1858 10k brown & blue, seven used examples, various paper and shade varieties, different postmarks, fine-v.f.
Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
Welcome to our August 9-10, 2016 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World.
With 1,655 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, with additional material from the estate of Robert L. Markovits, as well as numerous consignments entrusted to us during the New York Word Stamp Show. There are solid selections of United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, South America with Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico; Europe with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany & Italy, with their respective Colonies, also Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland; Middle East with extensive Iran; rarities from China and Thailand highlight the numerous lots of Asian material. As always, the sale contains 175+ large lots and collections, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and more. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available.
Please note that this four-session auction (at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day) takes place on Tuesday andWednesday, August 9-10 at our New York 57th Street Auction Galleries and on CherrystoneLive (www.cherrystoneauctions.com/live). Lots will be on view at our galleries on Monday August 8, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.
Lots 1-431, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 10:00 AM - United States Stamps - Albania - China - Finland
Lots 432-834, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 1:00 PM - France & Colonies - German Area - Great Britain - British Commonwealth
Lots 835-1194, Wednesday, August 10, 20016 - 10:00 AM - Greece - Iran - Italy - Japan – Poland - Romania
Lots 1195-1655, Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 1:00 PM - Russia - Switzerland - Large Lots and Collections
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Lot #1196 - Russia
1858 10k brown and blue, beautiful deep color, tied by "393" numeral in dots cancel on outer FL from Dorpat to Riga, with corresponding departure (29 Nov 1858) circular postmark and "Polucheno" arrival datestamp
Lot #1197 - Russia
1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper (first printing), cancelled "1" short numeral, experimental postmark (used only for one week in February 1858), lower right corner perf. partially detached, otherwise a fine appearing example of this postmark rarity, ex-Faberge collection, with 1998 Mikulski certificate ("as of today, only 3 copies registered with this postmark")
Lot #1198 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, unused with full original gum, beautiful color and fresh, hinge thin at top, fine appearance, -
Cat. Val. $1,175
Lot #1199 - Russia
1866 1k black & yellow, imperforate single, used, ample margins all around, minor flaws as often, fine and rare stamp, -
Cat. Val. $3,000
Lot #1200 - Russia
1869 (22 Jan) outer FL from Taganrog, franked with 10k and 20k (unwatermarked), tied by cds and sent to Greece, taxed 45L on arrival in Corfu, with the addition of 5L (margins just in at right) and 40L (margins all around), departure, Petraeus transit and Kerkura arrival pmks, filing fold through 40L, otherwise fine and colorful letter from Russia to Greece
Lot #1201 - Russia
1879 (8 Mar) registered cover franked with 1k, 20k and pair of 5k, paying 31k, stamps tied by "Seletz" two-line datestamp, addressed to France, near Geneva, with Postal Card No.3 transit and Geneva arrival pmks on back, fine and scarce
Lot #1202 - Russia
1883 7k blue, imperf. single, l.h., v.f., -
Cat. Val. $750
Lot #1203 - Russia
1884 3.50r and 7r Arms, Posthorns without Thunderbolts, vertically laid paper, fresh, v.f., the former signed Bloch, -
Cat. Val. $2,100
Lot #1204 - Russia
1884 3.50r black & gray (vertically laid paper), used, well centered, with perforations intact, tiny flaws (as often), fresh and fine stamp, signed Diena, etc., -
Cat. Val. $700
Lot #1205 - Russia
1889 Horizontally laid paper, 1r orange & brown, horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f.
Lot #1206 - Russia
1902 25k dull green & lilac, center inverted, cancelled Zhitomir (30 Mar 1906), well centered, v.f., signed Mikulski. A rare inverted center, known only used, -
Cat. Val. $6,500
Lot #1207 - Russia
1902 35k dark violet & green, horizontal bottom sheet margin pair, left stamp center omitted, partially omitted at right, due to a fold-over, fine and rare
Lot #1208 - Russia
1914 (9 Jan) picture postcard (Kamchatka, Petropavlovsk) to Switzerland, franked with 4k carmine, tied by a good strike of "Post Sv. Olgy" (Olga Bay), repeated at bottom, fresh and v.f. A rare dispatch from this remote area of the world
Lot #1209 - Russia
1917 Karl Marx and Lenin, unaccepted designs, three imperforate essays in black, 2r and 5r values, fine-v.f., scarce
Lot #1210 - Russia
1918 Private Courier Post, 1r "Privatpost Deutsch-Baltisches Comite St. Petersburg", unused with gum, red control handstamp, v.f.
Lot #1211 - Russia
1919 (5 Apr) registered cover from Moscow to Petrograd, paying 3r with five imperforate blocks of 4x10k dark blue, used in combination with pair of perforated 50k, fine and scarce usage, with arrival (8 April) pmk on back
Lot #1212 - Russia
1920 (7 June) registered cover (opened for display) from Briansk to Moscow, franked on back with 10r Imperial Arms, tied by both departure and arrival pmks, addressed to Leon Trotsky (at the time, People's Commissar of Army and Navy Affairs and chairman of the Supreme Military Council. Trotsky had control of the Red Army, responsible only to the Communist Party leadership), some cover wear and slightly reduced at left, scarce destination
Lot #1213 - Russia
1922 unissued 3r dark blue, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f.
Lot #1214 - Russia
1922 10,000r on 40r (smaller size), also red "R.S.F.S.R." (larger size), v.f.
Lot #1215 - Russia
1922 (8 May) registered cover from Odessa to Berlin, franked with vertical pair and pane of 20x10,000r on 40r type II "R.S.F.S.R." (with periods), used in combination with additional franking applied on both sides of the cover, including 20x7,500r, 5x200r, 5x300r, also Postal Fiscals stamps 3x10k, 2x25k, also 1,000r, 5,000r on 2r, 7,500r on 250r, all with appropriate pmks, correct 400,000r rate, with German arrival 23.5.22 on back, some...
Lot #1216 - Russia
1922 red surcharge 10,000r on 40r, block of four, struck on both sides, displaced on gum, v.f.
Lot #1217 - Russia
1922 10,000r greenish blue, vertical watermark, block of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 43a)
Lot #1218 - Russia
1922 5r ocher & black, yellow background inverted, n.h., v.f., scarce
Lot #1219 - Russia
1922 20r on 15k imperforate, lower right sheet corner margin single, position 100, l.h., post office fresh, two tiny positional pinholes at extreme lower right corner portion of the surcharge (probably used by the printers to keep the sheet in place), v.f. and unique positional piece, with Aleksander Zverev and Igor Kirzner certificates
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