1818 outer FL from Dubno to Wilno, with boxed "Dubno" in Cyrillic capital letters, a town handstamp believed to have been used between 1805 and 1820, docketing indicating that this letter was used in 1818, fine and rare, less than five (!) known from this town in Western Ukraine
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 #1162 - Poland
1859 unused stationery envelope (99x58mm), indicia at upper right, with control signatures on the back flap (chief cashier Kurmanowicz and controller A.Bobinski), v.f., ex-Kirchner
Lot #1163 - Poland
1859 1 1/2k unused postal stationery entire envelope (99x58mm), red imprint at right, with signatures of Kurmanowicz and Bobinski on the inside, v.f., rare
Lot #1164 - Poland
1860 10k blue & rose, cancelled "191" in concentric rings, good color and well centered, shorter perforations at top, otherwise a fine stamp, signed Schmutz
Lot #1165 - Poland
1860 10k blue and carmine, beautiful colors, small tear at left, tied by indistinct "63" numeral cancel on large part of a folded letter (side flaps missing) to Kalisz, with Parczew departure pmk alongside, date (22/5) filled-in by pen, fine appearance, ex-Kossoy (Bojanowicz R-6)
Lot #1166 - Poland
1870-73 two FLs from Warszawa, first paying 14k with 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper) to Berlin, the latter paying 25k to Bordeaux, fine-v.f.
Lot #1167 - Poland
1873 (5 Nov) cover (with full letter in Polish) to France, franked on both sides with vertical pair of 10k (one stamp folded over) and single 1k, 3k (perf. faults), tied by numeral in triangle of dots, with corresponding Sterdyn (a village in Sokolow county, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland) departure datestamp, also Warszawa TPO (all in Cyrillic only), Bromberg (7.11) transit and Paris a Marseilles cds, Lyon arrival, endorsed on...
Lot #1168 - Poland
1879 (17 July) 7k gray, stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with 7k gray and rose, paying 14k from Warszawa to Gniewkowo (a town in Inowroclaw County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship), registration label "Alexandrowo-Berlin," backstamped "Argenau" (Gniewkowo in German), fine usage from Russian to Prussian occupied Poland
Lot #1169 - Poland
1920 (16 June) cover from Wolyn via Rowno to USA, franked on reverse with single 1M, military censor cachet applied on front, fine and rare usage during the Russo-Polish War of 1920
Lot #1170 - Poland
1924 Polish Eagle, imperforate horizontal pairs, complete set, with or without gum as issued, most with usual printer's lines, fine-v.f. (Fi.182-192P, cat.3,300zl)
Lot #1171 - Poland
1933 Veit Stoss (three, one n.h.), Sobieski (five, one hinged, others n.h.), Gordon-Bennet (two sets, one l.h., other n.h.), fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $386
Lot #1172 - Poland
1938 30th Anniversary of Independence, three sets, n.h., also 1925 Air Post, four sets (l.h. or h.r.), fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $292
Lot #1173 - Poland
1945 1.50zl on 25gr dark carmine, surcharge form II, position 83 and 85, each cancelled on piece by Witkowo cds, v.f., one signed Ryblewski, with individual Dr.Kronenberg certificates (Fi.376b)
Lot #1174 - Poland
1948 cover originating from Trieste, with Polish franking added in Stroze, further registered via Warszawa to USA, with additional stamps on back, numerous transit and arrival markings, interesting
Lot #1175 - Poland
1953 Engels, unissued design, perforated and gummed test stamp, block of six, with inscriptions in the bottom tablet, handstamped "printing color proof" on back, creases, otherwise fine-v.f. (Fi. 657, cat. 3,600zl)
Lot #1176 - Poland
1956 Olympics, 20gr Boxer, center inverted, n.h., fresh colors, v.f., only 14 examples are available to collectors, one of the rarest stamps from Poland, with 2003 Petriuk certificate, -
Cat. Val. $23,000
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