1857 10k brown and blue, horizontal pair, light centrally struck town postmark, margins all around, beautiful colors, fresh and v.f., signed Calves, with 2002 Eichele certificate
Estimate: $3500
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
We are pleased to kick off the New Year with our January 8-9 sale, with 1,678 lots, including additional offerings of the Heinz Gappe (H.G.I. Company) inventory of Flight and Zeppelin covers of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order. Heinz was well known to Aero philatelists, having been active in this field since the 1960s and amassing a wonderful holding of this ever-popular and exciting area. There are selections of attractive United States, rarities from Albania, Austria, France, Germany and Colonies, Italy and Colonies, Russia, Saar, Scandinavian countries and Switzerland. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, featuring a strong selection of Batum, booklet from India with set of Gandhi stamps overprinted specimen and lots more. As always, our sale includes selections of better South America, with Colombia Air Post, Asia and rest of the world. We conclude with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers, mostly offered intact. This 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.
Lot #1278 - Russia
Lot #1279 - Russia
1858 10k brown & blue, 20k blue and orange and 30k carmine and green, thin paper varieties, three different used, fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $4,375
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1280 - Russia
1858 (12 Nov) outer FL from Kherson to Odessa (Fratelli Rokka correspondence), franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by numeral in dots postmark, with framed datestamp alongside, fresh and fine,
Cat. Val. $650
Estimate: $250
Lot #1281 - Russia
1858 (22 May) outer FL from Riga to Libawa, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by cds (struck twice), some paper erosion at right, nevertheless fine, early usage
Estimate: $500
Lot #1282 - Russia
1858 (22 Aug) FL from St. Petersburg to Saratov, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by "1" in circle of dots, framed departure datestamp alongside, arrival pmk on front, v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1283 - Russia
1865 (6 Nov) outer FL from Kerch-Enikolsk to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown and blue and 20k orange and blue, tied by cds, with arrival pmk on back, some paper folds, otherwise fine
Estimate: $500
Lot #1284 - Russia
1858 20k blue & orange, well centered and fresh, tied by "1" in circle of dots on outer FL from St. Petersburg to Helsingfors, red 22 Mar 1861 departure pmk below, boxed "ANK" arrival on back, fresh and beautiful cover
Estimate: $750
Lot #1285 - Russia
1866 1K (two), 5k and 7k, paying 14k on cover used in 1883 from Moscow to Italy, v.f., with transit and Modena arrival pmks
Estimate: $200
Lot #1286 - Russia
1866 1k and 30k paying 31k on registered cover (little reduced at top) used in 1877 from Nolinsk to Vyatka, slightly soiled, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk
Estimate: $250
Lot #1287 - Russia
1866 horizontally laid paper, 1k black & yellow, 4k black & deep green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, complete set of five cross-gutter sheets of 100, n.h., mostly well centered, post office fresh, 5k with minor perf. separations at right, fine-v.f. This may be the only set of sheets still intact, incredibly well preserved, with colors as bright and vibrant as on the day...
Lot #1288 - Russia
1866 5k orange, green, red and violet, four different perforated and gummed trial color proofs on horizontally laid paper, h.r., some irregular perforations, otherwise fine, signed Hovest
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1289 - Russia
1870 three FLs, one to Berlin and franked with 1k, 3k and 10k; the other to Manchester with single 20k franking; last with single 5k tied by red pmk paying local rate in St. Petersburg, fine-v.f. lot
Estimate: $200
Lot #1290 - Russia
1870 (3 Mar) FL sent unpaid from Kerch-Enikol, via Odessa (10 March) to Genova Italy, with Vienna transit and charged 1L postage due on arrival
Estimate: $250
Lot #1291 - Russia
1881 (30 Oct) 7k stationery entire used from Ekaterinoslav to New Zealand, addressed to "Australia New Zealand Greymouth", eventually arriving in Greymouth, via Brindisi, with Christchurch, Port Chalmers transits, charged "50" in red crayon, overall toning, unusual destination
Estimate: $250
Lot #1292 - Russia
1889 20k blue & carmine, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, with red letter of "Obrazets" overprint at top, l.h., v.f., signed Maslowski
Estimate: $150
Lot #1293 - Russia
1889 1k orange, imperf. horizontal pair, with red letter of "Obrazets" overprint, l.h., v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #1294 - Russia
1898 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "St. Petersburg Trustee Committee of Sisters of the Red Cross," franked with 1k and 2k adhesives, addressed to Samara, with arrival pmk, v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1295 - Russia
1902 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "Community of St. Eugene," franked with 3k carmine (uncanceled), addressed to Warszawa, v.f., with arrival pmk
Estimate: $500
Lot #1296 - Russia
1906 decorative illustrated charity envelope issued to benefit the "Marrinskaya Red Cross Society of Kiev," franked with single 1k orange, used locally in Kursk
Estimate: $500
Lot #1297 - Russia
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, die proof of blue center only (Nicholas II), also 35k magenta, die proof of frame only, v.f.
Estimate: $750
Lot #1298 - Russia
1916 (15 Mar) cover franked on reverse with 10k blue, used from a small village to a prisoner held in the infamous Schlisselburg prison, with large "examined/Schlisselburg Prison" censor cachet and arrival cds, fine-v.f. and scarce incoming prison cover
Estimate: $200
Lot #1299 - Russia
1916-17 (ca) 10k dark blue, imperf. Postal Forgery made in Lodz to defraud postal authorities, v.f., rare
Estimate: $300
Lot #1300 - Russia
1917 20k blue & carmine, groundwork omitted, center shifted to left, used, v.f.
Estimate: $150
Lot #1301 - Russia
1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), double background, one inverted and displaced, some creases, n.h., v.f.
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1302 - Russia
1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), background inverted, some gum disturbances and marginal creases, v.f.
Estimate: $1000
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