1872 Small Shield, 1/3gr green, never hinged, clear embossing and bright color, few irregular perforations, still a fine and rare stamp, with 1987 Buhler certificate (Mi.2),
Cat. Val. €5,000
Estimate: $500
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers
We are pleased to present our November 29-30 sale, with 1,504 lots, including part one of the Heinz Gappe (HGI Company) inventory of Flight and Zeppelin covers of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order.
Heinz was well known to Aerophilatelists, having been active in this field since the 1960s and amassed a wonderful holding of this ever-popular and exciting area.
There are selections of attractive United States, Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia. Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, with many interesting flight covers.
As always, the sale includes selections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world. The sale concludes with 165+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers, including groups of the ex-Gappe stock.
The entire sale is online at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. Please check with us often, as additional scans are continuously uploaded.
A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
Lot #437 - germany
Lot #438 - germany
1872 Small Shield, 1/2gr red orange, unused with original gum, l.h., beautiful color, small natural faults ("eine schmale druckstelle"), otherwise v.f., with 2004 Dr.Sommer certificate (Mi.3),
Cat. Val. €1,600
Estimate: $250
Lot #439 - germany
1872 Small Shield, 5gr bister, h.r., natural inclusion, still fine, with 2002 Dr. Sommer certificate (Mi.6)
Cat. Val. €1,300
Estimate: $300
Lot #440 - germany
1872 Small Shield, 7kr ultramarine, h.r., slight offset and usual short perforations, otherwise fine, with 2002 Dr. Sommer certificate (Mi.10)
Cat. Val. $3,200
Estimate: $500
Lot #441 - germany
1872 Large Shield, 9kr red brown, n.h., usual small flaws, otherwise fine and rare n.h., with 1995 Dr. Sommer certificate (Mi.27a)
Cat. Val. €2,500
Estimate: $300
Lot #442 - germany
1872 Large Shield, 9kr lilac brown, unused without gum, usual perforations, fine example of this better shade, with 2002 Dr.Sommer certificate (Mi.27b, catalogued as unused without gum)
Cat. Val. €750
Estimate: $150
Lot #443 - germany
1875 5pf "Pfennige" violet, n.h., fine, signed Zenker (Mi.32)
Cat. Val. €1,100
Estimate: $200
Lot #444 - germany
1900 1m carmine rose, overprinted Specimen, barest trace of a hinge (appears n.h.), fine, with handstamp guarantee (Mi.63SP),
Cat. Val. €600
Estimate: $150
Lot #445 - germany
1900 Reichspost, 5m slate & carmine, 22 used copies, various types (unchecked), occasional minor flaws, mostly fine or better (catalogued as the least expensive types)
Cat. Val. $8,800
Estimate: $1000
Lot #446 - germany
1900 Reichspost, 5m type II, used, fine, with 2012 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate (Mi.66 II)
Cat. Val. €500
Estimate: $150
Lot #447 - germany
1916 75pf exploded booklet (without staple), contents complete, panes n.h., fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. €1,800
Estimate: $500
Lot #448 - germany
1926 Famous Men, complete set of blocks of four, l.h. or n.h. (some blocks lightly hinged in the middle, others on top only), fresh, fine-v.f. (Mi.385-397)
Estimate: $250
Lot #449 - germany
1934 Colonial Commemoration, set of four sheet corner margin blocks of six, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. (Mi.540-543)
Cat. Val. €1,140
Estimate: $200
Lot #450 - germany
1946 25pf orange yellow, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Mi. 927U)
Cat. Val. €500
Estimate: $150
Lot #451 - germany
1946 50pf deep olive green, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Mi. 932U)
Cat. Val. €700
Estimate: $200
Lot #452 - germany
1964 Atomic Reactor, 15pf variety missing black inscriptions at bottom and at right, unused without gum, v.f., rare (Mi.441F catalogue value for unhinged)
Cat. Val. €1,700
Estimate: $250
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