1937 Dhow, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-12) -
Estimate price: $350-400
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
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Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
Welcome to our June 2014 Sale, with 1667 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World.
This four-session auction commences with quality United States, with unused examples of Scott's Nos. 2 and 12, both with original gum, Special Printings, inverted Candle and Stock Exchange errors, Zeppelin Plate Blocks, Postage Dues and Revenues. Autographs of Jefferson, Napoleon, Peter the Great, Roosevelt, Marylyn Monroe and others are featured as well.
The foreign section includes China (good selection of Dowagers, ex-Holcombe), Scandinavian countries, with Denmark, Finland and Sweden, France and Colonies, Germany and German Colonies, Great Britain (with another unused 10sh Edward I.R. Official), British North America (Newfoundland with unused De Pinedo, Balbo double impression and Martynside flight covers), British Commonwealth, Baltic Countries, Italy and Italian Colonies, Korea, Poland, Russia (with an exceptional collection of Imperial Postal History offered intact) and Soviet Union, Switzerland and many others.
As always there are over 120 lots of Large Lots and Collections.
The entire sale is online, with additional images added daily and on request.
This is a public auction taking place live at our 57th Street Galleries and online at CherrystoneLIVE. A limited number of printed catalogues are available. Cherrystone Auctions 119 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 [email protected]
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Lot #684 - British Commonwealth aden
Lot #685 - British Commonwealth aden
1937 Dhow, complete set, l.h., 10r with faint natural inclusion on back, fresh, fine-v.f. (SG 1-12) -
Estimate price: $375-400
Lot #686 - British Commonwealth Australia
1946 2 1/2p scarlet, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. and scarce -
Estimate price: $700-750
Lot #687 - British Commonwealth bahamas
1921-34 George V, £1 green and black, block of four, never hinged, few gum skips and faint overall toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 89; catalogue value for hinged singles) -
Estimate price: $700-750
Lot #688 - British Commonwealth bahrain
1938-41 George VI, complete set to 25r, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 20-37) -
Estimate price: $475-500
Lot #689 - British Commonwealth barbuda
1922 overprints, four complete sets, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 1-11) -
Estimate price: $220-250
Lot #690 - British Commonwealth basutoland
1933 George V, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 1-10) -
Estimate price: $160-200
Lot #691 - British Commonwealth bechuanaland protectorate
1932 George V, 1/2p-10sh, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 99-110) -
Estimate price: $240-250
Lot #692 - British Commonwealth british occupation of italian east africa
1941 Overprinted "British Occupation" and "Postage", 10c-50L complete set of eleven values, prepared but not issued, centering is better than usual, n.h. and post office fresh, signed A.Diena, with his 1967 certificate for the four key values. A major rarity from both British and Italian Colonies, only a handful of complete sets known to exist, -
Estimate price: $24000-25000
Lot #693 - British Commonwealth british occupation of italian east africa
1942 (17 Apr) registered cover from Mogadiscio (Mogadishu, Somalia) to Mombasa, Kenya, franked with モM.E.F.ヤ ovpt on KGVI 3d and 5d vertical pair, all tied by Italian Post Office Mogadiscio cds, Nairobi and Mombasa arrival, backflap damaged upon opening and with small piece missing, otherwise fine and rare registered usage to a foreign destination -
Estimate price: $1800-2000
Lot #694 - British Commonwealth british occupation of italian east africa
1942 (6 June) censored commercial envelope registered from Mogadiscio to Kenya with モM.E.F.ヤ ovpt on KGVI 3d (3), all tied by Italian Post Office Mogadiscio cds, Nairobi and Mombasa arrival pmks, fine registered usage to a foreign destination -
Estimate price: $1800-2000
Lot #695 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1934 KEVII, 1c-$1 complete set of 13, used on registered cover from Demerara to Georgetown, folded between stamps, with arrival pmks, fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #696 - British Commonwealth british guiana
1949 three different unexploded 24c booklets, stitched at right or left, various configurations of panes, fine-v.f., -
Estimate price: $120-150
Lot #697 - British Commonwealth burma
1937 George V, 3p-25r, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-18) -
Estimate price: $950-1000
Lot #698 - British Commonwealth burma officials
1937 George V, 3p-10r, complete set, l.h., 5r with toned spot, fine-v.f. (SG O1-14) -
Estimate price: $375-400
Lot #699 - British Commonwealth Canada
1856 (6 May) FL from Montreal to New York, franked with horizontal pair of 3d brown red, ample margins on three sides, right stamp cut in at top, cancelled by grids, with red "Paid" alongside, fine -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #700 - British Commonwealth Canada
1856 (31 Dec) outer FL from Montreal to New York, franked with 6d greenish gray, margins all around, tied by grid pmk, with corresponding departure alongside, red "Paid" handstamp, vertical filing folds, one through the stamp, otherwise fine, -
Estimate price: $350-400
Lot #701 - British Commonwealth Canada
1857 1/2p rose, plate proof on card, overprinted Specimen in green-black, horizontal pair, v.f. (Unitrade 8Pi, CA$400) -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #702 - British Commonwealth Canada
1857 7 1/2p green, imperf. proof on india, single and horizontal pair, v.f. (Unitrade 9P, CA$900) -
Estimate price: $270-300
Lot #703 - British Commonwealth Canada
1908 Quebec Tercentenary, 1c-20c complete set of eight, unused without gum, mostly well centered, fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $120-150
Lot #704 - British Commonwealth Canada
1928-29 Pictorials, unissued 55c two ideas for frame, hand drawn in pencil by artist, plus additional part of 20c frame sketched in pencil, v.f. and possibly unique -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #705 - British Commonwealth Canada
1931 25c unexploded booklet, black on brown cover, back cover creased, otherwise fine, -
Estimate price: $180-200
Lot #706 - British Commonwealth Canada
1933 two different 25c unexploded booklets, black on brown covers, with English and French texts, minor cover wear or staple rust, otherwise fine-v.f., -
Estimate price: $325-350
Lot #707 - British Commonwealth canada air post semi-officials
1926 Jack V. Elliot Air Service, 25c red and yellow, imperf. corner margin horizontal pair, left stamp with "Air Service" inverted, h.r., marginal thins between the stamps, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 2002 PFC, -
Estimate price: $475-500
Lot #708 - British Commonwealth canada flight covers
1932 (Aug 12) Round the World Flight by Wolfgang Von Gronau, cover to Brooklyn, franked with 6c Surcharge, and 2x2c U.S. Postage Dues added on arrival, with Winnipeg cds, black cachet, flown on the Montreal-Winnipeg leg, v.f. -
Estimate price: $180-200
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