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 #850 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1945 collection of 34 different photo proofs and essays in various formats, prepared prior to the actual issue, showing progressive stages of design, 2zl value always depicting General Anders, others show Monte Casino, Ancona and Bologna, with unadopted designs, including some with simulated perforations, v.f. and incredible group, mostly unique P | Unsold | |
| Lot #851 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1945 special presentation folder with Polish Eagle and opening lines of the Polish National Anthem on front cover, with stamps and all three souvenir sheets inside adhered to ten numbered pages, with text in Polish, French, English and Italian, fine-v.f., only 2,000 printed in Rome and presented to various diplomats and officials (Sass. €2,200) (*) | Unsold | |
| Lot #852 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 1L, 3L, 5L and 10L photo proofs of the adapted designs by Corrado Mezzana, four different, each placed over simulated perforations and affixed on a presentation card, v.f., probably unique, signed Ferrario, with 2021 certificate P | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
| Lot #853 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 souvenir sheet (white paper) of three, missing the 45gr value (Monte Cassino), canceled "Poczta Polowa 1.1.46 / 119" in its place, unused without gum as issued, minor wrinkles, mostly v.f., the only known error of this type, Sassone "E noto un solo foglietto", unique, (*) Catalog #Sass. Block 1Acaa Catalog Value EUR 14,000 | Price Realized $4,750.00 | |
| Lot #854 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 souvenir sheet of one, 45gr, 55gr and 2zl omitted, with only 1zl gray at bottom, unused without gum as issued, large margins and "Poczta Polowa 136 / 4.VI.1946" cancel, v.f., signed Raybaudi, with his 2002 certificate, the only known error of this type, Sassone "E noto un solo foglietto", unique, (*) Catalog #Sass. Block 1Af Catalog Value EUR 14,000 | Price Realized $4,750.00 | |
| Lot #855 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 2zl brown, dark (chocolate) brown, two different imperforate sheet corner margin blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, v.f.,  (*)Catalog #Sass.13A,B Catalog Value EUR 10,800 | Unsold | |
| Lot #856 POLAND Polish 2nd Corps in Italy 1946 Souvenir sheet on white, ungummed paper, missing 45gr value, minor wrinkles, otherwise fine and very rare, only two (!) recorded, (*) Catalog #Sass.1Ac Catalog Value EUR 12,000 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
