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Originally Posted by Craftsman It's difficult to tell want kind of wood the two doors in the photo at the top are made from. The bottom two photo's look like mahogany veneer( straight grained, no real figure).. Remember, when they say "Cherry" or "American Cherry" they don't necessarly mean the species of wood. Sometimes it's just the look. What the manufactures use is inexpensive veeners and stain them to look like whatever is popular at the time.Most of the time they don't remotely resemble the real hardwood. You can strip the finish from a piece of furniture described as "American Cherry" to find that it's stained Maple.
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C'man is correct- very common to find that in furniture. American Cherry in this case would probably be the stain color. My orig. Safari manual describes the interior finish as lacquer. Varnish takes too long to dry in production work and lacquer is/ was the material of choice. Lacquer is easy to touch up as one coat will bond to another- varnish is not as easy.
DEFT brand finishes are what I recommend for the amateur but in well ventilated conditions.