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.
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| Lot #1012 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS CEYLON 1857-1976 used and unused collection mounted on album pages leading off with an excellent range of the imperforate first issue stamps up to the 2-shilling value followed by their counterpart perforated issued stamps showcasing a variety of cancellations, perforation and watermark types. Overall the collection includes 150+ used examples of the 1857-67 Ceylon first issue stamps. Nice range of 1880s surcharged stamps to finish out the Victorian period of the collection. Large array of Edward VII and George V stamps are present as well. Faults throughout the early issues but still nice appearance throughout. A fine lot for the specialist and/or collector looking to begin their journey into Ceylon/Sri Lankan philately! Worth close inspection *O | Unsold |
