1832 FL from St. Petersburg, sent via Memel to Bordeaux where it was disinfected, with slits, also boxed "Prusse par Forbach" and accountancy mark, address somewhat smeared, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk -
Cat. Val.
Worldwide Stamps and Covers
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Archive
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.
Refine Your Search
Filters
Filter By
Category
- (-) Remove Russia filter Russia
Sub Category
- air post (6) Apply air post filter
- catapult flights (1) Apply catapult flights filter
- flight covers (2) Apply flight covers filter
- postage dues (1) Apply postage dues filter
- Postal stationery (2) Apply Postal stationery filter
- russia used in asia (1) Apply russia used in asia filter
- russian offices in china (6) Apply russian offices in china filter
- russian offices in the turkish empire (9) Apply russian offices in the turkish empire filter
- russian provisional locals - kustanai (1) Apply russian provisional locals - kustanai filter
- Russian Provisional Locals - Tomsk (1) Apply Russian Provisional Locals - Tomsk filter
- semi-postals (5) Apply semi-postals filter
- ship mail (2) Apply ship mail filter
- wenden (1) Apply wenden filter
- ZEMSTVO BEZHETSK (1) Apply ZEMSTVO BEZHETSK filter
- zemstvo bogorodsk (2) Apply zemstvo bogorodsk filter
- ZEMSTVO KOLOMNA (1) Apply ZEMSTVO KOLOMNA filter
- ZEMSTVO ORGHEEV - POLTAVA (1) Apply ZEMSTVO ORGHEEV - POLTAVA filter
Showing 1 - 25 of 80
Lot #1318 - Russia
Lot #1319 - Russia
1849 (16 July) small FL from St. Petersburg to France, attractive illustrated stationery sheet, with boxed two line departure datestamp, sent to Nice, taxed 20(deci), with red "T.A.3" and "12 Ago" arrival hs, v.f. -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1320 - Russia
1853 10k black, stationery entire envelope cancelled by pen, with "Oboyan July 27" departure pmk, addressed to Smolensk, fine -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1321 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful colors, tied by oval "Walk" departure pmk on FL to Riga, with additional "Walk.Lif. 18" (Walk, Lifland province, plus first two year numerals) plus "Polucheno 19 May, 1858" arrival pmks on back, addressee's name and address obliterated by pen, v.f., signed Diena -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1322 - Russia
1866 20k and 30k vertically laid paper, used in 1872 on registered cover from Odessa to Vienna, oval "Frankirovano" in violet, four intact wax seals of the German Consulate in Odessa, 29 May departure and Vienna arrival pmks on back, filing fold and minor staple rust away from the stamps, fine example of quadruple weight, registered letter rate to Austria (40k+10k), with 1993 Mikulski cert. -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1323 - Russia
1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, used, cancelled 1885, well centered but with usual faults (high value stamps were usually affixed to parcels and carelessly removed, becoming damaged in the process), fine appearance, extremely rare, with Robineau certificate, -
Cat. Val. $15,000
Lot #1324 - Russia
1893 (11 Jan) 7k stationery entire, additionally franked on front with 7k blue and on reverse with 1k yellow and 4k red (another stamp missing), registered from Revel (now Tallinn, Estonia) to Montevideo, Uruguay, fine, with arrival pmk, scarce destination -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1325 - Russia
1902 25k dull green & lilac, center inverted, light postmark Zhitomir 20 July 1906, fresh and fine inverted center, known only used, with 2012 Philatelic Foundation Certificate, -
Cat. Val. $6,500
Lot #1326 - Russia
1909 10k dark blue, vertical pair, printed on both sides, v.f. and extremely rare variety -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1328 - Russia
1913 Romanov Centenary Issue, 5r Nicholas II, horizontal pair, also 3r single, used with 14x35k, 10k, 2x1r and 5x7r Arms, also 10k/7k surcharge on both sides of a dispatch card for parcel valued at 90 rubles, from Harbin to Baku, with dispatch pmks and registration label. The charge of 7r, as indicated by crayon at bottom of the form, was paid by the pair of 1r, 14x35k and 10k. The additional charge of 48 rubles and 10k was actually made in...
Lot #1329 - Russia
1916 (10 June) cover franked with three uncancelled Romanov stamps sent to Amsterdam, opened by censor and backstamped, with return address showing that this cover was sent by a member of Belgian Armored squadron (Division Belge) serving with the Russian army, v.f. and rare -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1330 - Russia
1916 Romanov "money" stamps, 1k and 2k overprinted, sheet corner margin blocks of 25, n.h., v.f. -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1331 - Russia
1916 Romanov "money" stamps, 2k unoverprinted with coat of arms on reverse, two sheets of 100, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., -
Cat. Val. $7,000
Lot #1332 - Russia
1919 (13 Apr) registered money transfer card from Elets (Orlov gouv.) to Riga, franked on both sides with Imperial 5k, 10k, 3.50r, paying 4,70r (postage, plus 50k insurance and 20k registration) used in combination with 35k and 70k RSFSR Chainbreakers, filing folds away from the stamps, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk on back -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1333 - Russia
1921 definitives, selection of 24 varieties, including offsets (2r, 500r, 300r, 7,500r and 1000r), double impression, one inverted (7,500r two different shades), double impression (100r single and block of four, also 250r pair), triple impression (1000r), pre-print fold (7,500r), plate cracks (250r), fine-v.f. lot -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1334 - Russia
1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f. -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1335 - Russia
1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f. -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1336 - Russia
1921 5,000r on 2r, black surcharge inverted, two diff. shades, h.r., v.f. -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1337 - Russia
1922 50r brown, upper left sheet corner margin imperf. block of six, printing partly omitted from two stamps, usual gum creases, fine and unusual variety -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1338 - Russia
1922 (29 Apr) registered cover from Odessa to USA, franked on back with vertical gutter pair of 22,500r, also additional 75,000r franking made up of two pairs of 7,500r surcharges (one badly cut at bottom) and another regular pair of 22,500r, some cover wear, otherwise fine and scarce usage -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1339 - Russia
1923 1r-20r set of five perforated cross-gutter blocks of four, also 10r and 20r bottom sheet margin blocks of ten with Goznak plate and imprints, plus an additional block of 10r fold-over variety, part of printing omitted at bottom, fine lot for a specialist -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1340 - Russia
1923 Exhibition, two imperforate sets, tied by exhibition postmarks (3 Sep) and used with additional franking on both sides of registered cover flown from Moscow to Zurich, red "Mit Luftpost Befordert Konigsberg" and arrival pmk (7 Sep), fine-v.f. -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1341 - Russia
1923 Exhibition, four imperforate sets, used on both sides of registered cover, flown from Moscow (25 Aug) to Germany, Konigsberg transit and Berlin Tempelhof arrival (27 Aug) pmks, fine -
Cat. Val.
Lot #1342 - Russia
1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green imperforate horizontal pair, double impression at right, also watermarked 8k brown olive, small head variety, block of four, both items with invalidating perforations, fine -
Cat. Val.
About The Seller
Cherrystone Auctions, Inc.
Cherrystone Auctions, Inc. holds a major international auction sale every two months, in the heart of New York City, featuring over 2,500 lots including: Important Rarities, Postal History and... Read More
