1921 250r violet, pelure (cigarette) paper, double impression, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. -
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Welcome to our September 9-10 sale, with 1228 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.1 and 2, both with original gum, Special Printings, inverted centers 1869 and Pan-Americana, Inverted Jenny, flight covers and more.
The foreign section includes specialized Egypt Zeppelin flight covers, Scandinavian countries, with Denmark, Finland and Sweden, France and Colonies, Germany and German Colonies, Great Britain (with many rarities, all with BPA certificates), British North America (excellent group of postal history ex-Wilkinson), British Commonwealth, Baltic Countries, Italy and Italian Colonies, Korea, Poland, Russia, Switzerland and many others.
As always there are many Large Lots and Collections, with an exceptional selection of Reference material and cover lots.
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Lot #936 - Russia
1921 250r violet, double impression, pane of 20 (!), n.h., few minor gum inclusions or disturbances, v.f. and impressive multiple -
Lot #937 - Russia
1921 300r green, block of six, double impression, additional diagonal fold-over variety resulting in partial printing on gum, n.h., v.f., rare -
Lot #938 - Russia
1922 2,000r red, unissued design, imperf. vertical pair, proof on thick, cream paper, natural inclusion back, v.f., with 1998 Mandrovski certificate, only 50 printed (two panes of 25) (Liapine NP1) -
Lot #939 - Russia
1922 5,000r on 1r orange, horizontal pair, left stamp without surcharge, l.h., v.f. -
Lot #940 - Russia
1922 5,000r on 2r light brown, basic stamp with double impression, horizontal gutter pair, lightly hinged in gutter, stamps n.h., v.f. A rare variety -
Lot #941 - Russia
1922 5,000r on 5r gray blue, basic stamp double impression, l.h., v.f., rare -
Lot #942 - Russia
1922 10,000r on 40r (type II), surcharge struck on both sides, displaced on back, block of four, n.h., v.f. -
Lot #943 - Russia
1922 7,500r on 250r (ordinary paper), surcharged in blue black, horizontal gutter block of four, n.h., folded vertically in gutter between stamps, v.f., rare, with 2006 Mandrovski certificate (Zagorsky 46, catalogue value for four singles) -
Cat. Val. $ 4,400
Lot #944 - Russia
1922 7,500r on 250r violet, double surcharge, one displaced horizontally, complete pane of 25, n.h., v.f. and spectacular item -
Lot #945 - Russia
1922 7,500r on 250r violet, single and gutter block of six, paying 52,500r on back of home-made cover from Imkumsk 5.5.22 to Moscow, with 10.5. 22 arrival, cover reduced at top, initial "postage due" handstamp applied, then cancelled after franking verified, fine -
Lot #946 - Russia
1922 10,000r greenish blue, vertical watermark, block of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. -
Lot #947 - Russia
1922 10,000r greenish blue, unwatermarked and gummed proof, l.h., v.f. -
Lot #949 - Russia
1923 3r red, imperf. sheet margin single, double impression, one inverted, h.r., v.f. and rare unlisted variety -
Lot #950 - Russia
1923 20r lilac, imperf. left sheet margin horizontal strip of three, overprinted "Obrazets" in red, partly shifted to bottom, showing at top, n.h., marginal creases, v.f. -
Lot #951 - Russia
1923 (21 Sep) registered cover to Riga, franked on both sides, paying the correct registered foreign letter rate of 60r (effective on September 16), with RSFSR 2x5r and 20r on front, used in combination with 250r on 500r Foreign Exchange surcharges (the latter showing a significant shift), additionally franked on back with perforated and imperforate sets of the First Agricultural and Craft Exhibition, all tied by Moscow departure pmks,...
Lot #952 - Russia
1924 (29 May) registered cover from Kharkov to London, franked on back with imperf. pair of 2k green, used in combination with imperf. Lenin 6k single and horizontal strip of five (three stamps showing a pronounced shift of the red border), also the 1k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp (tied by red control handstamp), arrival pmk, fine -
Lot #953 - Russia
1924 (3 July) registered cover from Moscow to Harbin, China (pre-printed, bilingual envelope), paying 40k foreign registered letter rate with imperf. pair of 2k green and 12x3k red brown (two pairs and block of 8), all franked on back, also with 12k Foreign Exchange Tax stamps, vertical pair of 1k on 1r (lower stamp variety smaller "C.C." of "C.C.C.P."), and 10k on 10r, tied by boxed handstamp, Harbin arrival (17 July), fine and rare...
Lot #954 - Russia
1924 Definitives (typographed), 30k violet, n.h., fine and scarce stamp (Zagorsky 52) -
Cat. Val. $ 780
Lot #955 - Russia
1926 (15 June) registered cover originating from Tashkent, sent through the Moscow control office to Curitiba, Brazil, paying 28k foreign registered letter rate with pair of 5k, 15k defnitives, used in combination with 3k Lomonosov, tied by cds, with 5k on 1k Foreign Exchange tax stamp and arrival pmk on back, fine cover to uncommon destination -
Lot #956 - Russia
1927 14k blue & red, vertical gutter pair, n.h., v.f., scarce (Zagorsky 206) -
Cat. Val. $ 1,100
Lot #957 - Russia
1928 (31 July), registered cover originating from Gudauty, Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia, processed as always through the Moscow control point, franked with pair of 18k (watermarked) adhesives, sent to Germany, with 5k Foreign Exchange tax stamp and Gandersheim arrival pmk. A fine cover from uncommon origin, late usage of the Foreign Exchange surcharges (stated to have been withdrawn as of 31 December 1927) -
Lot #958 - Russia
1929 (27 Mar), registered cover to St. Johns, Newfoundland, franked with 2x14k Lenin, handstamped "with philatelic material" and 5r on 500r Foreign Control tax stamp on back, New York and Boston transit pmks, arriving on 22 April in Newfoundland, fine cover to an uncommon destination -
Lot #959 - Russia
1932 (21 Nov) registered cover from Moscow to Addis Ababa, franked with 10k and 28k commemoratives and on back 25k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp, transit pmks of Trieste, Milano and Bologna, arriving in Addis Ababa on 22nd December (arrival pmk "1921" year date error, should have been "1932"), fine and scarce usage to Ethiopia (addressed to Everett Andrew Colson, pre-CIA American lawyer, war department employee and financial advisor to...
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