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 #650 ITALY 1863-77 2c orange brown, 5c slate green, 30c brown, 40c carmine and 60c lilac, five different imperforate blocks of four with part imprint sheet margin at left, first two with gum, others unused without gum, penciled positions and signed Bolaffi on back, v.f.  (*)**Catalog #25,26,30,31,32var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #651 ITALY 1863-77 15c blue, imperforate horizontal pair, unused without gum, v.f. (*) Catalog #29var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #652 ITALY 1863-77 40c rose, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #31var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #653 ITALY 1879 King Humbert I, 20c orange, 30c brown, imperforate blocks of four, unused without gum, v.f. (*)Catalog #47,49var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #654 ITALY 1879 King Humbert I, 25c blue, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #50var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #655 ITALY 1879 2L vermilion, irregular lower left sheet corner margin imprint block of 17, n.h., well centered for issue, mostly fine-v.f., **Catalog #51 Catalog Value $2,210 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #656 ITALY 1889 5L green & claret, upper left sheet corner margin block of 16, n.h., some shorter perfs at right, well centered, fine-v.f., **Catalog #57 Catalog Value $1,400 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #657 ITALY 1891 5L blue & rose, bottom sheet margin block of 10, n.h., nice colors, fine-v.f., scarce multiple, **Catalog #72 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #658 ITALY 1906 5c green, imperforate lower right sheet corner margin block of 10, double impression, n.h., some natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and striking variety **Catalog #94var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #659 ITALY 1911 10c carmine, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #121var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #660 ITALY 1921 Reunion of Venezia Giulia with Italy, set of three canceled by First Day Trieste Centro 5.6.21 cancels inside a specially prepared booklet to commemorate this reunion, fine-v.f. O Catalog #130-32 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #661 ITALY 1922 Trieste Congress, complete set of four, each canceled on piece, usual centering, various pencil signatures on back, with 2011 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.123-26) O Catalog #142A-D Catalog Value EUR 1,600 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #662 ITALY 1924-25 Publicity labels, complete set of 19, used, usual centering, mostly fine, O Catalog #96b-87d Catalog Value $4,968 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #663 ITALY 1926 St. Francis of Assisi, 30c slate black, variety imperf. at top, showing part imprint, h.r. at outer margin, v.f., signed Raybaudi * Catalog #181var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #664 ITALY 1926 St. Francis, 1.25L dark blue, 5L+2.50L dark brown, imperforate blocks of four, archival plate proofs, minor creases, otherwise v.f., rare, with 1941 Oliva certificates (Sass.P196,197) PCatalog #182,183P Catalog Value EUR 3,200 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #665 ITALY 1928 Philibert, 10L and 20L top values, used, fine-v.f., signed Raybaudi, with 1994 certificate (Sass.237-38, €1,180) O Catalog #209-210 Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #666 ITALY 1929 1.75L brown, perf. 13 3/4, used, centered to bottom, signed Diena, etc., with 1982 Raybaudi and 2015 Cilio certificates (Sass.242, €6,000), O Catalog #193a Catalog Value 3,150 | Price Realized $900.00 |
