1930 Grand Duke Vytautas, perforated and gummed essays 2c (four different), 10c gray blue, also imperf. 2c dark grayish green, v.f. set (Lithuanian Handbook E21-26) -
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 #831 - Lithuania
1930 Grand Duke Vytautas, 60c blue & lilac rose, center double, used, v.f., rare -
Lot #832 - Lithuania
1934 10c chocolate, affixed on card and signed by artist Jouzas Gaucas, also seven photo proofs of other designs proposed but not accepted, v.f. -
Lot #833 - Lithuania
1937 National Emblem, 50c brown, four blocks of four, two imperf. (one without network), one imperf. vertically, another with double horizontal and vertical perforations (second printing), with or without gum, fine-v.f. -
Lot #834 - Lithuania semi-postals
1924 War Orphans Benefit Issue, 3L+2L violet overprint inverted, horizontal pair, trimmed perfs at right, fine used, with handstamped guarantee -
Lot #835 - Lithuania semi-postals
1926 For War Orphans, inverted surcharges, two different, also double surcharge/one inverted, l.h. or n.h., v.f., scarce, signed Lissiuk etc. -
Lot #836 - Lithuania semi-postals
1926 For War Orphans, surcharged in gold (instead of copper), v.f., with handstamped guarantee, rare (Mi.247F) -
Cat. Val. €400
Lot #837 - Lithuania semi-postals
1938 National Scout Jamboree Issue, set of four cancelled together with a shoulder badge of cloth from the Boy Scout camp in Panemune, on unaddressed cover, by oval Girl Scout camp in Pazaislis pmks, some cover folds, otherwise fine -
Lot #838 - Lithuania semi-postals
1939 European Basketball Championships, set of three tied on illustrated envelope by oval 21 May First Day of Issue commemorative pmks, little toning, otherwise v.f. -
Lot #839 - Lithuania semi-postals
1939 Basketball, imperforate set of three, also an additional shade variety of 30+15sk, all in sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f., signed Matuzas. Only 500 printed of first two, 200 of last (Mi.429-31U, catalogued as singles) -
Cat. Val. €1,440
Lot #840 - Lithuania air post
1924 20c yellow, without watermark, used with additional franking on registered cover from Raseiniai (23.5.25) to Germany, with Leipzig arrival pmk on back. The stamp has been lifted for inspection (signed Herbert Bloch) and re-hinged in place, v.f. As such, this is believed to be one of only two (!) known covers bearing this rare stamp (of which only 200 were issued). The unwatermarked varieties of 20c (also of 60c) occurred because of a...
Lot #841 - Lithuania air post
1926 Swallow Carrying a letter, perforated and gummed essays, 20c yellow green, gray green and brown, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f. (Lithuanian Handbook EC36,36a,36b) -
Lot #842 - Lithuania air post
1926 Swallow Carrying a letter, perf. and imperforate essays with gum, value tablet blank, 20c brown, set of two, h.r., v.f., rare (Lithuanian Handbook EC36h,36i) -
Lot #843 - Lithuania air post
1926 Swallow Carrying a letter, perforated and gummed essays, value tablet blank, 20c yellow green, gray green and brown, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f. (Lithuanian Handbook EC36e,36f,36g) -
Lot #844 - Lithuania air post
1926 Swallow carrying a letter, 60c blue & black, center inverted, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Mi.245K) -
Cat. Val. €300
Lot #845 - Lithuania air post
1926 Swallow carrying a letter, 60c blue & black, center inverted, block of four, lightly hinged at top, bottom stamps n.h., tiny marginal reinforcement, v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks, rare block (Mi.245K) -
Cat. Val. €1,200
Lot #846 - Lithuania air post
1930 Issue, three varieties (all in blocks of four), including 60c imperf. vertically between, 1L gray color omitted (missing planes) and 1L with transposed heads, mostly n.h., v.f. -
Lot #847 - Lithuania air post
1930 1L brown red, lilac, black, variety missing planes (gray lilac omitted), n.h., v.f., rare (Lithuanian Handbook C45c) -
Lot #848 - Lithuania air post
1933 rare original photograph of the Committee of Greater New York sponsoring the Darius-Girenas Transatlantic flight, in front of the orange Belanca plane "Lituanica" at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, taken a week before the take-off on July 15th (at extreme left is A.Mazeika, who initiated the issuance of the special flight benefitting stamps; both pilots are to the right or left of the plane at center) -
Lot #849 - Lithuania air post
1933 5c, 10c, 40c, 60c, 1L and 2L set of six imperf. sheetlets, each position 100 (printed in reverse), n.h., v.f. -
Lot #850 - Lithuania air post
1936 F.Vaitkus Issue, set of three bottom sheet margin vertical pairs, each signed by Vaitkus in the margin, l.h., v.f. -
Lot #851 - Lithuania air post semi-postals
1924 surcharges, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.237-40) -
Cat. Val. €400
Lot #852 - Lithuania flight covers
1933 (July 15) Darius-Girenas overprinted issue by the Darius-Girenas Transatlantic Flight Committee with the aid of the Consul General of Lithuania, who received the necessary authorization from the government of Lithuania for the overprinting of its stamps. The purpose of the issue was to aid in financing this transatlantic flight. These overprinted stamps, affixed to mail being flown on this flight to Kaunas, had the proper U.S. franking...
Lot #853 - Lithuania gardinas (grodno)
1918 3k-70k, perforated set of eight, used on pieces, fine-v.f., signed Kosack etc., only 500 sets printed, -
Cat. Val. $ 460
Lot #854 - Lithuania gardinas (grodno)
1919 3k-70k perforated set of eight, each tied by violet "Grodnenskaya Pochtowo-Telegrafn. Kontora" (Grodno Postal Telegraf Office) cancellation on Phillip Kosack cover to Berlin, fine-v.f. Only 500 sets were overprinted -
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