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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #24
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 12c dull violet, H.Grill, small traces of original gum, nice color, a fine sound example of this rare stamp, with 1992 and 2024 PFCs. Aside from the 24c, which does not exist unused, the 12c H.Grill is the most difficult to obtain unused, in any condition. Probably less than a dozen exist with gum, most of those recorded with faults or poorly centered. A rarity,
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Catalog #140
Catalog Value $32,500
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #25
United States 1870-71 Issue
1870 15c orange, H.Grill, original gum (small h.r.), well centered, bright color, v.f., with 1997 and 2024 PFCs, ex-Wingate,
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Catalog #141
Catalog Value $7,500
Unsold

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