U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 4-5, 2005

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1522
Russian Prisoners' of War in Japan
1905 cover (with letter enclosed) to St.Petersburg, with violet "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", green Tokyo & St.Petersburg arrival pmks, censor chops on reverse, minor cover faults, fine & scarce cover from a Russian prisoner of war
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1523
Russian Prisoners' of War in Japan
1905 ppc from a Russian POW to St.Petersburg, with "Service des Prisonnniers de Guerre" cachet, Osaka transit & green St.Petersburg arrival pmks, violet and red censor chops, v.f. and rare card
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1524
Russian Prisoners' of War in Japan
1905 ppc from one Russian POW to another in Kobe, with interesting text (in Russian) and the POW's picture, various censor & arrival markings, v.f. and extremely rare correspondence between camps
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1525
Russian Prisoners' of War in Japan
1905 cover from a Russian POW officer in Osaka (Imamiya) to the French Consul in Kobe, violet "Service des Prisonniers De Guerre" and other markings incl. arrival cds, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1526
Russian Prisoners' of War in Japan
Japanese Forces in Siberia.
1918-23 selection 15 covers and cards, written up exhibition style on pages, with military markings clearly identified with usages from Sakhalin, Nikolsk, Blagoveshchensk, Spasskaya, Vladivostok, also a cardfrom Austro-Hungarian POW, franked with 10k (unusual since POW mail was sent post-free), various First Post Offices, fine-v.f. and interesting group of covers
Envelope
Unsold

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