1862 5c light blue, De La Rue printing, horizontal pair, tied by Covington, Ga. Feb 12 pmk on cover to Richmond, Va., fine
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 #102 - confederate states of america regular issues
1862 5c, horizontal pair, tied by Atlanta Ga pmk on large part of a wall-paper (bank) cover addressed to Albany, Ga
Lot #103 - confederate states of america regular issues
1862 10c blue, bright and unusual shade, cancelled by pen, with "Butler Springs Ala, Sept 16th 1863" alongside, addressed to Greenville, Ala, signed Geo Walcott
Lot #104 - confederate states of america regular issues
1863 cover with Richmond, Va, blue sans-serif circular postmark without date (Powell type 6f), soldier endorsed and addressed to Altavista, Va, matching straight line "Due 10" handstamp, fine and scarce Richmond postmark used for only a few weeks in May & June of 1863, only on army mail, ex Tickel
Lot #105 - confederate states of america regular issues
1864 Louisville, Ky, two covers, one Apr 1, 64, endorsed "soldier's letter" and addressed to another, with Army of the Cumberland, handstamped "Due 3", other used Feb 16, 64, addressed to a Prisoner of War at Rock Island, Illinois, with 3c U.S. franking, Dept of Prisons handstamp, fine (During the Civil War, Rock Island was home to a large Union army prison camp for captured Confederate soldiers. The island facilities were converted and built...
Lot #106 - united states possessions hawaii
1881 (1 Aug) cover from Honolulu to England, franked with 6c green, used on combination with United States 5c Taylor (Scott's 185), Honolulu Paid All departure cds in purple, red "Paid Liverpool US Packet 27 Aug" on arrival, also San Francisco transit pmk on back, fine
Lot #107 - united states possessions hawaii postal stationery
1882-1993 small stock of unused cards, entire envelopes, paid reply cards (folded), usually 1-4 of each, fresh, occasional toning, mostly fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $2,715
Lot #108 - united states possessions Philippines
1939 Jose Rizal, 2c rose, lower left stamp overprinted "WEALTH COMMON-" (instead of "Common-wealth"), complete unexploded booklet with four error panes, all never hinged, post office fresh, fine-v.f., without the typical rust which accompanies Philippines booklets. One of only two (!) recorded intact booklets containing the exceedingly rare and highly sought after "Wealth Common" overprint error. There were only 24 panes issued with the "...
Lot #109 - united states possessions philippines flight covers
1926 (May 13) First Flight cover Madrid-Manila, with appropriate cachets on both sides, Aparri dispatch, usual toning, scarce
Lot #110 - autographs of famous people
1971 Duke Ellington, signature on photo illustration of himself in a 1966 edition of "Blues and trouble" (in German), by Theo Lehmann. Duke signed this item during a 1971 Jazz concert in Minsk, with additional signatures by Jazz and Blues musicians on the inside front cover, fine item
Lot #111 - Afghanistan Postal stationery
1921 4 paisa dark blue postal card, uncut tete-beche vertical pair on thin paper, unused, v.f., stated to be one of only two known (HG 5var)
Lot #112 - Albania
1913 (11 July) cover (opened for display) addressed to Vienna, franked on both sides with single and pair of 10pa green, pair of 20pa carmine and single 5pa ocher and 1Pi gray blue, all tied by blue Vlone postmarks, fine-v.f., signed Diena etc., with 1988 Alex Rendon certificate (Mi.4,6,12,14 Euro 5,100) (catalogue value for used stamps) -
Cat. Val. $4,650
Lot #113 - Albania
1913 1pi ultramarine, horizontal pair, n.h., fine, signed Holcombe (catalogue value for hinged singles) -
Cat. Val. $650
Lot #114 - Albania
1913 2Pi blue black, cancelled on piece by Shkoder postmark, fine, signed Bloch, -
Cat. Val. $450
Lot #115 - Albania
1913 10pa blue green, with additional red overprint, l.h., v.f., signed Rommerskirchen, -
Cat. Val. $900
Lot #116 - Albania
1913 2Pa surcharge (Turkish Newspaper stamp) with inverted double eagle handstamp, h.r., fine (see note in Scott's) (catalogue value for the upright handstamp) -
Cat. Val. $1,800
Lot #117 - Albania
1962 Gagarin, overprinted "Posta Ajrore" in red, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Mi.647a-49a) -
Cat. Val. €1,200
Lot #118 - Albania air post
1929 overprints, complete set, h.r., each with a handstamped guarantee, fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $818
Lot #119 - Albania Postal stationery
1913 20pa stationery card cancelled Duerres, with government imprint alongside, fine, -
Cat. Val. €1,000
Lot #120 - andorra (french)
1931 10fr, 20fr, also postage dues set of seven, l.h., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,196
Lot #121 - andorra (spanish)
1936 (14 Apr) cover franked on both sides with French issues (17 different) and Spanish Issues (2c-10p complete), addressed to both Barcelona and Nurnberg, fine-v.f. and unusual item
Lot #122 - Argentina
1860 5c red, two singles and horizontal pair, "Franca" cancels, margins all around, pair with small thin, others fine
Lot #123 - Argentina
1864 Rivadavia 10c green, used, large margins all around, bright color and clear impression, v.f., signed Buhler, with his 1990 certificate. A beautiful stamp (YT 9, Euro 1,600) -
Cat. Val. $1,750
Lot #124 - Argentina buenos aires
1859 2p red, vertical pair, good color and light postmark, v.f., signed Pfenninger, Escaup, with 1940 Royal certificate
Lot #125 - Argentina buenos aires
1893 reproductions of the 1858 issue, sheet of 10, also translation from Spanish describing the disposition of the stamps, also document dealing with the issue of the commemorative stamp, with proofs of the 2c and 5c in blue, little toning, otherwise fine, interesting lot
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