1918 Second Vilnius Issue, two used sets, some on pieces, mostly fine, -
Estimate price: $140-150
United States & Worldwide Stamps
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps
We are pleased to present our April 29-30 sale of U.S. & World Rare Stamps and Postal History.
You are invited to browse through this select offering of 1400 lots representing virtually every area of International Philately.
The United States section ranges from Special Printings to better cacheted FDCs. Foreign Countries include Western Europe, with Austria, France and Colonies, and specialized German Area (with excellent Locals and Occupation Issues). Great Britain and British Commonwealth are also well represented. In addition, there are numerous rarities from South America, Asia, including China and Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia. As always there are about 100 large lots and collections, balances of estates and much more.
Lot #1025 - Lithuania
Lot #1026 - Lithuania
1919 75sk bister and red, center shifted and inverted, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., and perforated. horizontal strip of three, middle stamp hinged (others n.h.), fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $180-200
Lot #1027 - Lithuania
1920 Second Anniversary of Independence Issue 10sk-5auk, eight different imperf. pairs, fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1028 - Lithuania
1920 Second Anniversary of Independence Issue 10sk-5auk, imperforate singles, complete set of 11 (15sk was not issued imperf., the copy here while with large margins, is a trimmed fantail), fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1029 - Lithuania
1920 National Assembly Special Issue, set of five blocks of four, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f. Less than 2,000 sets were printed, some of which were discovered to be defective and subsequently removed and destroyed by the special control committee. Only a few sets of blocks exist (Mi.78-83I, cat. Euro 3,600 for hinged) -
Estimate price: $1800-2000
Lot #1030 - Lithuania
1922 20sk carmine & black and 60sk perforated. 10 3/4, proofs on thick paper, fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1031 - Lithuania
1923 1c-5L, nine complete sets, including sheet margin singles and two sets of blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1032 - Lithuania semi-postals
1939 Basketball, set of three, used on registered card showing cartoon images of the Lithuanian Women's Basketball team (autographed by two players), canc. "Kaunas 22.V.39 European Basketball Championship," v.f. -
Estimate price: $130-150
Lot #1033 - Lithuania semi-postals
1939 Basketball, 30+15c and 60+40c horizontal pairs, imperf. vertically, n.h., fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-500
Lot #1034 - Lithuania air post
1924 60c rose, unwatermarked, l.h., v.f., signed Grinius, rare -
Estimate price: $180-200
Lot #1035 - Lithuania air post
1924 60c rose, unwatermarked, n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1036 - Lithuania air post
1926 Swallow, 60c blue & black, center inverted, additional variety showing scratched plate at right, n.h., v.f., signed Matuzas, -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1037 - Lithuania air post
1926 Swallow, 60c blue & black, center inverted, h.r., v.f., pencil signed, -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1038 - Lithuania air post
1930 60c green, black, horizontal pair imperf. between, also 1L brown red, gray black, horizontal se-tenant pair, transposed heads, l.h., v.f. (Lithuanian Handbook C44a,45b) -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1039 - Lithuania air post
1935 50c gray green & olive, overprinted in red "Oro Pastas Lituanica New York-Kaunas", also "F.Vaitkus" overprint on 40c, h.r., v.f. (see note in Scott's following No.263,C80) -
Estimate price: $350-400
Lot #1040 - Lithuania air post semi-postals
1924 60c+60c rose, basic stamp unwatermarked, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee, only 200 issued -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1041 - Lithuania flight covers
1933 (July 15) attempted Ocean Flight, New York to Lithuania by Capt. Stefan Darius and Stanley Girenas flight cover from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, July 15, 1933 "Lituanica" canc., franked with 3c violet, v.f., with six line cachet, signed by both pilots. Both flyers died when their plane was wrecked at Soldin, Germany, about 400 miles short of their goal. Mail was delivered to Kaunas on July 18, 1933, with arrival pmk -
Estimate...
Lot #1042 - Lithuania german occupation
1918 Tenth Army, 30pf vertical pair (creases), used in combination with 2x10pf Deutsches Reich on cover from Minsk to Moscow, with violet censor cachet and arrival (3.10) on back, fine and scarce cover -
Estimate price: $1400-1500
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