1840 1d black, lettered I-A, cancelled Maltese Cross in black, margins all around, deep color, v.f. -
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Worldwide Stamps and Covers
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May 05, 2015 America/New_York
Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Tuesday May 05, 2015 08:00 to Wednesday May 06, 2015 11:00 America/New_York
Last date for bids:
Tuesday May 05, 2015 06:00 America/New_York
Welcome to our May 5-6 Auction Sale, to be held at our New York City galleries.
There are 1,644 lots of rare stamps and postal history from United States and rest of the world, including properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order.
Western European countries include Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Spain and Scandinavia.
Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets.
Also featured are flight covers of the world, with selections of Zeppelin dispatches. Sections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world are also noteworthy.
The sale concludes with 150+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
Live Internet bidding is available through our website www.cherrystoneauctions.com (via CherrystoneLIVE). A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
Preview of lots at our 57th Street galleries by appointment.
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Lot #598 - Great Britain
Lot #599 - Great Britain
1840 1d black, lettered Q-K, red MC cancel, margins all around, v.f. -
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Lot #600 - Great Britain
1840 1d black, two examples lettered H-E and H-D, margins all around, tied by red MC pmks on small cover from Gloucester to Cardiff, fine -
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Lot #601 - Great Britain
1840 1d black, two examples lettered O-F and B-H, margins all around, tied by red MC pmks on outer FL used July 16, 1840, fine -
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Lot #602 - Great Britain
1840 1d black, lettered E-J, margins all around, cancelled by red MC pmks on FL used Aug. 25, 1840, with corresponding Shaftesbury pmk alongside, v.f. -
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Lot #603 - Great Britain
1840 1d black, lettered J-J, margins all around, cancelled by red MC pmks on FL used Apr 5 1842, with corresponding Limerick departure pmk on back -
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Lot #604 - Great Britain
1840 1d black, lettered I-I, margins all around, cancelled by red MC pmk on large part of outer FL used Feb. 14, 1841 from Dumfries -
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Lot #605 - Great Britain
1840 1d black, lettered R-K, margins all around, cancelled by red MC pmk on FL used Feb. 3 1841 to London, re-directed, with blue Hillsboro departure pmk on back, v.f. -
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Lot #606 - Great Britain
1867 Victoria 5sh rose, pale rose, plates 1,2, two distinct shades, cancelled Edinburgh, Belfast respectively, fine (SG 126,127) -
Cat. Val. £1,350
Lot #607 - Great Britain
1882 £5 orange, bottom left sheet corner margin example, lettered A-N, never hinged and post office fresh, perfectly white paper, beautiful rich color and well centered, v.f., with 1974 BPA certificate (unused corner copy, original gum). A beautiful stamp (SG 137, catalogue value for hinged), -
Cat. Val. £14,000
Lot #608 - Great Britain
1883-84 Victoria, 1/2p-1sh, set of ten, h.r. (4p disturbed gum), fine-v.f., signed Senf (SG 187-196) -
Cat. Val. £5,397
Lot #611 - Great Britain
1921 De La Rue sample designs. two imperf. blocks of six in green and red brown, partly adhering on paper, fine-v.f., rare -
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Lot #613 - Great Britain
1936 Edward VIII, set of four, panes of 120, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 457-60) -
Cat. Val. £150
Lot #614 - Great Britain Postal stationery
1840 (29 Sep) Mulready, 1d letter sheet, A66, addressed to Finsbury Square, black MC and blue "T.P. Charles St West" handstamp on back, inside printed advertisement by the "Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa," fine and rare (Spec. MA477b) -
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Lot #615 - Great Britain Postal stationery
1941-43 World War II, group of eight airletters or postal cards for use by soldiers and Prisoners of War, including two with Japanese inscriptions, unused, v.f. -
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Lot #616 - Great Britain telegraph stamps
1876 £5 orange Telegraphs, Plate 1, watermark Shamrock sideways inverted, block of four overprinted Specimen (type 9), struck slightly double at bottom right, top stamps hinged, bottom pair n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., with 2011 Royal certificate. A major Telegraphs and Great Britain rarity, only known block of four -
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Lot #617 - Great Britain british offices in morocco
1898-1951 virtually complete, with Spanish, British and French Currencies, mostly hinged, few George VI n.h., also few additional values (some used), generally fine-v.f. -
Cat. Val. £2,000
Lot #618 - Great Britain british offices in the turkish empire
1889 2p registered stationery envelope, additionally franked with 40pa surcharge, used in combination with imperf. "Express D'Orient" label in dull salmon (upper left sheet corner margin example), paying the postage and the additional fee for a letter sent by the Orient Express, jointly cancelled by "R" and the cds of British P.O. Constantinople, Feb.9, 1889, sent to Copenhagen, with arrival pmk on back, v.f., with 2004 BPA certificate -...
Lot #619 - Great Britain british offices in the turkish empire
1906 Edward, 1pi on 2p green and carmine, l.h., some overall toning and light gum stains, otherwise v.f., with 2013 Brandon cert. (SG 15) -
Cat. Val. £1,500
Lot #620 - Great Britain british offices abroad - salonica
1916 British Field Office in Salonika, 1/2p-1sh, set of eight, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Calves, etc., -
Cat. Val. £1,400
Lot #621 - Great Britain british offices abroad - salonica
1916 George V, 1/2p-1sh, set of eight, barely hinged (many appear n.h.), v.f. and rare set, signed Diena, Stanley Gibbons, with 1958 A.Diena cert., -
Cat. Val. £1,400
Lot #622 - Great Britain british offices abroad - corfu
1849 (5 June), FL to Kent, with black Paid at Cephalonia crown circle strike, with corresponding Cephalonia departure datestamp alongside, sent via Marseilles, with transit and red London arrival postmarks on back, ms due markings, fine -
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