1875 2L bistre, sheet of 150, folded between stamps, some separations and reinforcements, mostly n.h., fine-v.f., spectacular multiple
Worldwide Stamps and Covers
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Welcome to our September 9-10 Auction Sale, to be held at our New York City galleries.
There are 1,625 lots of rare stamps and postal history from the United States and the rest of the world, including properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. Western European countries include Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, German Area, Italy and Colonies, Scandinavia and Switzerland. Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented with strength in Victoria, KEVII and George V singles and sets. There are also noteworthy sections of South America, Asia, Russia and rest of the world.
The sale concludes with 120+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to specialized United States Ship Mail covers collection, as well as multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
Live Internet bidding is available through our website www.cherrystoneauctions.com (via CherrystoneLIVE). A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request
Lot #907 - Greece Greece
1876 30L pale olive brown, sheet corner margin block of 32, unused without gum, fresh and v.f. A spectacular multiple (Hermes catalogued as eight blocks of four) -
Cat. Val. €4,800
Lot #908 - Greece Greece
1880 (23 Mar) FL to Trieste, franked with 10L orange and 20L dark blue, each with margins all around, with Patras transit and Trieste arrival postmarks, fine
Lot #909 - Greece Greece
1901 2L-40L black, selection of 12 (six different) imperf. plate proofs on card, fine-v.f.
Lot #910 - Greece Greece
1901 Flying Hermes, 1L-25L and 50L imperforate, eight different blocks of four, l.h. or n.h., v.f.
Lot #911 - Greece Greece
1906 Olympics, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,500
Lot #912 - Greece Greece
1933 Democracy Issue, set of three, l.h., v.f., -
Cat. Val. $785
Lot #913 - Greece Greece
1933 Democracy Issue, set of three, n.h., v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,800
Lot #914 - Greece Greece
1940 Youth, postage and air post, complete set tied by 4 Aug. 1940 Piraeus postmarks on 10 special presentation sheets, fine-v.f. (catalogue value for used off cover) -
Cat. Val. $529
Lot #915 - Greece Greece
1954-57 100d-20,000d, also Pythagoras, Solomos, and 1957 10L-10d, four different complete sets, all stamps overprinted "Akyron" (Specimen) n.h., v.f.
Lot #916 - Greece GREECE Air Post
1933 Aeroespresso Co. Issue, imperf. set of seven in horizontal or vertical pairs, l.h. or h.r., v.f., signed Kessler, Sanabria. Only one sheet of each value printed (Karamitsos A8-14a) -
Cat. Val. €7,000
Lot #917 - Greece GREECE Zeppelin Flights
1933 Italian Flight to South America, cover franked with set of three Zeppelin commemoratives, with blue Roma cachet, additional franking on back, transit and Argentina arrival postmarks, v.f.
Lot #918 - Greece GREECE Postage Dues
1902 1L-5dr black, selection of 10 different imperf. plate proofs on card, fine-v.f.
Lot #919 - Greece GREECE Samos
1912 10L red, horizontal tete-beche strip of three, attractively placed, with middle stamp inverted, n.h., little staining, otherwise v.f., handstamped guarantee on reverse
Lot #920 - Greece GREECE Corfu
1811 (15 Aug) Corps d'Occupation de Corfu, FL with green 25mm circular "Posta Settinsulate - Corfu", taxed 19 (deci) to Auch, France, with disinfection stains, sent by a junior officer, complaining of being passed over for promotion, slow-paced mail (nearly 2 months to France), and from the one and only post office on the island, rare Napoleonic cover from Corfu
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