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 #1089 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ITALIAN STATES 1855-65 balance of an exhibit, 40 covers or FLs, mostly on pages or original auction lot sheets, with representation from Modena, Naples, Roman States, Sardinia, Sicily and Tuscany, showing variety of frankings, rates, destinations, stamps generally with margins, some usual faults noted, many interesting usages, including Newspapers, Naples 10gr ocher on FL to Rome, with Raybaudi certificate (Sass.21ea, €21,000), others signed by notable experts, few certificates included, interesting and valuable holding, high catalogue value  | Unsold | |
| Lot #1090 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ITALIAN STATES 1858-65 late arrival, selection of five covers or FLs, including Tuscany 2cr on FL from Firenze 12 Nov 1859 to Camaiore (Sass.13b,€1,200), v.f. (signed Sorani); Naples, 1858 FL to Laterza, franked with horizontal strip of 4x1/2gr rose lilac, Plate I (Sass.1a, €8,250), v.f. (with 1981 Diena and 1999 Colla certificates), single 1/4t on FL used in 1862 (Sass.17b, €1,650); Sardinia, 1863 FL to Cassolo, franked with single 5c and block of 4x10c bister brown, margins all around (Sass.14E, €65,000), tied by "Somma Lombardo" departure cds (1990 Diena certificate), also a cover to Marseille, franked with 5c (2) and 40c, margins in at top, Italy, 1899 registered cover from Torino to Lucca, attractive four-color combination franking and commercial advertising on back. A splendid lot (Sass. €80,000+) | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
