U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 4-5, 2005
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1499 JAPAN 1872 1/2s brown, variety on native paper, fine used, very rare Catalog #9a Catalog Value 1,250 | Unsold |
| Lot #1500 JAPAN 1874 native cover franked with 4s and 6s, various red chops, some toning, otherwise fine  | Price Realized $700.00 | |
| Lot #1501 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 | Price Realized $750.00 | |
| Lot #1502 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 | Price Realized $2,600.00 | |
| Lot #1503 JAPAN 1890 cover from Kobe via Yokohama to USA, with single 5s ultra canc. in English, re-directed on arrival, fine-v.f. Catalog #74 | Price Realized $190.00 | |
| Lot #1504 JAPAN 1897 illustrated cover from Tokyo to Jamestown, St.Helena, franked by pair of 1s green, cover defects, unusual destination Catalog #72 | Price Realized $120.00 | |
 | Lot #1505 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 Catalog #73,77,93,103 | Price Realized $400.00 |
| Lot #1506 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. | Price Realized $90.00 | |
 | Lot #1507 JAPAN 1917 Prisoner of War cover from Narashino Camp to Tokyo, with appropriate markings, v.f. | Price Realized $150.00 |
| Lot #1508 JAPAN 1925 Wedding, cplt set tied by commemorative pmks on back of postcard, v.f. Catalog #190-93 | Price Realized $140.00 | |
| Lot #1509 JAPAN 1941 4s dark green, five unexploded booklets, fine-v.f.  Catalog #Sakura B20 Catalog Value Yen 22,500 | Price Realized $110.00 | |
| Lot #1510 JAPAN 1941 4s dark green, four unexploded booklets, fine-v.f. Catalog #Sakura B20 Catalog Value Yen 18,000 | Price Realized $110.00 | |
| Lot #1511 JAPAN 1970s Also Ryukyu Islands, selection of 35 different sheets of 20 (700 stamps), all overprinted "Mihon", n.h., v.f.  S | Price Realized $1,250.00 | |
 | Lot #1512 JAPAN Air Post. 1919 overprints, set of two, fine-v.f., signed Einchorn, BPP * Catalog #C1-2 Catalog Value 710 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1513 JAPAN Air Post. 1919 overprints, set of two, each tied on ppc (Miss Stinson in her plane, also Miss Stinson in a Japanese kimono receiving a souvenir from Princess Kan-In), minor card abrasions on picture sides, otherwise fine-v.f.,rare Catalog #C1-2 | Price Realized $850.00 |
| Lot #1514 JAPAN Air Post. 1929-34 Osaka-Tokyo and Osaka-Dairen, 2 diff. flight covers with appropriate cachets, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $200.00 | |
 | Lot #1515 JAPAN Zeppelin Flights. 1929 Round the World Flight Tokyo to USA, cover franked with 2.10y, Tokyo departure and Los Angeles arrival pmks, minor tears at top, otherwise fine | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1516 JAPAN Zeppelin Flights. 1929 8pf German stationery reply card, address side additionally franked with 2M Zeppelin, cancelled on board 15.8.1929 and flown to Tokyo, additional "An Bord des Luftschiffes Graf Zeppelin 15 Aug. 1920" and"Round the World" cachets in red; reply side additionally franked with Japanese 1yen and flown to Los Angeles, some card strengthening, signed C.E.Rosendahl, Lt. Commander, with Aug.26 arrival pmk. A fine and unique combination | Unsold |
| Lot #1517 JAPAN Army Pigeon Mail. 1930 first trial pigeon flight from Shirokiya Department Store, Ninonbashi, Tokyo, to the Army communication unit, Nakano-ku, Tokyo. The official letter sheet has a commemorative cancel for the 25th Anniversaryof Army day held at the store, fine, with a detailed explantion. In WWII, Japanese Army and Navy employed 200,000 military pigeons in the field of war | Price Realized $500.00 | |
 | Lot #1518 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. | Price Realized $250.00 |
