1929 Kansas-Nebraska, blocks of four, complete set, many n.h., usual centering, mostly fine or better, -
Estimate price: $750-800
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 #105 - united states 1910-30 issues
Lot #106 - united states modern issues
1932 2c Lake Placid (straight edge at right and bottom) 1st Beverly Hills cacheted FDC, Lake Placid cancel, some slight mount toning, otherwise v.f. (Planty 716-55) -
Estimate price: $120-150
Lot #107 - united states modern issues
1935 3c California-Pacific Exposition, single on Crosby cachet in black, with small "California-Pacific International Expo" photo affixed at right, San Diego cancel, addressed, v.f. (Planty 773-40a) -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #108 - united states modern issues
1939 3c Golden Gate, complete set of nine 1st Cal Craft FDCs, each franked with block of four, tied by S.F. cancels and addressed to Kempton, PA, v.f. and rare set (Planty 852-16a-i), -
Estimate price: $240-250
Lot #109 - united states modern issues
1939-42 two 73c unexploded booklets, pink covers, panes with plate numbers, one booklet with notations in ink on front cover, fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $300-350
Lot #110 - united states modern issues
1961 Project Mercury, 4c imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $900-1000
Lot #111 - united states modern issues
1979 $1.00 Rush Lamp & Candle Holder, intaglio brown color inverted, n.h., v.f. The CIA invert is one of the best known inverted color errors in United States philately. These stamps were discovered by an on-duty CIA employee who teamed up with some colleagues to purchase the pane from a post office. Saving a copy each, the group later sold the bulk of the sheet to a prominent stamp dealer. News of the error reached CIA officials who...
Lot #112 - united states modern issues
1992 25c Stock Exchange Bicentennial, center inverted, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. Only two panes of this error were discovered, each containing 28 stamps with center inverted. With only 56 errors available, this is a true modern rarity, -
Estimate price: $14500-15000
Lot #113 - united states air post
1918 16c dark green on July 15, 1918 first flight cover from Philadelphia to New York, v.f., -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #114 - united states air post
1923 8c green, used on Washington Aug.15 FDC, legal size Shoreham Hotel corner card with some creases and tears, otherwise fine, -
Estimate price: $120-150
Lot #115 - united states air post
1926-27 Maps, complete set of three large die proofs, each die sunk on full card, with serial number on back, dated and signed by Harry S. New, the Postmaster, fresh and v.f. set of these rare die proofs, one of only 2-3 known, -
Estimate price: $7000-7500
Lot #116 - united states air post
1930 Zeppelin, set of three, n.h., $1.30 with faint red handstamp, fine-v.f., -
Estimate price: $750-800
Lot #117 - united states air post
1930 Zeppelin, set of three left margin plate no. blocks of six, exceptionally well centered, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., -
Estimate price: $7000-7500
Lot #118 - united states air post
1930 Zeppelin 65c-$2.60 set of three, used on flown card and two covers, addressed to Germany, Spain and Switzerland resp., fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-500
Lot #119 - united states air post
1930 $1.30 brown, cancelled straight line Lakehurst N.J. on Round-Flight Europe Pan-America Zeppelin cover, v.f., with Friedrichshafen arrival pmk -
Estimate price: $150-150
Lot #120 - united states air post
1930 Zeppelin, $2.60 blue, used on cacheted Roessler cover to Lakehurst, v.f., attractive -
Estimate price: $500-500
Lot #121 - united states air post
1933 50c green, single & pair, used on Oct 4 New York on Zeppelin card from Friedrichshafen to Chicago, v.f. -
Estimate price: $180-200
Lot #122 - united states air post flight covers
1930 (Oct) registered and flown cover from St. Thomas to Bahia, Brazil, franked with top sheet margin block of six with Plate Number (C4), also additional franking, tied by target pmks, with "First Flight Air Mail to French Guiana and Brazil" cachet, v.f., interesting flight from the Virgin Islands, with 30 November arrival handstamp -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #123 - united states air post flight covers
1931 First Trans-Pacific Non-Stop Flight Tokyo to Seattle, mixed franking with Japanese stamp, signed by the pilots (Allen and Moyle), fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #124 - united states air post flight covers
1932 (July 5), Mattern and Griffin Round the World Flight. The U.S. pilot Jimmy Mattern, together with Lt. Griffin, took off from Floyd Bennet Field in an attempt to beat the round-the-world record held by Post and Gatty. The fliers landed in Berlin after a trip of 31 hours and 41 minutes, from New York, via Harbor Grace. They later reached Moscow, but cracked up on their hop to Siberia. Cover franked with 5c U.S. (New York July 5), 4pf...
Lot #125 - united states air post flight covers
1932 (Aug 4) Round-the-World Flight by Wolfgang Von Gronau, cover to New Jersey franked with 3c Washington and 5c Airmail, with Chicago cds, black handstamp signed by von Gronau, flown on the Chicago-Montreal leg of the trip, with arrival on reverse, v.f. -
Estimate price: $220-250
Lot #126 - united states postage dues
1879 Special Printing, 10c deep brown, unused without gum as issued, well centered, rich color, tiny surface scrape, otherwise fine example of this rare stamp, only 174 issued, with 1991 and 2006 PFCs (the former does not mention the surface scrape), -
Estimate price: $2400-2500
Lot #127 - united states officials
1873 Department of State, $10 green and black, deep rich color, h.r., fresh and v.f., with 2004 PFC, -
Estimate price: $2700-3000
Lot #128 - united states officials
1873 War Department, 1c-90c rose, mostly unused without gum, fine-v.f. (catalogue value for hinged) -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #129 - united states Postal stationery
1958 entire envelope, proof of the red "2 cents" surcharge only, v.f. -
Estimate price: $550-600
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