1799 Napoleonic Army letter headed La Ministre de la Guerre, dated "Le 12 Fructidor de 7 de la Republique Francaise" (29 Aug), addressed to General de Brigade d'Artellerie Forbier, handstamped "Beau Gal Deb Arm. Du Rhin", boldly signed "Bernadotte" (as minister of war), fine. (On 21 August 1810, the Riksdag elected Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, a Marshal of France, as heir presumptive to the Swedish throne)
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Our first sale of the year will be held on January 13-14th, with 1,500+ lots, including the William Bilden stock of postal history of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order.
There are selections of 19th Century United States, Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, followed by the collection and stock of Ukraine and Carpatho-Ukraine formed by Michael Shulewsky of Trizub Stamp Copmany.
There are also selections of Poland and Russia, better South America, Asia and rest of the world.
The sale concludes with 140+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
The entire sale is online at www.cherrystoneauctions.com.
Please check with us often, as additional scans are continuously uploaded. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request. Preview of lots at our 57th Street galleries by appointment.
Lot #1307 - Sweden
1855 24s dull red, perfectly centered, used, minor perforation flaws, fine appearance, -
Cat. Val. $2,200
Lot #1308 - Sweden
1862 17ore red violet, seven distinct shades, used, various pmks, good color, some signed Senf, Pfenninger etc., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,120
Lot #1309 - Sweden
1862 17ore gray, two different shades, used, one with irregular perfs (signed Pfenninger), otherwise fine, -
Cat. Val. $1,600
Lot #1310 - Sweden
1863 5o green, 12o blue and 30o brown, used on small homemade cover, registered from Karlstad 7.3.1863 to Amal, wax seals intact on reverse, fine-v.f. and scarce three-color franking
Lot #1311 - Sweden
1865 (11 Apr) large part of a FL from Goteborg to France, franked with a vertical strip of 3x24o orange, tied by cds, with "Suede Amb. Erquelines A." French entry, transit and Bordeaux arrival pmks, fine, signed Calves
Lot #1312 - Sweden
1869 (25 May) cover from Nykoping to Abo paying 28o with 5o Arms and 3o + 20o Lion, violet boxed ANK hs & Stockholm transit cds, small wax seal just showing through on front, v.f. and attractive 3-color combination cover
Lot #1313 - Sweden
1878 (1 Oct) FL to London, franked with 5o perf. 14, also 3o and 12o Numerals perf. 13, each cancelled by Stockholm cds, with appropriate transit and arrival pmks, 12o rounded corner perf. at upper left, 5o file crease, otherwise fine three-color combination franking, with Obermuller-Wilen cert. (Facit 19h,28b,32a)
Lot #1314 - Sweden
1891-1904 20o blue and 25o red orange, blocks of four, the latter with sheet corner margin, n.h., v.f. (Facit 56-57) -
Cat. Val. SEK 6,400
Lot #1315 - Sweden
1920-34 35o yellow and 145o bright green, horizontal strips of five, n.h., v.f. (Facit 156,174) -
Cat. Val. SEK 5,900
Lot #1316 - Sweden
1921-36 20o rose, 30o light ultramarine and 40o olive green, horizontal strips of five, n.h., fine-v.f. (Facit 180,185c,189) -
Cat. Val. SEK 10,400
Lot #1317 - Sweden
1924 UPU, complete set used, mostly fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,142
Lot #1318 - Sweden
1932-46 selection of eleven unexploded booklets, mostly different, with "Lutzen" (two different), 500th Anniversary of Swedish Parliament, Swedenborg (five different), Ling (2) and Gustav V, n.h., fine-v.f. (Facit H23/48), -
Cat. Val. SEK 11,850
Lot #1319 - Sweden local issues
1856 1sk black, used, well centered, v.f., with 2014 Sismondo cert., -
Cat. Val. $550
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