1918 5k red, perforated and imperforate sheets of 228, printed on back of German military maps, first one P17 (Birze type Ia, Polnische, 1917), folded between stamps but intact, the latter is a forgery (L18 with faint red on the mapside, no plate number), fine-v.f., scarce -
Estimate price: $450-500
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
Welcome to our June 2014 Sale, with 1667 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World.
This four-session auction commences with quality United States, with unused examples of Scott's Nos. 2 and 12, both with original gum, Special Printings, inverted Candle and Stock Exchange errors, Zeppelin Plate Blocks, Postage Dues and Revenues. Autographs of Jefferson, Napoleon, Peter the Great, Roosevelt, Marylyn Monroe and others are featured as well.
The foreign section includes China (good selection of Dowagers, ex-Holcombe), Scandinavian countries, with Denmark, Finland and Sweden, France and Colonies, Germany and German Colonies, Great Britain (with another unused 10sh Edward I.R. Official), British North America (Newfoundland with unused De Pinedo, Balbo double impression and Martynside flight covers), British Commonwealth, Baltic Countries, Italy and Italian Colonies, Korea, Poland, Russia (with an exceptional collection of Imperial Postal History offered intact) and Soviet Union, Switzerland and many others.
As always there are over 120 lots of Large Lots and Collections.
The entire sale is online, with additional images added daily and on request.
This is a public auction taking place live at our 57th Street Galleries and online at CherrystoneLIVE. A limited number of printed catalogues are available. Cherrystone Auctions 119 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 [email protected]
Lot #1113 - latvia
Lot #1114 - latvia
1920 1r slate green & brown, sheet of 108 (printed on back of West Army banknotes), folded between stamps, top five rows cancelled to order, others unused, v.f. -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1115 - latvia
1923-25 Coat of Arms, 1s (2), 4s (2), 10s (2), 20s, 40s and 50s (2), group of 11 imperforate blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, various shades on the duplicated values, v.f. -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1116 - latvia
1927-33 Coat of Arms, 1s, 2s, 5s, 6s, 10s (2), 15s, 20s (2), 30s (2), 35s, 40s (2) and 50s (2), group of 16 imperforate blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, various shades on the duplicated values, v.f. -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1117 - latvia
1938-2006 selection of 35 different unexploded booklets including Rogers No.1, various topicals etc., v.f. -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1118 - latvia semi-postals
1930 1s+2s orange and red, error in block of four with regular stamps, h.r. at top right, error n.h., v.f., with 2002 Wassman certificate (Mi.161F) -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1119 - latvia air post
1933 Latvia-Africa flight, sheet margin singles, complete set, n.h., v.f., pencil signed -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1120 - latvia flight covers
1928 (10 May) registered and flown cover from Riga to Berlin, franked with the complete set of three triangles, also two additional covers, one registered from Riga to Linz, another flown in 1936 from Liepaja to Czechoslovakia -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1121 - latvia zeppelin flights
1932 8th SAF cover from Riga to Sao Paolo, v.f., with appropriate cachets -
Estimate price: $230-250
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