1875 7k, 8k, 10k and 20k, four sheet corner margin panes of 25, last one from the lower right corner, position 80 with crossed "t" in "dwatsat" (20), 7k and 10k upper left and 8k upper right positions, some hinge reinforcements and perf. separations, even gum toning and slight marginal flaws, fine-v.f. and splendid multiples (catalogue value for hinged singles)
Cat. Val. $5,875
Estimate: $3000
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
Sale Terms
Lot #2354 - Russia
Lot #2355 - Russia
1877 (31 May) large registered cover (petition) from Novgorod to St. Petersburg, paying 39 kopecks with 1k, 8k and 30k (horizontally laid paper), filing folds and some toning on back, full wax seal and arrival pmk, scarce franking
Estimate: $300
Lot #2356 - Russia
1882 (17 Feb) cover from Moscow to Ireland, franked on back with 1k (2) and 5k, tied by departure cds, with Dublin arrival alongside, carelessly opened with some creases, otherwise fine, uncommon destination (Ireland)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2357 - Russia
1884 3.50r black & gray, 7r black & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., fine,
Cat. Val. $2,000
Estimate: $750
Lot #2358 - Russia
1889-92 Posthorns with Thunderbolts, 1k-7r complete, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #2359 - Russia
1889 Horizontally Laid Paper, 4k rose, groundwork inverted, neat partial 1895 St. Petersburg cancels, well centered, fresh and v.f. example of this error, with 2000 Mikulski certificate. A rarity from Imperial Russia (missing from the famous collections of Ferrary, Burrus, Goss, Epstein, Liphschutz and Mikulski)
Cat. Val. $16,000
Estimate: $12000
Lot #2360 - Russia
1902 5k red violet, vertically laid paper, groundwork inverted, lightly cancelled, well centered with nice margins, fresh color, one slightly shorter perf. at top, still very fine. This is a great rarity, ex-Ferrary, Rothschild and Goss collections, possibly one of only two existing examples,
Cat. Val. $30,000
Estimate: $25000
Lot #2361 - Russia
1904 10k dark blue, background inverted error, with further variety imperf. at bottom, which is explained by the fact that the stamp has a pre-print paper fold (plis d'accordeon), which made it shorter, escaping perforation at bottom, possibly only 5/10 can exist, with Mikulski and Buchsbayew certificates
Estimate: $2500
Lot #2362 - Russia
1907 (21 June) beautiful and decorative envelope & lettersheet franked with 7k, tied by Zmeinogorsk, Tomsk cds & sent to Kalyvanskoye, Siberia, v.f. and delightful cover
Estimate: $250
Lot #2363 - Russia
1914 Charity labels, 3r and 5r, unused, the latter small thins, otherwise fine-v.f., rare
Estimate: $150
Lot #2364 - Russia
1915-19 1r two imperf. proofs on gummed paper, one with dark brown background displaced to left, the other with greenish background, slightly displaced center, v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #2365 - Russia
1917 1r imperf., two panes of 22 each, one with inverted background, other with significantly displaced background, n.h., v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #2366 - Russia
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, three copies, various shades, two violet or red control handstamps, one without seal, h.r., fine-v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #2367 - Russia
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, rare color variety with olive brown instead of red brown at bottom, red control handstamp, h.r., v.f., only a few recorded
Estimate: $350
Lot #2368 - Russia
1918 70k brown, imperforate single, close at left, adequate margins at right and at bottom, l.h., v.f., with Buchsbayew certificate
Estimate: $2500
Lot #2369 - Russia
1922 Star surcharges, seven different perf. cross-gutter panes of 100, five with full margins all around, some wrinkles and marginal flaws, otherwise fine-v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #2370 - Russia
1925 definitives (watermarked), 5k lilac, top sheet corner margin pane of 20, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., fine-v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #2371 - Russia
1927 7k Smolny, imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., slight gum adhesions, v.f.
Estimate: $300
Lot #2372 - Russia
1933 Ethnic Peoples of the Soviet Union, 6k Buryat, variety imperf. at top (trimmed), l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 322Pa, 100,000rub)
Estimate: $300
Lot #2373 - Russia
1933 Baku Commissars, 35k ultramarine, variety imperf. at top, canceled to order, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 348Pa)
Estimate: $750
Lot #2374 - Russia
1933 40k "Remember the Commissars", perforated trial color proofs in red brown, ultramarine and dark brown, three different, each used in 1958 with additional franking on three registered covers from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., signed Mikulski, very rare
Estimate: $750
Lot #2375 - Russia
1933 40k red, variety imperf. at left, canceled to order, natural pinhole in margin, fine (Zagorsky 349Pc, 60,000rub)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2376 - Russia
1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, three vertical pairs imperf. between, used, slightly different shades, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #2377 - Russia
1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., rare
Estimate: $150
Lot #2378 - Russia
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 10k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., rare (Zagorsky 441Pa, 150,000rub)
Cat. Val. $2,900
Estimate: $1000
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