1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled by "523" numeral dot pmk on large part of FL to St. Petersburg, with "Yefremov" 5 August 1858 departure and "Polucheno" (received) 8 August arrival pmks on reverse, fine and extremely rare, possibly unique usage from the small town of Yefremov in the Tula district
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
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Lot #1280 - Russia Russia
1858 10k brown & blue, single cancelled by pen on outer FL from Moscow to Riga, with 22 February departure and 27 February, 1858 arrival datestamps on back, fine and rare early usage of the adhesive
Lot #1281 - Russia Russia
1858 20k dark blue & orange, thick paper, unused with original gum, h.r., brilliant colors and sharp embossing of the eagle, fresh and fine example of this rare unused stamp, with handstamped guarantee mark and 2014 Alexander Zverev certificate, -
Cat. Val. $10,000
Lot #1282 - Russia Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, unused with full original gum, practically lightly hinged and post office fresh, brilliant colors and perfectly sharp embossing of the eagle, corner perf. crease at lower right, minute toned spot at bottom of one of the perf. tips, fresh and v.f. example of this rare unused stamp, signed Herbert Bloch, also with 2014 Alexander Zverev certificate, -
Cat. Val. $12,500
Lot #1283 - Russia Russia
1858-64 1k black & yellow, 5k black & blue, h.r., v.f., -
Cat. Val. $175
Lot #1284 - Russia Russia
1879 (23 May) registered cover from Warszawa to Germany, headed "M. Morgenstern, Warschau" and franked with two examples of 7k gray & red, horizontally and vertically laid paper, tied by cds, with "Vom Ausland uber B.P. Oswiecim-Breslau" registration label (rare), filing fold away from the stamps, with complete wax seal and Klingenthal arrival pmks. A fine and extremely rare combination cover with both vertically and horizontally laid...
Lot #1285 - Russia Russia
1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia...
Lot #1286 - Russia Russia
1901 (25 June) incoming cover from England, paying 2 1/2d with GB Victoria, tied by cds, redirected on arrival in St. Petersburg (15 June) to Finland, with 7k tied by local numeral pmk, additional forwarding cds, bilingual Terijoki (29 June) cancel on back, somewhat toned, but uncommon forwarded cover from England
Lot #1287 - Russia Russia
1902 7k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, Riga cds, v.f.
Lot #1288 - Russia Russia
1905 25k dull green and lilac, center inverted, well centered and cancelled on small piece by the usual "Zhitomir 24.3.06" cds, v.f. and rare invert, signed Mikulski, -
Cat. Val. $6,500
Lot #1289 - Russia Russia
1906 5r vertically laid paper, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs at left, otherwise v.f. and rare, ex-Small (Zverev 79pd. Cat. $2,000)
Lot #1290 - Russia Russia
1909 10k light blue, sheet margin example, proof on ungummed paper, h.r., fine and scarce item, signed
Lot #1291 - Russia Russia
1914 Army Fieldpost Red Cross entire envelope, unused, v.f.
Lot #1292 - Russia Russia
1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, vertical lozenges of varnish, complete sheet of 50, variety imperf. at right, yellow background dramatically shifted and displaced diagonally, with inverted "V" actually printed on two stamps at bottom, also showing full watermark at right (partially ungummed), folded between stamps and some perf. separations, n.h., fine-v.f. An interesting and probably unique multiple
Lot #1293 - Russia Russia
1915-18 five cards or covers franked with mostly Romanov stamps & canc. by German & Austrian fieldpost cancellations, used generally to Germany or Austria, also two 1k Romanov adhesives canc. "K.D.Feldpoststation" in red or black, v.f.
Lot #1294 - Russia Russia
1917 "Abdication of the Tsar", collection/accumulation of 98 blocks of four, eight and twelve, overprinted with Liberty Cap and Crossed Swords, articles from "Izvestia" in red or black, with double, inverted and shifted overprints, duplication, occasional faults, mostly fine-v.f., some signed Trachtenberg, etc. A wonderful selection of these popular, albeit privately produced items
Lot #1295 - Russia Russia
1917 5k lilac brown, imperforate block of ten, overprinted large "Obrazets" (Specimen), v.f.
Lot #1296 - Russia Russia
1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple
Lot #1297 - Russia Russia
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, faint control handstamp in German, light crease, fine
Lot #1298 - Russia Russia
1921 (3 Nov) cover franked on back with 5k Postal Savings and 3r Control Stamp, used from Saran-Gorka (Novg) to Petrograd, addressed to a Prisoner of War Camp (No.II) for Czech legionnaires, fine and scarce combination franking to an unusual destination
Lot #1299 - Russia Russia
1922 registered cover from Kharkov to Hong Kong, franked with 35x1r imperf. (350,000r in 1922 currency), returned to sender from Moscow, with handstamp "back to sender in Kharkov, no mail deliveries to the destination indicated", stamps folded at sides and bottom, fine and impressive cover to uncommon destination, to which service was not yet established
Lot #1300 - Russia Russia
1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, double impression, one displaced diagonally, n.h., v.f.
Lot #1301 - Russia Russia
1924 Definitives (typographed), 50k dark brown, large margins all around, n.h., couple of natural inclusions, pencil signed, v.f., scarce stamp (Zagorsky 26, cat. 400,000r)
Lot #1302 - Russia Russia
1924 Definitives, 50k brown, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, proof on chalky paper, v.f., rare, only one sheet of 100 printed
Lot #1303 - Russia Russia
1924 Definitives (typographed), 4k deep rose, lower left sheet corner margin pane of 25, double impression, partly shifted to top, ten bottom stamps with red control stripe and part of the 2nd Moscow Factory imprint printed over, partial margin at right, n.h., v.f. and spectacular specialist item, probably unique
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