1722-1895 selection of "Downing Street" and others, 15 signed letters from famous Englishmen, with Lord William Lamb Melbourne, Arthur James Balfour, Lord Henry Shrapnel, Sir Herbert Taylor, Baron Henry Peter Broughman, Earl of Westmoreland, Countess Pauline Neale (Lady Westmoreland), Mary von Gloucester, Russell Lord George William (Duke of Bedford), Baron Robert James Browning, Priscilla, Countess of Westmoreland, William Edward Gladstone,...
United States & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
We are pleased to present our November 18-19 sale, with 1,533 lots, including the Abraham Siegel stock of postal history of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order.
There are selections of attractive United States regular issues and commemoratives, Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia.
Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are highlighted by Canada 12p Victoria, as well as unused London-London 25c green & yellow, followed by the only known example on cover.
In addition, there are numerous rarities from Baltic Countries, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia, with seldom seen errors and varieties, gold-standard definitives on cover and Air Post.
As always, Cherrystone auctions include selections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world.
The sale concludes with 140+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
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Lot #534 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, plate 2, lettered M-D, unused without gum, margins all around, minute corner crease at upper right, nevertheless v.f., with 2014 BPA certificate (SG 2) -
Cat. Val. £12,000
Lot #535 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, Plate 6, lettered D-D, unused (regummed), margins all around, pressed out crease, v.f. appearance, with 2008 Brandon cert. (SG Spec.AS41) -
Cat. Val. £13,000
Lot #536 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, lettered F-J, red MC cancellation, margins all around, deep intense color, v.f.
Lot #537 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, lettered H-F, red MC cancellation, margins all around, v.f.
Lot #538 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, plate 2, lettered S-C, black Maltese Cross cancellation, the center of which is "clogged and debris-filled", v.f., with 2014 BPA certificate (SG 2)
Lot #539 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, Plate 11, lettered G-B, black Maltese Cross cancel, margins all around, v.f. example of this rare plate, with 2004 BPB cert. (SG Spec. AS73) -
Cat. Val. £5,750
Lot #540 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, selection of 21 used singles, mostly with margins all around, small faults noted, mostly fine (SG 2) -
Cat. Val. £7,350
Lot #541 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, lettered T-F, margins all around, tied by red MC on folded letter used in 1840 from Northwich to Manchester, some cover wear, stamp v.f.
Lot #542 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, lettered R-G, margins all around, tied by red Maltese Cross cancel on FL from Edinburgh to Golepie, with "May 16 1840" cancel on backflap, filing fold well away from this beautiful stamp, v.f. example of the popular May 16 usage, with 1977 and 1978 Diena and Bolaffi certificates, SG -
Cat. Val. £3,500
Lot #543 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, Plate 4, horizontal pair, lettered H-A/H-B, full to clear margins all around, tied by red Maltese Cross cancels on outer FL from Liverpool to Manchester, few cover faults, stamps fine, with 2013 Brandon cert. (SG Spec. AS23; catalogue value for pair off cover) -
Cat. Val. £1,250
Lot #544 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, Plate 2, lettered L-F, margins all around, tied by red Maltese Cross cancel on outer FL from Norwich to London, with "Norwich MY24 1840" (Sunday) cds on reverse, filing folds away from the stamp, v.f. and extremely rare early Sunday usage, with 1987 Brandon cert. (SG Spec. AS15ti) -
Cat. Val. £14,000
Lot #545 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, Plate 1a, lettered K-K, margins all around, tied by red Maltese Cross cancel on outer FL from Bristol to Gloucester, with "Bristol MY 28 1840" cds on reverse, cover torn away from the stamp, otherwise a fine and rare early usage (SG Spec. AS1tji) -
Cat. Val. £2,000
Lot #546 - Great Britain
1840 1d black, lettered H-D, margins all around, tied by black Maltese Cross on large part of a home-made envelope, with Apr 1841 postmarks on back, v.f.
Lot #547 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, Plate 11, lettered "J-C", margins all around, used on FL to Canterbury, light Maltese Cross cancel, with Canterbury (May 26, 1841) arrival on reverse, v.f. example of this rare plate, with 2007 Royal cert. stating "despite lack of tie, is genuine" (SG 2) -
Cat. Val. £16,000
Lot #548 - Great Britain
1840 1p intense black, Plate 1a, lettered T-D, brown (shade) Maltese Cross cancel, margins just clear at upper left, full on all other sides, fine example of this rare cancellation, with 2013 Brandon cert. (SG Spec.AS1vi; catalogue value does not include premium for intense black shade) -
Cat. Val. £3,000
Lot #549 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, lettered L-G, plate flaw (added circle) variety at upper left box, margins to just in at left, tied by black MC cancellation of FL from Gloucester (15 Apr 41) to Cirencester, with both departure and arrival pmks on back
Lot #550 - Great Britain
1840 2d blue, lettered C-C, black MC cancellation, large margins all around, brilliant color, v.f., signed Brun, Roumet etc.
Lot #551 - Great Britain
1840 2d blue, horizontal strip of three, lettered S-D, S-E, S-F, cancelled black MC, margins all around, folded between stamps, with creases effecting the left stamp, otherwise fine
Lot #552 - Great Britain
1840 2p blue, nine used copies, five with full margins all around, few minor faults, otherwise fine (SG 5) -
Cat. Val. £7,875
Lot #553 - Great Britain
1841 2d blue, plate 3, lettered S-J, shifted transfer, unused with original gum, margins all around, with 2014 BPA certificate stating "treated to reduce sulphurisation" (SG Spec.ES11c) -
Cat. Val. £9,000
Lot #554 - Great Britain
1856 (16 Dec) FL to USA, franked with 1sh green, large margins all around, red "Paid" and New York Dec. 31 arrival, minor ink stains at top of the stamps, otherwise fine, SG -
Cat. Val. £1,350
Lot #555 - Great Britain
1858 (10 June) FL to USA, franked with exceptionally well centered 1sh green, tied by duplex "54", with Newcastle on Tyne cds alongside, red Boston Paid and "5 cents" at bottom
Lot #556 - Great Britain
1878 10sh slate, Plate 1, watermarked Maltese Cross, neatly socked-on-the-nose Belfast cancel, nicely centered, v.f., with handstamp guarantee on reverse (SG 128) -
Cat. Val. £3,200
Lot #557 - Great Britain
1879 (15 July) small mourning cover from Buckingham to USA, franked with 1p and 1 1/2p red brown, fine, with New York arrival, SG -
Cat. Val. £250
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