U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
May 29-30, 2002

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1645
JAPAN
1872 1s blue, missing stroke on lower character variety, fine and very rare
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Catalog #JSCA 6vb
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Lot #1646
JAPAN
1888 pictorial envelope to Austria, franked UPU Koban 2s strip of three plus 5s ultra, cancelled with four striked of intaglio "K" plus 20mm thimble Kobe pmk, same Nagasaki transit, via New York to Graz and forwarded to Baden, colorand attractive cover
Envelope
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Lot #1647
JAPAN
1895 cover to USA franked with 5sen ultramarine, tied by "Hakodate Japan 25 March, 95" cds, various transit and arrival pmks, backflap missing, otherwise v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #1648
JAPAN
1898 cover franked with 10sen tied by brown pmk, sent via Tokyo and Hong Kong to France, with arrival pmk
Envelope
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Lot #1649
JAPAN
1898 small size Koban envelope to Germany uprated New Koban 8s violet canc., "FM Yokohama w. Mgladback 17.2.98" backstamp
Envelope
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Lot #1650
JAPAN
1902 legal size cover with "U.S.Naval Force on Asiatic Station Flagship Brooklyn" official business cachet, franked with 3s and addressed to U.S.Consul at Chefoo, with I.J.P.O. Shanghai arrival pmk. The "USS Brooklyn", heavy cruiser No.3 stopped in Nagasaki to load coal for the trip home, following service in the Boxer Rebellion
Envelope
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Lot #1651
JAPAN
1921 Postal Service, set of four, h.r., v.f.
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Catalog #163-66
Catalog Value 239
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Lot #1652
JAPAN
1946-49 souv. sheets, duplicated selection with Boy, Parks (with folders) etc., l.h. or n.h., some usual creases, mostly fine-v.f.
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Catalog Value 2,919
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Lot #1653
JAPAN
1947 1.20y green, souv. sheet of 15, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #385a
Catalog Value 160
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Lot #1654
JAPAN
1948 Beauty, sheetlet of five, natural gum creases or toned specks, n.h., fine-v.f.
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Catalog #422a
Catalog Value 425
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Lot #1655
JAPAN
1949 Boy, sheet of 10, n.h., natural gum creases, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #456
Catalog Value 275
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Lot #1656
JAPAN
1949 "Moon & Geese", sheetlet of five, n.h., v.f.
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Catalog #479a
Catalog Value 550
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Lot #1657
JAPAN
1950 Athletics sheetlet of 20, n.h., staple holes at bottom margin, fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #505-508
Catalog Value 640++
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Lot #1658
JAPAN
Air Post.
1919 overprints, set of two, fine-v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks
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Catalog #C1-2
Catalog Value 750
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Lot #1659
JAPAN
Air Post.
1930 flown card from Yokohama to USA, with "By kindness of Lieut. Harold Bromley on his plane "City of Tacoma" from Japan to Tacoma", signed by Harold Gatty (navigator), v.f. and extremely rare, one of only 10 carried and accompanied by a photographed statement from Gatty describing the flight
Envelope
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Lot #1660
JAPAN
Air Post.
1932 registered cover to Switzerland franked with 81/2s brown (3), 16s green (2), 18s ultramarine (3) & 33s grey (3) all tied by "Osaka Japan" datestamps, front shows red framed "Via Siberia" and Registered hs, plus Osaka Rlabel and Russian transit, while reverse bears Zurich arrival datestamps, a beautiful airmail cover, showing scarce five color franking
Envelope
Catalog #C3,5,6-7
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Lot #1661
JAPAN
Postal Stationery.
"Mailing Card" with "K.Tamamura Yokohama Imperial Japan" imprint, two unused cards, one with "Chinese Court-House" on reverse, the other with view of Yokohama, minor flaws, otherwise fine
Envelope
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Lot #1662
JAPAN
Officials.
1900 (ca) envelope with preprinted "Department of Communications of Japan" heading at top, also "Official Business M.O.B." at bottom, various pmks and forwarding slip, fine
Envelope
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Lot #1663
JAPAN
Officials.
1916 ppc of "S.S. Shinyo Maru", franked with 4s, canc. on board with message..."17 days in Pacific Ocean, tomorrow we shall arrive in San Francisco", routed via Vladivostok to Moscow, with military censor hs and arrival pmk
Envelope
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