1990 Capitals of the Republics, imperforate sheet margin blocks of four, 13 different, complete as printed (Riga and Yerevan do not exist imperf.) including Frunze, n.h., v.f. (Standart 6102-6116) -
Cat. Val. €4,680
United States & Worldwide Stamps
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps
We are pleased to present our November 6-7 sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World.
You are invited to browse through this select offering of 1627 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 with Poland (highlighted by two examples of 10kr Krakow) and Russia, including the scarce unused 1932 souvenir sheet bearing a three line inscription (one of only 25 printed). As always there are over 130 large lots and collections, balances of estates and much more.
Please note this is a public auction taking place live and over the internet - Wednesday and Thursday at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day.
All lots are on view November 4-5, or by appointment at our galleries during normal business hours.
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Lot #1328 - Russia
Lot #1329 - Russia semi-postals
1923 Philately for Labor, overprinted and surcharged in silver 4r+4r on 5000r, vertical pair, bottom stamp with spaced "1 923" year-date, cancelled 1.5.23 (first day of issue), v.f., signed Mikulski, with Mandrovski cert. (Standart 99,99Ka) -
Cat. Val. $ 4,500
Lot #1330 - Russia air post
1922 (21 Dec) registered cover addressed to Prague, franked on back with 45r green, used in combination with additional franking, paying total of 400r for air mail, tied by Moscow departure cds, with framed "Mit Luftpost" handstamp, with 1991 Mikulski certificate ("due to inclement weather, airports were closed and the letter traveled by train via Berlin to Czechoslovakia") -
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Lot #1331 - Russia air post
1923 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC, overprinted "Vladivostok 1923" and surcharged "20 kop" on Russian Imperial stamps (1909-19), the complete set of 16 values (four imperf., others perf.), l.h. or h.r., few h.r., fresh, signed Romeko, Dr.P.Jemchouhin, Bloch, Mikulski and others. Only 25-300 of each value were prepared, hence no more than 25 (!) complete sets can possibly exist, -
Cat. Val. €24,200
Lot #1332 - Russia air post
1923 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC. Vladivostok Issue, 11 diff. surcharges, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski (with three certificates), Goznak, Livingston, Lissiuk etc., very rare, only 25-75 of each issued, -
Cat. Val. €13,700
Lot #1333 - Russia air post
1923 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC, overprinted "Vladivostok 1923" and surcharged "20 kop" on Russian 50k, tied by Vladivostok (28 July) cds on cover addressed to Spassk, with arrival postmark alongside, repeated on back, v.f., signed Mikulski. A rarity of Soviet Airpost -
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Lot #1334 - Russia air post
1930 40k and 80k Airships, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, usual centering, fine and scarce in blocks (Zverev $2,500) -
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Lot #1335 - Russia air post
1933 Stratostat Balloon and Civil Aviation sets, h.r., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $ 1,195
Lot #1336 - Russia air post
1934 Airships, cplt set of five, h.r., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $ 505
Lot #1337 - Russia air post
1934 Airships, cplt set of five, l.h., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $ 505
Lot #1338 - Russia air post
1935 Chelyuskin, cplt set, h.r., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $ 1,580
Lot #1339 - Russia air post
1935 Chelyuskin, cplt set, h.r., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $ 1,580
Lot #1340 - Russia air post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k surcharge, h.r., fine, -
Cat. Val. $ 1,250
Lot #1341 - Russia air post
1949 Issue, cplt set in blocks of four, n.h., some dried gum and minor adhesions, mostly fine-v.f., with handstamped initials -
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Lot #1342 - Russia air post semi-postals
1922 1200m on 2.25r, overprint type I, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak (Standart CB 11) -
Cat. Val. $ 2,500
Lot #1343 - Russia flight covers
1931 (5 May) Leningrad-Berlin and on to Colombia, flown 4c stationery entire, with Russian and Colombian adhesives added in Buenaventura (25 May) to pay local charges for delivery to final destination, Cali (28 May) fine-v.f. -
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Lot #1344 - Russia flight covers
1931 (4 May) picture postcard and cover, each with First Flight Leningrad-Berlin cachet, appropriate markings, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski -
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Lot #1345 - Russia flight covers
1933 Catapult flight cover from Leningrad to USA, mixed franking with German stamps, October 1-2, 1933 violet cachet, v.f. -
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Lot #1346 - Russia zeppelin flights
1933 3rd SAF from Leningrad to Brazil, with appropriate cachets incl. red Berlin forwarding hs on back, fine-v.f., scarce -
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Lot #1347 - Russia officials
1931 Foreign Exchange, surcharged 10k/25k/300r green, h.r., fine (Standart CB 19) -
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Lot #1348 - Russia military mail
1918 picture postcard (San Francisco), endorsed "Soldier's Mail" and "F.M.", sent from San Francisco and cancelled Dec.10, 1918, with military cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberie AS-AM-HG/Le Commandant" in violet, addressed to France, v.f. and scarce item of mail from the French Troops in transit to Siberia -
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Lot #1349 - Russia military mail
1918 picture postcard (Palace Hotel, San Francisco), endorsed "Soldier's Mail" and "F.M.", sent from San Francisco, with military cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberie AS-AM-HG/Le Commandant" in violet (struck again on face of the card), addressed to France, v.f. card from the French Troops in transit to Siberia -
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Lot #1350 - Russia Postal stationery
1861 St. Petersburg, 5 (+1) k blue entire envelope (140x84mm) imprint at upper right, used locally with red departure and arrival (Oct.16, 1861) pmks on front and back, wax seal removed, with punched hole at left, fine -
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Lot #1351 - Russia ship mail
1911 (16 Sep) attractive picture postcard ("greetings from Volga"), with oval "Nizhniy-Astrakhan" ship datestamp, with corresponding Posta Due ("6" filled in by hand), sent to Simbirsk, with arrival cds alongside, fine -
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Lot #1352 - Russia ship mail
1913-15 three items including a small cover (slightly reduced at left) used on the Rybinsk-Nizhny (Novgorod) river route, Steamer No.4, franked with 7k Romanov, tied by June 5, 1913 pmk and addressed to Dorobino (Tula prov), also 3k Romanov postal card with oval Astrahan-Nizhny (23 Sep) ship oval pmk, posted on board a Volga river steamer, with Simbirsk arrival; also 3k Romanov, tied by oval "Varde-Arkhangelsk" (4 July 1915) pmk on picture...
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