1857 10k brown and blue, cancelled "174" in dots, margins all around, v.f. -
Estimate price: $450-500
United States & Worldwide Stamps
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps
We are pleased to present our April 29-30 sale of U.S. & World Rare Stamps and Postal History.
You are invited to browse through this select offering of 1400 lots representing virtually every area of International Philately.
The United States section ranges from Special Printings to better cacheted FDCs. Foreign Countries include Western Europe, with Austria, France and Colonies, and specialized German Area (with excellent Locals and Occupation Issues). Great Britain and British Commonwealth are also well represented. In addition, there are numerous rarities from South America, Asia, including China and Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia. As always there are about 100 large lots and collections, balances of estates and much more.
Lot #1112 - Russia
Lot #1113 - Russia
1857 10k brown and blue, used and partly adhered on piece, margins all around, v.f. -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1114 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, neat Odessa 1858 border cancellation, v.f., rare, with Buchsbayew cert. -
Estimate price: $700-750
Lot #1115 - Russia
1858 (28 Nov) outer FL from Odessa to Riga, franked with 10k brown & blue (interesting plate flaw showing deformed numerals at bottom right), tied by "6" in oval dots, usual filing fold (away from the stamp), departure and arrival datestamps on back, some tape reinforcements, otherwise fine -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1116 - Russia
1858 (10 June) outer FL from Riga to Pernau, franked with 10k brown & blue, tied by cds departure, arrival datestamp on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and attractive cover -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1117 - Russia
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by indistinct numeral in dots pmk on outer FL, with framed St. Petersburg arrival datestamp on back, fine -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1118 - Russia
1858 20k green & violet, perforated trial color proof on unwatermarked and gummed stamp paper, left sheet margin part gutter block of four, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., post office fresh, v.f. A rare multiple, only one sheet of 100 issued -
Estimate price: $9500-10000
Lot #1119 - Russia
1861 (14 Oct) outer FL from Polangen to Libawa, franked with 2x10k brown & blue, each cancelled by "240" in rectangle of dots, departure and arrival pmks (same day) on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1120 - Russia
1866-70 two FLs from St. Petersburg and Moscow to London, each paying 26k, first with combination of 2x3k (perforated. 12) and single 20k perforated. 14 1/2 (unwatermarked); the latter with two each 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), appropriate sequence of transit and arrival pmks, filing folds, otherwise fine -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1121 - Russia
1867 (Dec) FL from Taganrog, via Moscow to Genova, franked with 5k and 20k (unwatermarked) and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with oval "Franco" and red "P.D.", with transit and arrival pmks, filing folds away from the stamps, fine letter to Italy -
Estimate price: $230-250
Lot #1122 - Russia
1871 (Nov) outer FL from Odessa to Paris, franked with single 3k and 5x5k (vertical pair and horizontal strip of five), all horizontally laid paper, tied by cds, with Vienna transit and "Autr. Strasbourg" entry cds, filing folds through the stamps, still fine and attractive 28k rate, with Mikulski certificate -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1123 - Russia
1872 (28 Nov) cover from Odessa to Marseilles, franked with 1k and 3k (unwatermarked) and vertical pair of 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with framed "Aus Russland Franco" and "Frankirovano" handstamps, also red "P.D." and blue French entry pmk. On back there is Breslau-Berlin mailcar and Paris transit pmks, arriving at destination on 16 December, v.f. and attractive cover, with Mikulski certificate, fine -
Estimate price...
Lot #1124 - Russia
1873 (4 Jan) outer FL from Odessa to Marseille, paying 24k with 1k, 3k and pair of 10k (all horizontally laid paper), tied by Odessa Rail Road Post Office cds, with framed "frankirovano" (franked) and Postal Car No.47, also Breslau Oderberg transit markings on back, Lyon a Marseille and arrival pmks, filing fold (through 3k), fine -
Estimate price: $190-200
Lot #1125 - Russia
1873 (20 Apr) cover from Tiflis to Obergrombach, Grand Duchy of Baden, paying 15k with 5k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), sent via St. Petersburg, Berlin etc., with transit and arrival pmks, backflap defective, otherwise fine -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1126 - Russia
1877 (June) registered cover to St. Petersburg, paying 23k with 3k and 2x10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by Rybinsk-Bologovsk Rail Road station markings, some wear and tear, with arrival pmk -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1127 - Russia
1879 7k gray and rose, vertically laid paper, deep colors, h.r., fine, with 2006 Buchsbayew certificate (Zagorsky 33I) -
Estimate price: $2300-2500
Lot #1128 - Russia
1896-1900 French postal cards and stationery to commemorate Tsar's visits to France, selection of 56 unused items, some duplication, occasional mounting flaws, mostly fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $1400-1500
Lot #1129 - Russia
1902 7k blue, imperforate single, dramatically shifted groundwork, h.r., v.f. -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1130 - Russia
1902 7r black & yellow, center inverted, centered to bottom as always, h.r. and somewhat disturbed original gum, beautiful colors and fresh, fine example of this popular and undervalued rarity (one sheet of 25 printed), with 2992 Alex Rendon certificate -
Estimate price: $9000-10000
Lot #1131 - Russia
1906 5r (vertically laid paper), top sheet margin pair and strip of three (originally a horizontal strip of five), stamps n.h., fine positional piece -
Estimate price: $500-500
Lot #1132 - Russia
1912 Red Cross "diploma," with stationery cards with pre-printed messages to be filled out by the attending nurse (in Verhneudinsk or Ulan-Ude today), numbered and dated, v.f. and interesting Red Cross item -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1133 - Russia
1915 10r carmine lake, yellow & gray, groundwork inverted, slight toning, otherwise fine, -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1134 - Russia
1917 (24 Oct) picture postcard franked with 2x1k and 3k, paying 5k from Petrograd, cancelled 25 October (Day of the Revolution 1917), sent to Odessa, fine, with Mandrovski certificate. A significant historical item used on the day of the Great October Revolution (On 7 November 1917, Vladimir Lenin led his revolutionaries in a revolt against the ineffective Provisional Government (Russia was still using the Julian Calendar at the time, so...
Lot #1135 - Russia
1922 5,000r on 1r orange, red surcharge inverted, n.h., also another variety, surcharge split, v.f. (Zagorsky 28var) -
Estimate price: $140-150
Lot #1136 - Russia
1922 5,000r on 2r light brown, basic stamp double impression, h.r., creased, otherwise v.f., rare (Zagorsky 35var) -
Estimate price: $230-250
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