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 #841 POLAND 1944 unissued Gorale Series 1944 unissued "Gorale", collection of eight different original artist drawings, four proposed, but never adapted designs, plus the three issued values and the legendary "Panjewagon" ("dorozka"), all affixed on cards, hand corrected, signed by Profs. Seizinger and Puchinger, absolutely unique, with detailed Detlef Pfeiffer certificates P Catalog #Mi.I-III | Price Realized $19,000.00 | |
| Lot #842 POLAND 1944 unissued Gorale Series 1944 6gr red brown, trial color proof, n.h., v.f. Also included is a selection of seven picture postcards or stationery cards depicting the Boryslaw Oil Field and the wooden derricks of Schodnica field, which have been incorporated into the stamp design P Catalog #Mi.I | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #843 POLAND 1944 unissued Gorale Series 1944 6gr reddish brown, Second and Fourth Engraver's Stage die proofs on gummed paper, penciled notations indicate the specific, slightly different ink color, each dated "10 Mai 1944" (target date for printing), v.f., probably unique P Catalog #Mi.IP | Price Realized $4,250.00 | |
| Lot #844 POLAND 1944 unissued Gorale Series 1944 6gr green, 6gr red brown, two different Engraver's large die Stage proofs on thick paper, the former signed Karl Seizinger, the stamp's engraver. Also included is an essay in olive brown, showing multiple black borders, on gummed paper, fine and probably unique assembly P Catalog #Mi.IP | Price Realized $5,000.00 | |
| Lot #845 POLAND 1944 unissued Gorale Series 1944 6gr green, blue, red brown and brown, four different Engraver's trial color die proofs, mounted on thick cardboard with a cover flap, signed by Karl Seizinger, the stamp's engraver, v.f., probably unique, with 1980 Ludin certificate P Catalog #Mi.IP | Price Realized $3,500.00 | |
| Lot #846 POLAND 1944 unissued Gorale Series 1944 6gr green, blue, red and yellow, four different perforated trial color proofs, each with sheet margin, last one with dramatic perforation shift, showing "Grossdeutsches Reich Generalgouvernement" at top, instead at bottom. The green proof is without gum, others n.h., signed Jungjohann, with 1980 certificate for all four P Catalog #Mi.IP | Price Realized $2,300.00 | |
| Lot #847 POLAND 1944 unissued Gorale Series 1944 6gr green, horizontal gutter pair, n.h., fine-v.f., extremely rare P Catalog #Mi.IP | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
