1937 definitives, 30k claret, imperf. single, n.h., heavy gum crease, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 577Pa, 62,000rub)
Cat. Val. $950
Estimate: $350
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 #2379 - Russia
Lot #2380 - Russia
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 40k indigo, imperforate sheet margin single, h.r., v.f.,
Cat. Val. $375
Estimate: $150
Lot #2381 - Russia
1937 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f.,
Cat. Val. $750
Estimate: $300
Lot #2382 - Russia
1938 Red Army, 80k Stalin Reviewing Cavalry, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, heavy wrinkles, fine (Zagorsky 495Pb, 40,000rub)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2383 - Russia
1938 First Transpolar Flight, 40k brown and red, imperforate single, h.r., penciled position and initials, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Zagorsky 499Pa, 100,000rub)
Cat. Val. $1,050
Estimate: $500
Lot #2384 - Russia
1941 Zhukovsky, 90 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., v.f.,
Cat. Val. $1,800
Estimate: $400
Lot #2385 - Russia
1943 Maxim Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 767Pc,50,000rub)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2386 - Russia
1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 817Pa,37,000rub)
Estimate: $200
Lot #2387 - Russia
1944 Lenin, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 819, 75,000rub)
Estimate: $500
Lot #2388 - Russia
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r., fine (Zagorsky 838, 50,000rub)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2389 - Russia
1945 3rd Anniversary of Victory before Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at top (trimmed), small h.r., fine (Zagorsky 882Pa, 18,000rub)
Estimate: $150
Lot #2390 - Russia
1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine (Zagorsky 884, 50,000rub)
Estimate: $300
Lot #2391 - Russia
1945 Field Marshal Kutuzov, 30k right sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., few natural gum skips, v.f. (Zagorsky 905, 40,000rub)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2392 - Russia
1946 Definitives (Sixth Issue - Lithographed), 30k Parachutist (referred to earlier as "Flyer"), imperforate sheet margin single, showing part of adjoining stamp at bottom, n.h., v.f., extremely rare imperforate variety from Soviet Union (Zagorsky 988var)
Estimate: $5000
Lot #2393 - Russia
1946 Elections, 60k green, vertical pair, imperf. between and at top, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 934, 30,000rub)
Estimate: $200
Lot #2394 - Russia
1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown, horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, heavy hinge remnants, creases, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 983Pb,150,000rub)
Estimate: $750
Lot #2395 - Russia
1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, l.h., fine (Zagorsky 987Pb)
Estimate: $150
Lot #2396 - Russia
1946 25th Anniversary of the first Soviet stamps, 15k variety imperf. at right, canceled to order, small inclusion, otherwise v.f., rare (this variety is not to be confused with the smaller size of the souvenir sheet)
Estimate: $300
Lot #2397 - Russia
1946 Dnieprogaz, 30k vertical pair, imperf. between, sheet margin at right, small h.r. at top, natural inclusion, v.f. (Zagorsky 1009, 60,000rub)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2398 - Russia
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k R.S.F.S.R., vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1022, 40,000rub)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2399 - Russia
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Belarus, top margin vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 1024, 60,000rub)
Estimate: $250
Lot #2400 - Russia
1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #2401 - Russia
1948 Leningrad views, three varieties, with 50k imperf. at bottom, used and unused (h.r., trimmed), also 1r imperf. right, barest trace of a hinge in margin, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #2402 - Russia
1948 three varieties, including Surikov imperf. at top, 30k Artillery imperf. at bottom (creased) and 60k Military Class, imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $200
Lot #2403 - Russia
1950 Latvian Republic, 2r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1454Pa, 30,000rub)
Estimate: $150
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