1858 10k brown & blue, two copies, each cancelled by blue "19" in circle of dots (Kowno), fresh and fine-v.f. -
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Worldwide Stamps and Covers
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Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Cherrystone is pleased to present our April 12-13 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal history of the World.
The sale contains 1,716 lots, with notable United States, extensive Great Britain and British Commonwealth; European countries include Austria, Belgium, France & Colonies, Germany, Iceland, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia and Switzerland.
There is an important collection of Iran, featuring many rare sets in blocks of four.
From Asia there are selections of China, Japan and Korea.
South American countries are also well represented and as always the sale contains 100+ large lots and collections.
A limited number of printed catalogues are available upon request.
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Lot #1334 - Russia
Lot #1335 - Russia
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by blue "19" in circle of dots postmark on outer FL from Kowno to Warszawa, with departure (Nov 1, 1858) in blue and arrival in red cds on back, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. and splendid letter from Kowno -
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Lot #1336 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, watermarked "3", excellent colors, neat "Balta 20 Nov. 1865" cancel, v.f., -
Cat. Val. $2,750
Lot #1337 - Russia
1866-1879 5k trial color proofs on perforated and gummed stamp paper, the complete set of five (orange, red, green, violet and blue), also 7k brown & orange, blue & carmine, violet & green, perforated trial color proofs, set of three, mostly with gum, some h.r. and minor flaws, generally fine-v.f. -
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Lot #1338 - Russia
1868 vertically laid paper, 1k black & yellow, imperforate single, adequate margins, with shifted background as always, used, some creases, fine appearance. This variety exists only used, -
Cat. Val. $7,250
Lot #1339 - Russia
1877 (12 Mar) registered cover (professionally restored) paying 31k rate with 1k and 30k (horizontally laid paper), tied by double strikes of straight-line pre-adhesive postmark of "Stancya Sumsi. Vyat 12 Mar 1877" (another single strike on back), sent from Sumsi to Vyatka, with arrival cds (16 Mar) alongside, fine usage of Sumsi Postal Station pre-philatelic cancel -
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Lot #1340 - Russia
1883 (19 July) 3k stationery card from the "Libraire et magasin de musique de Boleslas Koreywo a Kieff", addressed to Pressburg, Austria, with Hungarian 2k rose lilac added on arrival, cancelled Pozsony July 3, 83, redirected to Mainz, with Ausg. (4 Aug) arrival pmk at bottom, fine redirected card from Russia to Pressburg (Pozsony in Hungarian, present day Bratislava) -
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Lot #1341 - Russia
1884 7k blue perf. 14 1/2x15, groundwork inverted, unused, well centered, tiny thin, otherwise v.f., rare (7k blue was issued in 1884 and again in 1888; there are differences in perforation and size of the stamp), with Mikulski certificate -
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Lot #1342 - Russia
1884 7k blue, type B, perf. 14 1/4x14 3/4, groundwork inverted, used, cancelled "Michajlowskyj Chutor (prov. Kaluga), 1899", fine and rare stamp, with Mikulski certificate, -
Cat. Val. $1,600
Lot #1343 - Russia
1884 7r gold, black and imperial pink, perforated essay (square format) on gummed, vertically laid paper, v.f. and beautiful item, ex-Kirchner -
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Lot #1344 - Russia
1889-92 1k-7r group of 15 different, each with framed "Specimen" overprint, fine-v.f., rare -
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Lot #1345 - Russia
1889 5k purple and light green, perforated essay, unadapted octagonal design, v.f. and beautiful item, signed Mikulski -
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Lot #1346 - Russia
1889 14k carmine & blue, horizontally laid paper, center inverted, exceptionally well centered, light pmk not obstructing the center, fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, ex-Faberge (with distinctive red "Faberge-Ferrary" handstamp on back), -
Cat. Val. $4,500
Lot #1347 - Russia
1889-92 beautifully illustrated charity envelope addressed to Berlin, v.f., rare -
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Lot #1348 - Russia
1893 (14 Apr) Persian 2 1/2 Nasser-ed Din Shah postal card (H&G 4), franked with 4x1k orange, used from Kharkov to Guatemala, New York transit and Guatemala City arrival pmks, fine and undoubtedly rare usage of a Persian stationery card from Russia to Guatemala -
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Lot #1349 - Russia
1897 (21 June) cover franked with 3k and 4k carmine, cancelled by the dotted circle of "Stockholm" postmarks, also boxed "Fran.Ryssland" origin hs alongside, addressed to Stettin, Germany, with arrival pmk on back, v.f., with Holcombe certificate, ex-Liphschutz collection -
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Lot #1350 - Russia
1904 vertically laid paper, 4k rose red, groundwork inverted, neat 1906 postmark, well centered, fresh color, couple of slightly irregular perfs as always, v.f., with 1995 Mikulski certificate ("sehr seltener Fehldruck, bekannt nur in ein paar Stucken"). A very rare stamp, one of only a few known, listed but unpriced in Scott's -
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Lot #1351 - Russia
1902 7k dark blue (vertically laid paper), imperforate horizontal gutter, top sheet margin strip of four, fresh, creases, small scissor cut between two left stamps at bottom, nevertheless v.f. and striking rarity, signed Buhler, ex-Mertens and Faberge, with a red "Faberge" handstamp on back -
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Lot #1352 - Russia
1906 Tsar Nicholas II, imperf. 1r essay, upper left sheet margin copy, v.f. -
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Lot #1353 - Russia
1906 Tsar Nicholas II, perforated essay in gray blue, on stamp paper, with scroll frame showing minor variations of shading, value tablet blank, v.f. -
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Lot #1354 - Russia
1907 two Russian picture postcards (Persian prisoners being tortured), each franked with 2k green and sent from Tiflis to Amsterdam, interesting due markings, fine -
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Lot #1355 - Russia
1909 7k blue, imperf. left sheet margin single, l.h., faint red owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f., with 2006 Buchsbayew cert., -
Cat. Val. $1,450
Lot #1356 - Russia
1909 15k red brown & deep blue, double impression, one inverted, l.h., v.f. and spectacular variety -
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Lot #1357 - Russia
1910 St. Petersburg, unexploded 2r booklet, salmon covers with black inscriptions, six panes of 6x1k orange, three panes each of 6x3k carmine and 7k blue, each separated by glassine interleaving, minor cover creasing, with tiny paper splits, fine example of this rarity -
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Lot #1358 - Russia
1917 Coat of Arms, auxiliary issue for Petrograd, unexploded 1p98k (2r) booklet, with three panes of 6x1k, 3k and 7k, separated by glassine interleaves, yellow covers with black inscriptions, handstamped "Petrograd" over "St. Petersburg", unusually fresh and free of the usual staple rust, minute surface abrasion -
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