1818 (9 November) FL from Warszawa to Francomont (near Aachen), with two-line departure datestamp in red (as prescribed by the 1817 regulations requiring the name of the post office in Polish, date in Latin), with framed "Duitsch Grynsk: te Henri Chappelle" frontier hand stamp in Dutch on back, also Strzalkowo (11 November) datestamp applied twice at the Prussian frontier, fine, ex-Kossoy
Estimate: $150
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Please note that this four-session auction (at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day) takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 6-7, 2018 - at our New York 57th Street Auction Galleries and on CherrystoneLive (www.cherrystoneauctions.com/
Lot #1225 - Poland
Lot #1226 - Poland
1860 10k pale rose and blue, unused without gum, reperforated at left, fine appearance
Estimate: $250
Lot #1227 - Poland
1860 10k carmine & blue, canceled "73" in concentric rings, small flaws, nice color, also another example, defective, fine appearance
Estimate: $100
Lot #1228 - Poland
1867 (1 Nov) small cover to France, franked paying 56kop with a combination of Russian issues, including 30k carmine & green perf. 12 (1868 issue), 1k black & orange, 5k black & lilac and 10k brown & blue unwatermarked (1865 issue) and 10k horizontally laid paper (1866 issue), all tied by "1" in converging squares, with corresponding "Warszawa 1/11" in red alongside, also "Franco" and "PD" , "Aus Russland", French entry...
Lot #1229 - Poland
1868 (3 Mar) FL to Krakow, franked with pair of Russia 5k black & lilac (horizontally laid paper), tied by Warszawa octagonal cancels and straight line "Pologne" hs, red departure alongside, also "Franco" at bottom, with arrival pmk on back, fine
Estimate: $250
Lot #1230 - Poland
1872 small cover franked with Russian 1k, 3k and 10k (vertically laid paper), used from Warszawa to Prag, with "Franco" and departure pmks alongside, bilingual "Praha" arrival pmk on back, fine
Estimate: $150
Lot #1231 - Poland
1874 (5 April) FL franked with Russian 10k brown and blue (horizontally laid paper), vertical pair, tied by "Krasnostaw" in Cyrillic letters postmark, sent to Warszawa, with 6 April arrival pmk alongside, filing folds away from the stamps, with additional departure cds on back, fine and scarce double rate cover, ex-Kossoy
Estimate: $250
Lot #1232 - Poland
1874 small cover to France, with Russian 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper) on back, tied by LUBLIN departure cds, via Warszawa, with French border entry and arrival pmks, fine and attractive usage from Lublin
Estimate: $250
Lot #1233 - Poland
1901 registered cover (actually French Colonies Nossi-be stationery entire), with additional franking, used from Warszawa to Barcelona, some overall toning, with arrival pmk, scarce usage to Spain
Estimate: $250
Lot #1234 - Poland
1901 (10 June) registered cover (opened for display), franked on back with 2x10k dark blue (Russia), sent from Warszawa to Tunisia, transit and arrival pmks, fine destination
Estimate: $150
Lot #1235 - Poland
1905 (28 July) picture postcard box (with additional views closed with metal clasp), franked with Russian 4k, tied by cds and sent to USA, with Point Loma, Ca. arrival pmk on back, little toning, otherwise fine and very rare
Estimate: $250
Lot #1236 - Poland
1916-17 family correspondence (Stanislaw Stanczyk and his brother Kazimierz), as Prisoner of War during World War I, group of 259 cards, with variety of fieldpost markings, censored POW cards, mail to and from friends, parents, etc., from camps such as Tara, Tobolsk, Tomsk and other places in Siberia, POW regulations, Danish Red Cross markings, plus much more. A fascinating insight information to life of a Polish POW in Russia (a more...
Lot #1237 - Poland
1918 10h on 30h slate green, brown surcharge inverted, n.h., well centered, pencil signed, v.f., with 1996 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Estimate: $250
Lot #1238 - Poland
1919 Silesian Uprising, 15h stationery card uprated with 15h red, canceled in German "Bielitz Oberschles.", with "B2" censor mark (signed Fialkowski), also a large envelope to Bobrek, with penciled notations on Troop size and movements (dated 1921), plus three postal cards showing Piotr Niedurny (shot by units of Reichswehr), Memorial dated 1922, bilingual German propaganda card, interesting lot (The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three...
Lot #1239 - Poland
1919 Krakow Issue, 3h violet , pos.I-88, signed Bloch, v.f., also 5h green, pos.I-51, h.r., closed tear at top, fine appearance, signed Polonus,
Cat. Val. $1,125
Estimate: $250
Lot #1240 - Poland
1919 Krakow Issue, 80h orange brown, inverted overprint, Pos.I-82, used, v.f., with Dr.Kronenberg certificate,
Cat. Val. $250
Estimate: $100
Lot #1241 - Poland
1919 Krakow Issue, 30h, 3kr and 4kr used on pieces, fine-v.f., signed Koopman, Mikulski, etc.,
Cat. Val. $700
Estimate: $200
Lot #1242 - Poland
1919 Gniezno surcharges, set of two, used with additional franking on registered cover to Poznan, v.f., with arrival pmk, signed Rachmanow
Estimate: $150
Lot #1243 - Poland
1919 5pf on 2pf surcharge shifted to top, l.h. (if at all), fine, signed Schmutz, etc.,
Cat. Val. $275
Estimate: $150
Lot #1244 - Poland
1919-20 National Assembly, five imperforate singles, mostly double impressions, three printed on both sides, v.f.
Estimate: $100
Lot #1245 - Poland
1928-32 Henryk Sienkiewicz, collection on pages, with 15zl black, large die proof (signed Dr.Kronenberg), issued stamps in 27+ blocks of four or larger (different printings identified), also vertical gutter pair, invalidating handstamps ("Sienkiewicz behind bars"), overprinted "Port Gdansk", 14 blocks of four (various printings), later issues, including Sweden, plus corresponding Postal Stationery cards, entires, varieties, etc.. In addition...
Lot #1246 - Poland
1933 Torun, 60pf blue top sheet margin single, also 1.20zl Sobieski (2), Wystawa Katowice and Gordon Bennett (2), all n.h., signed Richter, fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $465
Estimate: $150
Lot #1248 - Poland
1938 20th Anniversary of Independence, blocks of four, n.h., v.f.,
Cat. Val. $230
Estimate: $150
Lot #1249 - Poland
1944 25gr red, imperforate vertical pair, proof on white paper, small ink mark in center, otherwise v.f.
Estimate: $150
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