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 #887 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green, basic stamp wide "5", horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak, etc. A rare multiple in superior quality, ** Catalog #C7a Catalog Value $4,500 | Unsold | |
| Lot #888 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 15k on 1r brown, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee mark, v.f., * Catalog #C8a Catalog Value $1,400 | Price Realized $1,000.00 | |
| Lot #889 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 20k on 10r carmine, surcharge inverted, Moscow cds, v.f., signed Mikulski, Dr.P.Jemchouhin, rare and undercatalogued variety, O Catalog #C9a Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
| Lot #890 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperforate singles, h.r., the latter creased at top margin, signed Bartels, the latter Goznak handstamp, v.f., with Dr.Leupold certificates, * Catalog #C12b-13b Catalog Value $3,300 | Price Realized $1,500.00 | |
| Lot #891 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k violet brown, imperforate trial color proof on gummed stamp paper, large margins all around, l.h., v.f. A significant Soviet and Air Post rarity, only 24 (!) recorded, this one being position 15 (indicated in pencil), with "D" Postal Museum handstamp on back, 2016 Buchsbayew certificate (Sanabria 40) (Liapine 334P1) * Catalog #C18var | Unsold | |
| Lot #892 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k violet brown, imperforate trial color proof on stamp paper, large margins all around, canceled TULA, v.f. A significant Soviet and Air Post rarity, only 24 (!) recorded, this one being position 2 (indicated in pencil), with "D" Postal Museum handstamp on back, 2016 Buchsbayew certificate (Sanabria 40) (Liapine 334P1) O Catalog #C18var | Unsold | |
| Lot #893 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue (error), block of four, n.h., well centered, v.f., with 2010 Raritan guarantee. A rare multiple  **Catalog #C23a | Unsold | |
| Lot #894 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 Polar Year, set of two used on cover from Leningrad (11 Aug 39) to USA, fine-v.f., scarce commercial usage on one cover  Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $140.00 | |
| Lot #895 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Caspian Oil Fields of the Baku Area, 10k watermarked (6) and unwatermarked (8), selection of 14 imperforate trial color proof singles, neatly described on two exhibit pages, v.f., scarce P Catalog #C41,46P | Price Realized $7,000.00 | |
| Lot #896 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 10k green, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, rare unused, * Catalog #C48a Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 | |
| Lot #897 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 10k green, left sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, canceled to order, v.f., O Catalog #C48a Catalog Value $1,250 | Unsold | |
| Lot #898 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 10k green, lower right sheet margin, part imprint horizontal pair imperf. between, canceled to order, v.f., scarce positional piece, O Catalog #C48a Catalog Value $1,250 | Unsold | |
| Lot #899 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 10k green, horizontal pair imperf. between, used with additional franking on registered cover, used 14.2.50 and addressed to J.Barry in England, fine and unusual usage Catalog #C48a | Price Realized $675.00 | |
| Lot #900 RUSSIA Air Post 1944 Memorial to the Soviet Balloonists "who on 30th January reached the height of 22,000 meters", 50k green (Vasenko), 50k ultramarine (Fedosenko) and 50k gray green (Usyskin), imperforate trial color essays in unissued colors and denominations, each mounted on card, with handwritten technical inscriptions, value with penciled line and official handstamp and signatures on back, archival punches through last two, with 2019 Liapine certificates P Catalog #C77-79P | Unsold |
