (SG269,269b,£1,800) ** | Unsold |
