1857 10c green, type IV, pos.55L, black grid cancel, well centered for this issue, deep rich color, fresh and v.f., with 1995 PFC, -
Estimate price: $800-900
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]
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Lot #30 - united states 1857-61 issue
Lot #31 - united states 1857-61 issue
1857 24c gray lilac, tied by red grid cancel on small piece, with "New York 19 Sep" cds alongside, fine, with 1991 PFC, -
Estimate price: $130-150
Lot #32 - united states 1857-61 issue
1857 24c lilac, imperforate single (proof on stamp paper), unused without gum as issued, full margins all around, v.f., with 1986 and 2003 PFCs, -
Estimate price: $900-1000
Lot #33 - united states 1875 reprints of the 1857-61 issue
1875 10c blue green, unused without gum as issued, beautiful color, usual centering, fresh and fine, only 516 issued, with 2003 PSE cert., -
Estimate price: $1100-1200
Lot #34 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 Lowenberg decalcomania essay, 3c green, imperf. sheet of 25 printed on goldbeater's onion skin, creases and other small faults, scarce -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #35 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 1c-90c, set of ten plate proofs on card, nice margins, fine-v.f., -
Estimate price: $260-300
Lot #36 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 3c pink, bright color, well centered for this difficult stamp, lightly hinged original gum, fresh and fine example of this rare early shade, with 2000 PFC, -
Estimate price: $4750-5000
Lot #37 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 3c pink, well centered, tied by black grids on small cover to Princeton, with Bloomfield, N.J. Mar 1 departure cds at bottom left, fine cover, with 1976 PFC, -
Estimate price: $300-350
Lot #38 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 3c pink, two copies tied by black grid cancels on small buff cover, paying the 6c rate from Middletown, Conn. to Cincinnati, red departure cds alongside, fine-v.f. and attractive cover, quite scarce, with 1981 PFC, -
Estimate price: $950-1000
Lot #39 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 3c pigeon blood pink, beautiful color, tied to a McClellan patriotic cover (without the soldier's letter which originally accompanied), by blue Cincinnati, Ohio Oct 29 (1861) cancel, addressed to Findlay, Ohio, tiny cover flaws at bottom, fine and rare usage of this scarce color on a Civil War patriotic cover, with 1973 PFC, -
Estimate price: $1900-2000
Lot #40 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 coverfront with backflap, franked with a pair of 10c green in combination with 2c black, tied by circle of wedges pmks, paying 22c rate via Panama to Lima, Peru, v.f., with Panama Jan.20, 68 transit, Holcombe cert. -
Estimate price: $475-500
Lot #41 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 Washington, five different die essays, including three different with vignette only (in gray olive, lilac and red violet), one with vignette and blank frames in lilac and one with "U.S. Postage" at top in red violet, few wrinkles, fine-v.f., -
Estimate price: $325-350
Lot #42 - united states 1861-66 issue
1861 90c blue, block of four, original gum, beautiful color, clean perforations all around, with 1984 Philatelic Foundation certificate stating "faint internal creases" which we believe to be natural paper wrinkles, fine example of this rare multiple, -
Estimate price: $9500-10000
Lot #43 - united states 1867 grill issue
1867 2c black, Z.Grill, original gum (heavy h.r.), usual centering, rich color and sharp impression, fine, a scarce stamp in sound condition, with 1995 PFC, -
Estimate price: $3250-3500
Lot #44 - united states 1867 grill issue
1867 2c black, E.Grill, horizontal strip of four, three left stamps n.h., right stamp l.h., usual centering, slight overall toning, perf. faults and third stamp with a tear, otherwise fine and rare multiple, with 2012 PSE cert. (catalogue value for hinged pairs, without premium for n.h.) -
Estimate price: $850-900
Lot #45 - united states 1867 grill issue
1867 10c green, E.Grill, original gum (h.r.), beautiful color, well centered for this issue, clearly defined grill, fresh and fine, with 2004 PFC. A rare stamp, -
Estimate price: $2300-2500
Lot #46 - united states 1867 grill issue
1867 90c blue, F.Grill, black cancel with faint red arrival, fresh color, fine sound example of this high value, with 2002 PFC, -
Estimate price: $950-1000
Lot #47 - united states 1875 re-issue of the 1861-66 issue
1875 2c black, deep rich color, wide margins, hinge remnant, fresh and fine, only 979 issued, with 1968 and 1987 PFCs, -
Estimate price: $1900-2000
Lot #48 - united states 1875 re-issue of the 1861-66 issue
1875 12c black, original gum which is only lightly hinged, three wide margins, rich color, fresh and fine, only 389 printed, with 2007 PFC, -
Estimate price: $2400-2500
Lot #49 - united states 1875 re-issue of the 1861-66 issue
1875 12c black, well centered with wide margins on all sides, deep rich color, h.r., fresh and fine, with 2005 PFC, -
Estimate price: $2400-2500
Lot #50 - united states 1875 re-issue of the 1861-66 issue
1875 15c black, well centered, deep rich color, original gum (h.r.), fresh and fine, only 397 issued, with 2001 PFC, -
Estimate price: $2600-3000
Lot #51 - united states 1875 re-issue of the 1861-66 issue
1875 30c brownish orange, deep rich color, well centered, h.r., fine and rare stamp, only 346 issued, with 1988 PFC, -
Estimate price: $3000-3500
Lot #52 - united states 1869 pictorials
1869 1c-90c, plate proofs on india, complete set of blocks of four, including both 15c types, full margins all around, few small paper faults and 30c creased, fresh and v.f. set of blocks, rare, -
Estimate price: $3000-3500
Lot #53 - united states 1869 pictorials
1869 1c buff, used on locally addressed legal size envelope (folded away from the stamp), headed "United States Internal Revenue, Assessor's Office, District of Utah, Official Business", with "Salt Lake City Utah 16" postmark, scarce Territorial Usage (Utah was admitted to the Union in 1896) -
Estimate price: $290-300
Lot #54 - united states 1869 pictorials
1869 2c brown, tied by a fancy corn cancel on legal size "State of New Jersey" official cover, with red "Department of State" and Trenton departure pmk along side, cover tears, otherwise fine -
Estimate price: $140-150
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