1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by unclear two-line datestamp on piece, subsequently lifted and showing practically complete original gum, margins all around, excellent embossing, fresh and v.f. stamp
Estimate: $500
Worldwide Stamps and Covers.
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers.
We are pleased to present our March 12-13, 2019 sale, with 1,577 lots, properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. There are selections of attractive United States (over 350 lots), Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Danzig, Saar, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented and as always, our sale includes selections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world. We conclude with 130+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
Sale Terms
Lot #1252 - Russia
Lot #1253 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, boxed "Nizhny" two-line datestamp, margins all around, fresh and v.f.,
Cat. Val. $ 900
Estimate: $300
Lot #1254 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, oval "Tula" cancel, margins all around, v.f.,
Cat. Val. $ 900
Estimate: $300
Lot #1255 - Russia
1857 10k blue and red, upper right corner sheet margin single, two-line "(P)olang(en)ÖApril" datestamp, fresh and v.f. positional piece, signed Diena
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1256 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, close but clear at top, tied by framed Taurogen 19 April 1858 departure datestamp on complete FL to Moscow, with "Speditions-Geschaft John G. Kniep Tauroggen" forwarding agent's handstamp on back, letter folded vertically and horizontally, fine and scarce forwarded item, ex-Small collection
Estimate: $3500
Lot #1257 - Russia
1858 10k black, frame only, with central oval blank, plate proof on thick, unwatermarked paper, trial perforations, v.f. (Zverev $2,500)
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1258 - Russia
1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper, deep colors and perfect centering, numeral cancel "345" (?), v.f. and spectacular example of Russia Number Three,
Cat. Val. $ 1,700
Estimate: $500
Lot #1259 - Russia
1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, canceled "8" in circle of dots, nice colors and fresh, watermark shifted to top, fine and interesting variety,
Cat. Val. $ 1,700
Estimate: $500
Lot #1260 - Russia
1858 20k blue & orange, horizontal pair, thick paper, canceled "38" (Riga) in oval dots, brilliant colors, right stamp with clipped perforations at bottom and at upper right, otherwise fine and rare multiples, one of only seven pairs recorded, ex-Mikulski
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1261 - Russia
1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, vertical pair, top stamp showing round colored flaw in last letter of "Pochtowaja" at top of oval, canceled on small piece by "Vileyka" 15 March, 1872 (!) pmk, bottom stamp with couple of shorter perfs, lifted and replaced on piece, fine and unusually late usage, one of the only seven known pairs, ex-Mikulski
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1262 - Russia
1858 20k green & violet, trial color on unwatermarked paper, h.r., fine,
Cat. Val. $ 1,000
Estimate: $500
Lot #1263 - Russia
1858 20k lilac and green, two perforated and gummed trial color proofs on stamp paper, one with colorless "2" watermark, the other without watermark, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., very rare, only 100 of each printed, with Mikulski certificate for each
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1264 - Russia
1858 20k lilac & green, perforated and gummed trial color proof on unwatermarked paper, fresh and v.f. (Zverev $1,500)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1265 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, with 1865 town cancel, all perforations intact, fine and late usage of this scarce stamp, with Mikulski certificate,
Cat. Val. $ 2,750
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1266 - Russia
1858 10k brown & blue, selection of 32 used stamps, all multiples, including a block of four, nine horizontal or vertical pairs, three horizontal or vertical strips of three (one used on piece together with a pair), various shades and cancels, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Mikulski
Estimate: $2000
Lot #1267 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, l.h. and beautifully fresh, well centered, v.f.,
Cat. Val. $ 1,175
Estimate: $500
Lot #1268 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, tied by "1" in dots on FL from St. Petersburg to Pernau, red 6 Feb 1862 departure and arrival postmark on back, lettersheet refolded, fine and rare single franking
Estimate: $750
Lot #1269 - Russia
1865 (unwatermarked), perf. 14 1/2, 3k black & green, block of 12, h.r., part original gum at top, others l.h. or h.r., occasional age specks on gum, good colors and well centered, splendid and rare multiple (catalogued as hinged singles)
Cat. Val. $ 4,200
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1270 - Russia
1866 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k black & yellow and 30k carmine & green, paying 31k on registered cover used in 1877 (12 December, numeral "1" inserted by hand) from Yaransk to Vyatka, departure postmark repeated at right, fine usage, with intact wax seal, arrival pmk on back
Estimate: $500
Lot #1271 - Russia
1866 1k black & yellow and 30k carmine & green, paying 31k on registered cover used in 1877 (6 Mar) from Yaransk to Vyatka, arrival pmk alongside on front, fine usage, with intact wax seal, departure and arrival pmks repeated on back
Estimate: $500
Lot #1272 - Russia
1866 1k and 30k, paying 31k on back of a registered cover used in 1879 (4 Mar) from Sevsk to Moscow, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and scarce registered usage from a small town, with (6 Mar) arrival pmk
Estimate: $500
Lot #1273 - Russia
1866 3k black & deep green, "V" in groundwork (error), h.r., well centered, good color, v.f.,
Cat. Val. $ 2,000
Estimate: $500
Lot #1274 - Russia
1870 3k green & black, error "V" in groundwork (instead of "3"), horizontal pair, used with additional 20k on FL from Moscow to England, with appropriate departure and Manchester arrival postmark on back, little toning, filing fold through 20k, otherwise fine
Estimate: $200
Lot #1275 - Russia
1866 10k brown & blue, vertical strip of four, canceled "Mokral Kaligorska" Aug 19, 1876, perf. Separations and trimmed at bottom, rare cancel, ex-Goss
Estimate: $150
Lot #1276 - Russia
1866 20k blue & bright orange, imperforate plate proof on thick unwatermarked paper, prepared for the Paris Exposition, slight discoloration (common to this delicate issue), still fresh and v.f. A beautiful item, very rare
Estimate: $2500
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