1857 10k brown & blue, two-line datestamp in Cyrillic, left sheet margin example, fresh, v.f., signed Calves, with Roumet certificate
Estimate: $300
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 #1151 - Russia
Lot #1152 - Russia
1866 horizontally laid paper, 1k black & yellow, 4k black & deep green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, complete set of five cross-gutter sheets of 100, n.h., mostly well centered, post office fresh, 5k with minor perf. separations at right, fine-v.f. This may be the only set of sheets still intact, incredibly well preserved, with colors as bright and vibrant as on the day...
Lot #1153 - Russia
1869 (1 Nov) outer FL from Moscow to France, franked with unwatermarked 20k and 30k arms, used in combination with watermarked 3k black & green (2), all tied by red departure pmks, with proper sequence of transit and arrival markings, letter refolded, otherwise fine, with Mandrovski certificate
Estimate: $250
Lot #1154 - Russia
1883-88 Imperial Eagle and Post Horns (without thunderbolts), horizontally laid paper, 1k-70k, also 2k yellow green, complete set of nine, top margin panes of 50, hinged in margin only, stamps n.h. (except two of the 70k hinged at top), mostly well centered, post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare set of multiples (catalogued as singles, without adding any premium for the blocks and gutter pairs)
Cat. Val. $30,725
Estimate: $7500
Lot #1155 - Russia
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, die proof of blue center only (Nicholas II), also 35k magenta, die proof of frame only, v.f.
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1156 - Russia
1925 (7 Jan) large parcel card franked on both sides with definitives (watermarked) including 1r (75) and 3r (20), 20k (3), also commemorative 3k (imperf. pair), paying total of 135.66r, registered from Kazan-Zabulachnoye, with Baku arrival pmks, filing folds and some wear and tear affecting the stamps, nevertheless remarkably intact with nothing missing, truly a spectacular exhibition piece
Estimate: $500
Lot #1157 - Russia
1925 (25 May) Money Order from Agdam to Moscow, franked on both sides with definitives (unwatermarked) 2r (13), 2k, 3k, 10k and imperf. 50k (3), also Lenin Mausoleum 40k (40), paying the required total of 41.65r for the transfer of 5,000r, stamps invalidated by perforation punches, some creases and other faults, still a remarkable piece
Estimate: $250
Lot #1158 - Russia
1925 Definitives (watermarked), complete set of 21, mixed perforations, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 76-97)
Estimate: $250
Lot #1159 - Russia
1927 Esperanto, imperforate vertical pair, used, v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1160 - Russia
1931 registered cover from Moscow to Shanghai, China, with two different Foreign Exchange surcharges added on back, fine and scarce destination, with arrival pmk
Estimate: $200
Lot #1161 - Russia
1933 Commissars, 20k violet, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 347Pc)
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1162 - Russia
1934 Mendeleyev, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Zverev $8,500)
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1163 - Russia
1934 Mendeleyev, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Zverev $8,500)
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1164 - Russia
1935 Anti-War, set of five, l.h., fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $547
Estimate: $150
Lot #1165 - Russia
1935 Spartacist Games, complete set, n.h., usual wrinkles and gum skips, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1166 - Russia
1935 Kalinin, 20k imperf. single, adhesions on gum and on face, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 428Pa)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1167 - Russia
1936 registered cover from Moscow to Auckland, New Zealand, with four Foreign Exchange surcharges added on back, sent via Melbourne, with Ponsonby, New Zealand arrival pmks on back, fine and uncommon destination, with Hovest certificate
Estimate: $100
Lot #1168 - Russia
1936 Pioneers, complete set in blocks of four, 3k and 15k perf. 11, others perf. 14, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $3,500)
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1169 - Russia
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k yellow brown, ordinary paper, horizontal pair imperf. between and at left, used, v.f. This variety is known only used (Zagorsky 469var)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1170 - Russia
1937 Definitives, 40k Lenin, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 443 CPS Pa)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1171 - Russia
1938 Second Trans-Polar Flight Moscow to San Jacinto, 10k claret (Gromov, Danilin and Yumashev), horizontal pair imperf. between, single punched hole and slight fold between stamps, also faint horizontal mis-registration markings, v.f. An unrecorded variety
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1172 - Russia
1943 Patriotic War, 20k Workers and Soldiers, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 739var)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1173 - Russia
1943 Medals, 1r variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. This variety is only known used (Zagorsky 768Pb)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1174 - Russia
1944 Civil War Heroes, 30k green vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 838var)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1175 - Russia
1946 Five Year Plan, 5k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., signed Bileski (Zagorsky 991var)
Estimate: $500
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