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 #88 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 10c orange yellow, n.h, well centered, bright color, with 2004 PSE certificate graded "XF 90" (SMQ $200) ** Catalog #416 | Price Realized $150.00 | |
| Lot #89 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 15c gray, small h.r., well centered with wide margins, with 1996 PFC and 2016 PSE certificate, the latter graded "XF-Sup 95" (SMQ $225) * Catalog #418 | Price Realized $95.00 | |
| Lot #90 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 30c orange red, n.h., well centered, fresh and v.f., with 2015 PSE certificate, ** Catalog #420 Catalog Value $250 | Price Realized $95.00 | |
| Lot #91 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 30c orange red, small h.r., well centered, with 2013 PFC graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $275) * Catalog #439 | Price Realized $150.00 | |
| Lot #92 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 50c violet, l.h., well centered, with 2023 PFC graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $525) * Catalog #440 | Price Realized $260.00 | |
| Lot #93 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 3c violet, l.h., well centered with wide margins, with 2025 PSE certificate graded "XF-Sup 95" (SMQ $750) * Catalog #445 | Unsold | |
| Lot #94 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 3c violet, horizontal guide line pair, l.h., fresh color, fine, with 2015 PSE certificate, * Catalog #445 Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #95 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 3c violet, horizontal coil guide line pair, n.h., penciled number on back, fine, ** Catalog #445 Catalog Value $2,600 | Price Realized $900.00 | |
| Lot #96 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 4c brown, horizontal pair, l.h., well centered, with 2024 PFC graded "XF 90" (SMQ 450) * Catalog #446 | Unsold | |
| Lot #97 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 4c brown, horizontal guide line pair, n.h., fresh and fine, with 2023 PSE certificate, ** Catalog #446 Catalog Value $1,550 | Price Realized $625.00 | |
| Lot #98 United States 1914-17 Issues 1914 5c blue, horizontal guide line pair, h.r., well centered, beautiful color, with 2006 PSE certificate graded "XF 90" (SMQ $300) * Catalog #447 | Unsold | |
| Lot #99 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 2c carmine, vertical guide line pair, n.h., fine, with 2021 PSE certificate, ** Catalog #450 Catalog Value $550 | Unsold | |
| Lot #100 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 2c carmine rose, type I, n.h., bright color, with 2023 PSAG certificate graded "80" (SMQ $300) ** Catalog #453 | Price Realized $160.00 | |
| Lot #101 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 2c carmine rose, type I, horizontal joint line pair, small h.r., fine-v.f., with 2003 PSE certificate, * Catalog #453 Catalog Value $675 | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #102 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 2c carmine rose, type II, horizontal joint line pair, n.h., bright color, fine, with 2002 and 2023 PSE certificates, ** Catalog #454 Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $375.00 | |
| Lot #103 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 3c violet, l.h., well centered, with 1990 and 2017 PFCs, the latter graded "VF 80" (SMQ $225) * Catalog #456 | Price Realized $150.00 | |
| Lot #104 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 3c violet, horizontal guide line pair, small h.r., sharp impression, fine, with 2023 PSE certificate, * Catalog #456 Catalog Value $1,300 | Price Realized $375.00 | |
| Lot #105 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 4c brown, horizontal guide line pair, n.h., fine, with 2020 PSE certificate, ** Catalog #457 Catalog Value $390 | Price Realized $180.00 | |
| Lot #106 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 2c carmine, n.h., full margins all around, with 2024 PSE certificate graded "XF 90" (SMQ $425) ** Catalog #459 | Price Realized $325.00 | |
| Lot #107 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 $1 violet black, l.h., rich color, fine, with 2021 PFC, * Catalog #460 Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $425.00 | |
| Lot #108 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 2c pale carmine red, n.h., well centered, v.f., with 2024 PFC, ** Catalog #461 Catalog Value $350 | Price Realized $190.00 | |
| Lot #109 United States 1914-17 Issues 1915 2c pale carmine red, block of four, l.h. at left, right pair n.h., fine,  *Catalog #461 Catalog Value $1,050 | Price Realized $190.00 | |
| Lot #110 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 (15 Dec) home-made picture postcard (front is a photograph of a German military unit), Registered, Return Receipt Requested from Providence, R.I., paying 15c with 10c, 2c (2) and 1c (faults), addressed to a member of the Tsingtao Orchestra, Prisoner of War in Kurume, Japan, violet double-ring censor "E" handstamp applied on arrival, with two additional chops added. Also included is a 1c stationery card, uprated with 3c violet, sent from Paterson, N.J. on Feb 6,1916 to a German POW in Kurume, with Japanese censor mark applied on arrival. Most unusual destination from the United States to a Japanese POW camp holding German prisoners captured in Kiauchau  | Price Realized $525.00 | |
| Lot #111 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 20c light ultramarine, n.h., well centered, with 2024 Crowe certificate graded "80" (SMQ $525) ** Catalog #476 | Price Realized $280.00 | |
| Lot #112 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 50c light violet, l.h., well centered, v.f., with 2005 PSE certificate, * Catalog #477 Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #113 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 $1 violet black, h.r., fresh color, fine, with 2024 Crowe certificate, * Catalog #478 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $180.00 | |
| Lot #114 United States 1914-17 Issues 1917 $2 dark blue, n.h., fine, with 1986 PFC, ** Catalog #479 Catalog Value $475 | Price Realized $170.00 | |
| Lot #115 United States 1914-17 Issues 1917 $2 dark blue, barest trace of a hinge, well centered, with 2024 PFC graded "XF 90" (SMQ $300) * Catalog #479 | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #116 United States 1914-17 Issues 1917 $5 light green, n.h., fresh and fine, with 1980 PFC, ** Catalog #480 Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $160.00 | |
| Lot #117 United States 1914-17 Issues 1917 10c orange yellow, horizontal joint line pair, n.h., with 2017 PSE certificate graded "VF 80" (SMQ $225) ** Catalog #497 | Price Realized $210.00 |
