1857 10k brown & blue, boxed"KA.PODO"cancel, margins all around, v.f., signed Pfenninger, etc., rare
Estimate: $500
Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
Welcome to our September 17-18 Sale, to be held at our New York City galleries. There are 1,522 lots of rare stamps and postal history of the World, featuring properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. A selection of United States, including the Unique Double Franking Brattleboro Provisional, followed by Austria, Belgium, specialized Carpatho-Ukraine and Baltic Countries, Asia, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italian Area, specialized Liechtenstein, Spain, South America and Scandinavian countries. There are strong sections of Poland, with numerous ex-Mikulski items, as well as Russia, with rare proofs and essays. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented and there are numerous flight covers of the world, with selections of Zeppelin dispatches. The sale concludes with the usual selection of large lots, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. Live Internet bidding is available through our website www.cherrystoneauctions.com (via CherrystoneLIVE). A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request. Preview of lots at our 57th Street galleries by appointment.
Sale Terms
Lot #1159 - Russia
Lot #1160 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, three singles, one with portion of adjoining stamp at left, but cut in at right, canceled on piece by Odessa datestamp, other canceled"354"(Olgopol) in rectangle of dots; last one with straight line and manuscript cancels, creases and other minor flaws, otherwise fine
Estimate: $500
Lot #1161 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by"6"(Narva) in rectangle of dots, also another with boxed"Odessa"datestamps, each with margins all around, minute flaws, fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $1,700
Estimate: $400
Lot #1162 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, large and even margins all around, canceled on piece, fresh and v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #1163 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, large and even margins all around, fresh color, v.f., signed Matl, with his 1973 certificate
Estimate: $250
Lot #1164 - Russia
1858 10k brown & blue, deep intense colors, margins all around, faint town cancel, v.f., signed Brun
Estimate: $250
Lot #1165 - Russia
1858 20k blue & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., beautiful and fresh colors, v.f.,
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $500
Lot #1166 - Russia
1917-23 Inflation in Soviet Russia, the award-winning collection formed by Helmuth Hiessbock, seven 12-page frames, written up on 10 1/2 x 11 1/2 Lindner pages, 129 covers, cards, parcel cards, Money Orders and other forms, beginning with a registered cover used 25.10.17 from Petrograd to Tolstye (Tula), correctly franked with 35k, tied by cds, with 27th October arrival, a significant historical item used on the day of the Great October...
Lot #1167 - Russia
1917-23 Inflation in Soviet Russia, Postal History, foreign destinations, collection formed by Helmuth Hiessbock, 74+ pages (10 1/2 x 11 1/2 Lindner), with 94 covers, cards, parcel cards, Money Orders and other forms, also additional 70+ covers and cards showing domestic usages with Postal Savings stamps and Imperial issues, fractional usages, various rapidly changing postal rates, numerous flight covers and cards, American Relief...
Lot #1168 - Russia
1919 (15 Dec) registered cover from Cholm to Moscow, franked on back with Chainbreakers 35k dark blue, block of ten, used in combination with vertical pairs of Imperial 25k and 50k, tied by cds, with Moscow arrival pmk alongside, fine commercial usage of the first stamps of RSFSR on cover to Moscow
Estimate: $500
Lot #1169 - Russia
1922 (15 May) picture postcard impressively franked with nine different RSFSR stamps including Fiscal stamps used as postage, paying 16,404r and sent from Kiev to Moscow, with arrival pmk
Estimate: $250
Lot #1170 - Russia
1922 (12 Oct) registered cover from Omsk (opened for display) and franked on both sides with Imperial and RSFSR stamps, paying 135,400r to Germany, with Konigstein arrival pmk
Estimate: $250
Lot #1171 - Russia
1922 (11 June) registered cover from Moscow to Kaunas, franked on both sides with RSFSR semi-postals and Imperial stamps, with arrival pmk, some hinge remnants, fine and attractive cover
Estimate: $250
Lot #1172 - Russia
1922 (24 Feb) cover from Merv and franked on back with a combination of Imperial 7r and imperf. pair of 1,000r red, tied by Merv Railroad station cds and sent to Baku, with arrival pmk alongside, fine and rare usage, with 2008 Pritula certificate
Estimate: $500
Lot #1173 - Russia
1922 (13 Mar) registered cover from Poltava to Kaunas, franked on both sides with RSFSR and Imperial adhesives, fine and impressive cover
Estimate: $250
Lot #1174 - Russia
1922 20r on 15k red brown & blue, imperforate single with lithographed surcharge, l.h., v.f., with 2019 Dr.Leupold certificate,
Cat. Val. $9,500
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1175 - Russia
1923 (21 Sep) registered cover (opened for display) franked on both sides with stamps of RSFSR and Soviet Union, canceled by oval Moscow Exhibition cancels and flown to Germany, with Hemelingen (24.9.23) arrival pmk, fine and rare combination RSFSR/Soviet Union franking
Estimate: $250
Lot #1176 - Russia
1923 (30 May) registered cover franked on both sides and paying 401,129.75r with stamps of RSFSR and Postal Savings stamps, sent from Odessa, via Moscow to Germany, where upon arrival it was stamped"T"and charged"60"postage due to be collected due to confusing nature of the franking, fine and impressive cover
Estimate: $250
Lot #1177 - Russia
1928 100th Anniversary of birth of Leo Tolstoy (stamps were never issued), 10k, 14k, 18k (two) and 25k black, perforated photo essays, five different, each mounted on card, four with values confirmed in red ink, two showing corrections in Chinese ink, one of 28k with corner fault, otherwise fine-v.f., probably unique, with 2019 Liapine certificates
Estimate: $25000
Lot #1178 - Russia
1932"Workers For Avtodor", unissued 20k orange, perforated essay in orange brown, affixed on gray card, with red"IIPOEKT 14 December 1931", v.f., extremely rare
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1179 - Russia
1933 Nationalities (Russians), 15k orange, perforated trial color proof with trial perforations, tied by red"IIPOEKT 21 June 1933"overprint on presentation card, v.f., rare, with 2019 Liapine certificate
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1180 - Russia
1933 Nationalities (Bashkirs), 30k six different perforated trial color proofs with trial perforations, tied by red"IIPOEKT"and"10 August 1932"overprint on presentation card, v.f., rare, with 2019 Liapine certificate
Estimate: $6000
Lot #1181 - Russia
1939 Lermontov, 15k brown and blue, brown and blue green, perforated trial color proofs, each with trial perforations, the latter with double horizontal perforations at top, both affixed on a single card with red"IIPOEKT 20 October 1939"at bottom, handwritten notations and signature at right, v.f., probably unique, with 2019 Liapine certificate
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1182 - Russia
1944"20 Years Without Lenin", the complete set of seven perforated trial color proofs, mounted on two cards, each with red"IIPOEKT 11 Mar 1944"and"19 May 1944"datestamps, with signatures and official handstamps on back, with Liapine certificates
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1183 - Russia
1946 Military Medals (Lenin), 60k dark green, variety background double (!), bottom sheet margin single, n.h., fine, with 2017 D.I.Frenkel certificate (Zagorsky 949var)
Estimate: $500
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