1884 Issue, 5c-5fr, ten different, each overprinted "Specimen" in black, cut close, with some gum and minor faults. A rare group of Specimen overprints applied by the Colonial Postal Authorities of Indo-China, with Behr cert. -
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 #292 - french colonies Algeria
1956-58 1fr Arms of Bone epreuves deluxe, red inverted, v.f. and rare -
Lot #293 - french colonies algeria semi-postals
1930 Centenary of French Occupation, complete set of imperf. sheet margin singles, two high values l.h., balance n.h., v.f., with 1982 Friedl cert. for the high values (YT 87-99) -
Cat. Val. €450
Lot #294 - french colonies french cameroun
1915 overprints, seven different, including 1c, 4c, 20c, 30c, 40c, 1f and 2f, usual disturbed or toned original gum, fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,480
Lot #295 - french colonies French Congo
1900 Native Woman, nine different imperf. sheetlets of 12, various colors, each with value tablet blank, fine-v.f., rare -
Lot #296 - french colonies French Congo
1900 Leopard, 1c and 4c, backgrounds inverted, l.h., fine-v.f., with 2007 Rendon cert. (YT 27a,29b) -
Lot #297 - french colonies French Congo
1900 1fr gray lilac & olive, center and value inverted, h.r., v.f. (YT 39c) -
Cat. Val. €350
Lot #298 - french colonies French Congo
1900 5fr brown orange and gray, center and value inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Roumet, with 2007 Rendon cert. (YT 41e) -
Cat. Val. €450
Lot #299 - french colonies french congo postage dues
1930 Issue, imperforate singles, two sets of 11, one without values, n.h., v.f., -
Cat. Val. €480
Lot #300 - french colonies dahomey air post
1942 50fr yellow green, dull green and deep blue, double impression of the vignette, one inverted, corner margin block of six, n.h., natural diagonal crease affecting three stamps, otherwise v.f. and rare unlisted variety, with 2009 PFC -
Lot #301 - french colonies diego suarez
1892 35c black on yellow, Madagascar cds, fine, signed Richter, etc. (YT 22) -
Cat. Val. €950
Lot #302 - french colonies french equitorial africa
1937 Colonial Arts Exhibition souvenir sheet, center (stamp) inverted, small h.r., v.f., signed Brun, with 2007 Roumet cert. (YT Bloc 1a) -
Cat. Val. €1,200
Lot #303 - french colonies french guiana air post
1921 75c black on grayish paper, cancelled by "AVION" woodblock company cancel on cover to St. Laurent du Maroni, additionally franked with 1905 25c blue, tied by faint Cayenne cds, endorsed "por Orion" at upper left, signed on reverse by Octave Bellevue, an official with Comptoirs Hesse et Cie of Cayenne and by F. Rambaud, a director of T.A.G., with 1991 Calves cert. (YT PA4A) -
Cat. Val. $1,500
Lot #304 - french colonies french guiana air post
1921 75c black on bluish paper, horizontal tete-beche pair, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, fresh and v.f., certainly one of the finest of these scarce pairs, signed Brun, Calves, with 2006 Roumet certificate, -
Cat. Val. $12,000
Lot #305 - french colonies french guinea
1913 2fr unexploded booklet, containing twenty 10c stamps, staple rust and usual tropical toning, few separations or minor reinforcing, still fine, -
Cat. Val. €400
Lot #306 - french colonies french indochina
1945 Olympics, set of two, also one overprinted Vietnam (YT 45), 100 sets (panes of 50), unused without gum, folded between stamps, fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. €1,180
Lot #307 - french colonies gabon
1932 imperforate and gummed proof sheetlet on blue on green tinted paper, incorporating five different designs including Fang Woman, value tablets blank, n.h., v.f. -
Lot #308 - french colonies guadeloupe
1862 (26 Mar) small cover from Pointe a Pitre to Bergerac (France), franked with 10c and 40c Eagle, each with margins all around, tied by diamond grids, paying single rate by a British packet, with appropriate transit and arrival pmks, small paper erosion on front, otherwise v.f. -
Lot #309 - french colonies guadeloupe
1891 80c carmine on pink, h.r., margins all around, fresh color, fine, signed Champion, with 1983 Friedl cert. (YT 13) -
Cat. Val. €1,100
Lot #310 - french colonies guadeloupe postage dues
1876 25c black, used, small thin, otherwise v.f., signed Brun etc. (YT 1) -
Cat. Val. €1,000
Lot #311 - french colonies guadeloupe postage dues
1903 surcharged 30c on 60c (three) and 30c on 1fr, all with different "G", unused, with large part original gum, h.r., one with small thin in outer sheet margin only, fine-v.f., signed (YT 13-14) -
Cat. Val. €1,470
Lot #312 - french colonies latakia zeppelin flights
1933 1st SAF to Brazil, with registration label, flown via Beirut, Paris and Friedrichshafen, v.f., with transit and arrival pmks, rare dispatch from Latakia -
Lot #313 - french colonies madagascar
1922-27 2fr unexploded booklet, containing forty 5c stamps, plus two 3f unexploded booklets, each containing twenty 15c stamps, usual wear and tropical toning, stamps n.h., fine, -
Cat. Val. €600
Lot #314 - french colonies madagascar postage dues
1924-27 3fr on 1fr ultramarine, vertical strip of five, bottom stamp without surcharge, n.h., fine and rare, with 2001 Behr cert., -
Cat. Val. €750
Lot #315 - french colonies martinique
1937 Colonial Arts Exhibition souvenir sheet, inverted inscriptions, n.h., v.f., signed Roumet etc., with 2002 APS cert. (YT Block 1a) (Maury cat. Euro 4,000) -
Cat. Val. $3,000
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