1824 (4 Mar) FL to Matanzas, with red straight line Trinidad departure handstamp, fine and early usage of this mark (reportedly used from 1825-1840)
Estimate: $150
Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
Welcome to our Summer auction to be held on August 6-7 2019 at our New York City galleries and on CherrystoneLive.
There are 1,668 lots of rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order.
We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Scandinavian Countries. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. Also noteworthy is Colombia with a complete set of the 1920 Scadta vignettes unused and on individual covers. There is also a selection of Ethiopia, additional South and Central America, Asia and rest of the world.
This auction concludes with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers
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Lot #1234 - Cuba
Lot #1235 - Cuba
1834 (27 July) FL to Havana, with red Puerto Principe departure handstamp, charged 2 Reales, small surface defect, otherwise fine
Estimate: $150
Lot #1236 - Cuba
1866 (11 Dec) FL from Santiago de Cuba to Trieste, franked with single French 80c Empire, tied by dots, with corresponding "Cuba" and mute star datestamp (weak strike) alongside, Brooks & Co. private cds at bottom, French maritime, Vienna transits and Trieste arrival postmarks on back, fine
Estimate: $500
Lot #1237 - Cuba
1948 General Maceo, four different imperforate cross-gutter blocks of four, colors omitted, gummed proofs from the Waterlow & Sons archives, n.h., folded between stamps, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1238 - Cuba
1948 Coffee, imperf. block of four, also horizontal imperf. gutter block of four, as well as corresponding blocks, proofs of groundwork only, all with security punches, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1239 - Cuba
1957 Boy Scouts, set of two imperforate pairs, trial color proofs in green, v.f.
Estimate: $500
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