1805 (2 Apr) FL from Tulczyn (Ukraine) sent through Brody to Tarragona (Catalonia), Spain, various endorsements and tax markings in red crayon, fine early usage to uncommon destination
Estimate: $250
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Welcome to our May 7-8 Auction Sale, to be held at Cherrystone's New York City galleries. There are 1,642 lots of rare stamps and postal history of the World, featuring further selections from the David Mace collection and properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. A solid selection of United States is followed by Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Spain and Scandinavian countries. There are strong sections of Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented with strength in Queen Victoria, KEVII and George V singles and sets, as well as Japanese Occupation material. There are numerous flight covers of the world, with selections of Zeppelin dispatches. Sections of better South America, Asia and the rest of the world are noteworthy, with an award-winning collection of Corrientes offered intact. The sale concludes with the usual selection of large lots, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. Live Internet bidding is available through our website www.cherrystoneauctions.com (via CherrystoneLIVE).
Sale Terms
Lot #3099 - Poland
Lot #3100 - Poland
1850 (ca) cover from Michalowice to Warszawa, with perfect departure and "Franco" in red, arrival pmk on back, minor backflap tears, otherwise fine
Estimate: $150
Lot #3101 - Poland
1860 10k carmine & blue, unused and used examples, the former heavily repaired (rebacked, perforations added, etc.), the latter faulty at bottom, fine appearance
Estimate: $250
Lot #3102 - Poland
1860 10k carmine & blue, two singles used, distinct shades, one repaired, fine appearance
Estimate: $250
Lot #3103 - Poland
1905 (19 Sep) cover, with corner cachet Warszawa, registered from Skalmierzyce to Saxony, franked with German 30pf adhesive, minor cover creases & stains, otherwise fine and unusual usage of an unoverprinted German stamp in the Polish territory, with Leipzig arrival pmk, signed Mikulski
Estimate: $300
Lot #3104 - Poland
1915 (18 June) cover franked with Russian 10k dark blue, tied by "Zaps. Pocht. Kontora No.114" cds, sent from Lwow, via Russia to Geneva, with Russian Military censor "Dziarkovsky" handstamp on back, arrival pmks, fine usage from Russian occupied Lwow, signed Mikulski
Estimate: $150
Lot #3105 - Poland
1918 20pf sapphire blue, block of four, top right stamp lowered "l" (B3) lower left stamp n.h., others l.h., perf. separations at top, v.f., with 2,000 certificate (Fi.12bbI, 3,100 for hinged singles)
Estimate: $500
Lot #3106 - Poland
1918 Warsaw Issue surcharges, 177 sets of four, each used on small cover (89) or reduced cover (88), canceled by Warszawa 25.1.19 cds, some stamps with minor shifts and other varieties, occasional cover faults, stamps fine-v.f. (catalogued as used, off cover)
Cat. Val. $2,159
Estimate: $500
Lot #3107 - Poland
1919 (8 Apr) cover used locally in Wowroclaw, franked with two German 7 1/2pf orange (cut squares from postal stationery), fine usage, probably by a German soldier on Polish territory, signed Mikulski
Estimate: $300
Lot #3108 - Poland
1919 (14 Jan) large registered cover from Lublin to Vienna, franked with four diff. surcharges, three in black (Fi.20a,22a,24) also the rare 10h violet surcharge on 30h green (Fi.22b), filing fold away from the stamps, Austrian registration label, filing fold away from the stamps, backflap missing, fine and very rare usage, signed Mikulski
Estimate: $2000
Lot #3109 - Poland
1919 Krakow Issue, 3h bright violet (I-90) and 5h light green (I-57), h.r., disturbed gum, signed Mikstein, Koopman, etc.,
Cat. Val. $1,050
Estimate: $250
Lot #3110 - Poland
1919 Krakow Issue, 6h (form IIE), 12h, 15h and 20h (each form I), also 25/80h (form III) and 30h (form IIB, pos.58), all tied by Krakow 2.II.19 cds on registered cover addressed to Vienna, fine-v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg, with his 1999 certificate
Estimate: $250
Lot #3111 - Poland
1919 Krakow Issue, 6h deep orange, album page with four pairs and block of six, all used, varieties include two "double dots" and 6xthin "Z", v.f. and attractive group
Estimate: $700
Lot #3112 - Poland
1933 Veit Stoss, four blocks of four and strip of three, six stamps h.r., others n.h., two with natural gum creases, otherwise fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $434
Estimate: $150
Lot #3113 - Poland
1934 (10 Sep) registered cover (opened for display) from Lwow to Tarnopol, franked on back with 8 regular issue stamps, paying 1.45zl registered special delivery rate, stamps canceled by "Challenge" Airpost markings, with arrival datestamp
Estimate: $150
Lot #3114 - Poland
1937 unexploded 2.20zl booklet, orange covers with red and blue inscriptions, v.f.
Estimate: $150
Lot #3115 - Poland
1940 two Soviet stationery cards, one sent 5.5.40 to the Polish Red Cross in Lublin or Warszawa ("help me find my family"), the other from Lwow (26.5.41) to a Soviet Camp, with "Jurino-Marisa" and "Lwow CCCP Zh.D.P.O." markings, the latter folded, the former with Red Cross arrival datestamp
Estimate: $250
Lot #3116 - Poland
1944 (9 Aug) folded soldier's letter addressed to fieldpost via Moscow, written by a Lady to a Polish officer requesting to be drafted into the Polish Armed Forces, to help with the War Effort to liberate the homeland. A fine letter, with fieldpost and Soviet Army censor markings, stamp damaged on opening
Estimate: $150
Lot #3117 - Poland
1947 Laborer 5zl dark blue, imperf. printer's trial color die proof, v.f. (Fi.437, 3,500zl)
Estimate: $250
Lot #3118 - Poland
1979 Polish Graphic Arts, 1.50zl imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Fi. 2462nz, 900zl)
Estimate: $100
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