1934 Surcharges, set of six, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., -
Cat. Val. $4,000
United States & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
We are pleased to present our November 18-19 sale, with 1,533 lots, including the Abraham Siegel 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 attractive United States regular issues and commemoratives, Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia.
Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are highlighted by Canada 12p Victoria, as well as unused London-London 25c green & yellow, followed by the only known example on cover.
In addition, there are numerous rarities from Baltic Countries, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia, with seldom seen errors and varieties, gold-standard definitives on cover and Air Post.
As always, Cherrystone auctions include selections of 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.
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Lot #1367 - Vatican City
Lot #1368 - Vatican City
1934 provisional surcharges, three top values, tied by 2.8.34 pmks on registered cover to Switzerland, v.f., with arrival pmk, fine and scarce
Lot #1369 - Vatican City
1935 International Juridical Congress, two sets, n.h., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $2,090
Lot #1370 - Vatican City
1938 International Christian Archeological Congress, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Sass.55-60) -
Cat. Val. €950
Lot #1371 - Vatican City flight covers
1929 (2 Aug) first flight cover "Poste Vaticane", all-Vatican franking to Vienna, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (5 Aug), only five carried
Lot #1372 - Vatican City flight covers
1929 (10 Dec) first flight cover to Tunisia, mixed franking with Italian adhesives, v.f., only 55 flown
Lot #1373 - Vatican City flight covers
1930 (12 Mar) first flight cover to Genova, mixed franking with Italy 50c Air Post (First Day of Issue), v.f.
Lot #1374 - Vatican City flight covers
1931 (15 Jan) first flight card (Crociera Aerea), all Vatican franking to Cagliari, Sardinia, v.f., only 41 carried
Lot #1375 - Vatican City flight covers
1931 (7 Mar) first flight cover, mixed franking with Italian adhesives to Assiut, Egypt, v.f., with Alexandria transit and Asyut arrival pmks, v.f., only 10 carried
Lot #1376 - Vatican City flight covers
1931 (1 Apr) first flight cover, mixed franking with Italian adhesive to Berlin, fine, only 48 carried
Lot #1377 - Vatican City flight covers
1932 (29 Apr) first flight cover, mixed franking with Italian adhesives (30 Apr) Rome to Gibraltar, fine, only 14 carried
Lot #1378 - Vatican City flight covers
1933 (31 May) first flight, all Vatican franking to Salonika, faint Greek cachet on front, Athens transit and Salonika arrival pmks, v.f., only 51 carried
Lot #1379 - Vatican City flight covers
1934 (25 Jan) Rome to Buenos Aires flight cover, mixed franking with Italian special issue set of four, registered, with special cachets and arrival markings on back, v.f., only 10 carried
Lot #1380 - Vatican City flight covers
1934 (25 Jan) Rome to Buenos Aires flight, mixed franking with Italian special issue single, registered picture postcard, with special cachets and arrival markings, v.f., only 10 carried
Lot #1381 - Vatican City flight covers
1934 (25 Jan) Rome to Casablanca flight, mixed franking with Italian special issue single, registered card, with special Roma-Buenos Aires cachet, transit and arrival markings, v.f., rare, with 1985 Colla certificate (Sass. GP68), -
Cat. Val. €2,500
Lot #1382 - Vatican City flight covers
1934 (9 Nov) Rome to Mogadiscio flight cover with Vatican only franking, cancelled 9.11.34, with special "Volo Postale Roma-Mogadiscio" cachet, addressed to Tobruk, but without the arrival postmark, v.f., rare
Lot #1383 - Vatican City flight covers
1935 (22 Feb) first flight card, all Vatican franking to Belgian Congo, special five-line cachet, registered, with Italian franking on back, pilot signed, Marseille transit, Leopoldville arrival pmk, fine
Lot #1384 - Vatican City flight covers
1935 (29 July) first flight cover, mixed franking with Italian adhesive, Inaugural flight to Lyon, v.f., only 10 carried
Lot #1385 - Vatican City flight covers
1939 (20 Dec) first flight card, all Vatican franking to Bahia, Brazil, boxed "Via Lati" handstamp and label (partly torn on top), arrival Bahia 24 December, sent back to Vatican, v.f., only 3 carried
Lot #1386 - Vatican City flight covers
1950 official diplomatic mail "Nunciatura Apostolica" corner cachet cover from Lima Peru to New York, appropriate cachets, tape stains, otherwise fine
Lot #1387 - Vatican City zeppelin flights
1931 Egypt Flight card with Vatican franking, via Lugano (7 Apr) to Friedrichshafen (9 Apr), with Germany 1m greed added for further transmission to Cairo (11 April), appropriate Pyramid cachet, inconsequential toning at bottom, fine and rare card (without the required Italian franking), signed Gappe
Lot #1388 - Vatican City zeppelin flights
1931 Egypt Flight picture postcard with franking on picture side, Vatican (31 Mar), Italy (1 Apr), Germany (9 Apr), with Cairo (11 April) arrival, appropriate Pyramid cachet applied on both sides, also "Mit Luftpost befordert Postampt Munchen 2" and "Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin nach Cairo" in blue, v.f., signed Gappe
Lot #1389 - Vatican City zeppelin flights
1931 (6 June) card addressed to Germany, with arrival pmk, 1m Zeppelin added and cancelled on board (14.6), with Lugano and Milano transit pmks on back, v.f. and interesting combination
Lot #1390 - Vatican City zeppelin flights
1933 (29 May) picture postcard, mixed franking with ordinary Italian stamps (rather than the required Zeppelin adhesives) also the complete set of 1933 Vatican Ano Santo on picture side of the card, registered to Barcelona, with two slightly different Roma Flight cachets, Barcelona arrival, fine and unusual combination, only 20 pieces of Vatican mail were dropped in Barcelona, signed Gappe
Lot #1391 - Vatican City zeppelin flights
1939 (21 Aug) LZ 130 flight card, mixed franking with German adhesives, Konigsberg arrival (9 Sep 1939). This was the very last planned flight of LZ-130, cancelled due to outbreak of World War II, nevertheless still delivered
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