1923 Manzoni, 5L violet & black, imperf. sheet margin single, l.h., v.f. (Sass. 156d) -
Cat. Val. €1,200
United States & Worldwide Stamps
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Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps
We are pleased to present our January 14-15 sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World.
You are invited to browse through this select offering of 1400 lots representing virtually every area of International Philately.
The United States section ranges from Special Printings to better cacheted FDCs. Foreign Countries include Western Europe, with Austria, France and Colonies, and specialized German Area (with excellent Locals and Occupation Issues). Great Britain and British Commonwealth are also well represented. In addition, there are numerous rarities from South America, Asia, including China and Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia. As always there are over 120 large lots and collections, balances of estates and much more.
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Lot #696 - Italy
Lot #697 - Italy
1928 Emmanuel Philibert (Filiberto) 30c, center inverted, neatly cancelled, well centered for this difficult issues, v.f., with 1968 Diena cert. (Sass.228a) -
Cat. Val. €11,500
Lot #698 - Italy
1928 30c Filiberto, variety perf. 11 at top, usual centering, n.h., fine example of this rare stamp, listed but unpriced in Sassone, with 2011 Sorani cert. (Sass.232d) -
Lot #699 - Italy
1937 Famous Men, 2.55+2L (Stradivarius) and 2.75+2L (Giotto), sheet corner margin blocks of four, used on separate flown covers from Modena and Bologna to Brazil, each with arrival pmks, some toning, mostly fine-v.f., signed Diena etc., scarce on cover (Sass.434,435, catalogued as used stamps) -
Cat. Val. €2,800
Lot #700 - Italy
1976 150L purple violet, imperforate sheet of 100, n.h., some creases, mostly v.f. -
Lot #701 - Italy air post
1926 Transpolar Flight "Nobile", sheet of 25, lower left stamp inverted, n.h., v.f. -
Lot #702 - Italy air post
1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Expedition, special vignette, lower left sheet corner margin strip of three, one stamp with black inverted, other imperf. between, special oval cachets on back, v.f. -
Lot #703 - Italy air post
1926 Nobile flight, vignette with inverted frame (additional normal vignette on back), tied by framed "Volo Transpolare Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile 1926 Dall'Italia All Alaska" handstamp, signed by Ettore Arduino, v.f. -
Lot #704 - Italy flight covers
1917 (20 May) Roma-Torino flight, special white picture postcard produced by "Circolo Filatelico Italiano" (only 60 made), franked with the 25c overprinted adhesive, fine, with 2013 Sismondo certificate (Sass. GP2b) -
Cat. Val. €1,650
Lot #705 - Italy flight covers
1931 (19 Oct) first flight Brindisi to Basra, with appropriate transit and arrival pmks, v.f., scarce flight to Iraq (Sass.263d) -
Cat. Val. €375
Lot #706 - Italy flight covers
1932 (Amelia Earhart) autographed (facsimile) airmail cover with Italian and French stamps canceled, respectively, at Milano (Posta Aerea 8.6.32 cancel, Roma Aeroporto del Littorio 9.6.32 receiver), and aboard the ship bringing the aviatrix back to US (Le Havre a New York 17.6. 32 cancel, Rome I VII 32 receiver), After her record-breaking Transatlantic flight in May 1932, the aviatrix had spent three weeks in Europe, before departing for US...
Lot #707 - Italy postage dues
1864 unissued design, imperf. essay in lilac brown, gummed, unwatermarked paper, v.f., with Sorani cert. (Bolaffi N.SXIII) -
Lot #708 - Italy postage dues
1864 Postrider, rejected design, seven imperforate, lithographed essays in various colors, on thin card, v.f., signed Diena, with Sorani cert. (Bolaffi N.SXII) -
Lot #709 - Italy postage dues
1890 30c buff and magenta, imperf. top right corner margin single, n.h., fresh and v.f., with 2001 Diena cert. (Sass. 23g; catalogue value for hinged) -
Cat. Val. €3,800
Lot #710 - Italy postage dues
1870 60c buff and magenta, h.r., fine, with 1985 Raybaudi cert. (Sass.10) -
Cat. Val. €1,600
Lot #711 - Italy postage dues
1874 10L blue & magenta, numerals inverted, usual centering, unused without gum, fresh and fine, with 1986 Dr.Enzo Diena and 2000 Silvano Sorani certificates. One of only two (Diena certificate states "si conosco due soli esemplari di questo errore") or three (according to Sassone) known unused examples of this error (all without gum). A world-class rarity! Listed but unpriced in the catalogue (Sass.14b) -
Lot #712 - Italy postage dues
1884 50L yellow, 100L blue, bottom sheet corner margin imperforate sheet horizontal pairs, with part inscriptions, plate proofs on stamp paper (prove d'archivio), v.f., signed Diena, -
Cat. Val. €2,200
Lot #713 - Italy postage dues
1890-91 20c on 1c ocher & carmine, surcharge strongly shifted, used, fine and rare stamp, with Giorgio Colla cert. (Sass.18b) -
Cat. Val. €700
Lot #714 - Italy officials
1874 "Ricognizione Postale" (postal recognition), complete booklet (green covers) containing ten pages, each with a 10c postage due, tied by Perugia 21 Jan 1887 cancel, fine-v.f. and rare, only a few complete and unexploded booklets known to remain intact, with 2013 Diena certificate, -
Cat. Val. €24,000
Lot #715 - Italy military mail
1916 single correspondence to Rome, three covers (stamps removed from one) with contents, two with "Missione Militare Italiana C.I.R. Londra, the other headed "The Italian Military Mission", with corresponding stationery ("The Head of the Italian Military Mission"), fine -
Lot #716 - Italy revenue stamps
1850-1900 Municipal Revenues, an old-time collection housed in 22 small albums, with 10,000+ mostly different including proofs, errors and varieties, tremendous selection including many from small towns, fiscal issues for a variety of official purposes, mostly unused, fine-v.f. A truly fabulous and seldom offered collection of local fiscals -
Lot #717 - Italy italian social republic - brescia postage dues
1944 5c, 10c, 20c, 25c, 40c, 50c and 1L, seven different blocks of four, each with one stamp showing close "N" and "R" varieties, n.h., fine-v.f., with 1986 Raybaudi certificates (catalogue value for hinged singles) -
Cat. Val. €9,508
Lot #718 - Italy italian social republic - brescia postage dues
1944 5c, 10c, 50c and 60c, four diff. used on small piece, fine-v.f., with 1996 Oliva cert., -
Cat. Val. €2,740
Lot #719 - Italy italian social republic - brescia postage dues
1944 40c gray brown, variety "R" slanted to the left, barest trace of a hinge, v.f., with 1987 Sorani cert., -
Cat. Val. €2,500
Lot #720 - Italy italian social republic - brescia postage dues
1944 60c slate, variety "R" slanted to the left, h.r., v.f., with 1987 Sorani cert., -
Cat. Val. €2,500
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