U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
February 18-19, 2004

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1720
JAPAN
1871 100m blue, vert. strip of three, unused without gum as issued, cut in at right, still a nice multiple
(*)
Catalog #2
Catalog Value 630
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1721
JAPAN
1872 1/2s brown, variety on native paper, fine used, very rare
Catalog #9a
Catalog Value 1,250
Unsold
Lot #1722
JAPAN
1874 native cover franked with 4s and 6s, various red chops, some toning, otherwise fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1723
JAPAN
1875 FL from the French Post Office in Yokohama, franked with pair of 30c gray and single 40c orange, paying 1fr rate via Marseille to France, fresh and v.f., with appropriate transit & arrival markings
Envelope
Price Realized
$725.00

Lot #1724
JAPAN
1890s-1930s correspondence of a Japanese family residing in Germany, spanning over 40 years, partially annotated and prepared for display. Includes registered 1891-3 covers from Germany to Japan with numerous transit markings,also an interesting beginning of the century group of postcards written in Japanese and mailed within Germany. This lot could provide a specialist with a unique insight into the life of the Japanese expatriates in pre-WWII Europe
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1725
JAPAN
1890s correspondence of 69 covers franked mostly with 2s rose, many with lovely handpainted artwork inserts, some illustrated on the outside, otherwise with advertising inside; also four French covers 1925-33 to Japan or Korea, generally fine-v.f. and fascinating lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #1726
JAPAN
1890 cover from Kobe via Yokohama to USA, with single 5s ultra canc. in English, re-directed on arrival, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #74
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1727
JAPAN
1897 illustrated cover from Tokyo to Jamestown, St.Helena, franked by pair of 1s green, cover defects, unusual destination
Envelope
Catalog #72
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #1728
JAPAN
1900 cover from Kobe, via Yokohama to Germany, with 1s(2)+2s(2)+5s+10s combination franking, endorsed "Via San Francisco per str. Hong Kong Mary", fine-v.f., with Lokstedt 2.2.1901 arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #73,77,93,103
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1729
JAPAN
1909 cover from Yokohama to France, franked on reverse with 2x1/2s, 2x1s, 2x2s and single 3s, red "Voie De Siberie" hs and arrival pmks, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$90.00

Lot #1730
JAPAN
1916 card from a German POW in a camp in Osaka to Germany, endorsed "Service des prisonniers de guerre", red Osaka label tied by pmk at UR, various chops in red and orange, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1731
JAPAN
1925 Wedding, cplt set tied by commemorative pmks on back of postcard, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #190-93
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1732
JAPAN
1936 Kwantung, two sets of three, canc. on pieces by red postmarks, v.f.
Catalog #227-29
Catalog Value 320+
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1733
JAPAN
1949 sheet of five, n.h., marginal creases, otherwise fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #422a
Catalog Value 400
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1734
JAPAN
1941 4s dark green, five unexploded booklets, fine-v.f.
Booklet
Catalog #Sakura B20
Catalog Value Yen 22,500
Price Realized
$110.00

Lot #1735
JAPAN
1941 4s dark green, four unexploded booklets, fine-v.f.
Booklet
Catalog #Sakura B20
Catalog Value Yen 18,000
Price Realized
$110.00

Lot #1736
JAPAN
1948-49 Regular Issues, cplt set, l.h., fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #425-36
Catalog Value 625
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1737
JAPAN
Air Post.
1919 overprints, set of two, fine-v.f., signed Einchorn, BPP
*
Catalog #C1-2
Catalog Value 710
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1738
JAPAN
Air Post.
1929-34 Osaka-Tokyo and Osaka-Dairen, 2 diff. flight covers with appropriate cachets, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1739
JAPAN
Ship Mail.
1898 Russian 4k ppc from Vladivostok to Germany, posted in Nagasaki, with boxed "Paquebot", "Ligne N Paq.Fr.No.2" pmk and Kiel arrival cds, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1740
JAPAN
World War I.
1918 cover addressed to the International Red Cross in Geneva, with Japanese Red Cross label on reverse, opened by various censors, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$160.00

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