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 #149 United States Modern Issues 1979 $1 Candle holder, brown (engraved) color inverted, n.h., fresh, v.f. Popularly called the "C.I.A. Invert", a single pane of 100 stamps was purchased at the McLean Va. Post Office by employees of the C.I.A., for use on mail from the agency. They noticed the error, pooled together funds to buy a replacement sheet and kept the pane for themselves (You can read more about the stamp in great detail: https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/debunking-a-philatelic-conspiracy-theory-about-the-cia-invert) (cat.$17,000) ** Catalog #1610c | Price Realized $12,000.00 | |
| Lot #150 United States Modern Issues 1980 15c General Bernardo de Galvez, colors omitted, n.h., v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison, ** Catalog #1826a Catalog Value $550 | Unsold | |
| Lot #151 United States Modern Issues 1981 Space Achievement, upper left sheet corner se-tenant block of eight, Tagging Omitted, n.h., v.f., with R.Loeffler certificate,  **Catalog #1912-19d Catalog Value $1,000 | Unsold | |
| Lot #152 United States Modern Issues 1992 Eagle only, die proof in black, affixed on large card, v.f. P Catalog #2595P | Price Realized $230.00 | |
| Lot #153 United States Modern Issues 1992 Eagle and Shield only, four large die proofs in brown or black, various stages, each affixed on card, fine-v.f., scarce P Catalog #2595P | Price Realized $900.00 | |
| Lot #154 United States Modern Issues 1992 Eagle and Shield only, "USA" omitted, imperforate block of four, proof on card, v.f. PCatalog #2595P | Price Realized $260.00 | |
| Lot #155 United States Modern Issues 1994 Virginia Apgar, 20c black, red, also red brown, selection of seven large die proofs, mostly die sunk on thin cards (different sizes), various stages and paper varieties, minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f. A rare assembly P Catalog #2179P | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
| Lot #156 United States Modern Issues 1994 Pine Cone, large die proof of the center only in black, affixed to card, v.f. P Catalog #2491P | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #157 United States Modern Issues 1994 Pine Cone, horizontal pair, large die proof in red brown, printed directly on card, dated 10/28/92 in pencil and with "II" stage notation at bottom, v.f. P Catalog #2491P | Price Realized $700.00 | |
| Lot #158 United States Modern Issues 1994 James Polk, 32c red brown, large die proof on gummed paper, dated 7/17/95 "#3" at bottom, scotch tape stain at top, otherwise v.f. P Catalog #2587P | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #159 United States Modern Issues 1994 James Polk, 32c red brown, large die proof on gummed paper, dated 7/17/95 "#3" at bottom, scotch taped at top, otherwise v.f. P Catalog #2587P | Price Realized $450.00 |
