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 #470 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1945 50c and 2fr, each overprinted "Taxe Percue", used on matching covers, the 50c with First Day cancel (April 9), fine-v.f.,  Catalog #Mi. 1-2 Catalog Value EUR 1,400 | Unsold | |
| Lot #471 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1945 50c green, 2fr brown lilac, set of two imperforate sheetlets, first with one stamp at bottom left and two stamps inverted on reverse; 2fr with three stamps on front and three more printed (inverted) on the other side, v.f. and extremely rare set of proof sheetlets from St.Nazaire, signed Behr, P Catalog #Mi.1PIV, 2PVII Catalog Value EUR 5,500 | Price Realized $2,800.00 | |
| Lot #472 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1945 50c green, 2fr brown lilac, imperforate bottom sheet margin blocks of four, lower right stamp in each inverted, forming tete-beche varieties, unused without gum as issued, v.f., rare, signed Behr,  PCatalog #Mi.1PIV-2PIV Catalog Value EUR 5,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00 | |
| Lot #473 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1945 2fr black, imperforate sheetlet showing the completed design of the Galley, plus three impressions of the "ILOT" Postage Due stamps, some additional printed text alongside, fine and unique essay E Catalog #Mi.2 | Price Realized $2,600.00 | |
| Lot #474 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1945 large die proof (214x137mm) showing a horizontally placed essay of center in brown, fine and probably unique P Catalog #Mi.2P | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
| Lot #475 GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES St. Nazaire 1945 2fr Galley, perforated proof in red brown on yellowish paper, unused without gum as issued, v.f., with handstamped guarantee on back, P Catalog #Mi.2PVIII Catalog Value EUR 2,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
