U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 4-5, 2018

Welcome to our December 4-5, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,550+ lots, this auction features properties of various owners including George V. Shalimoff’s award winning collections of Russia, M.C. Gilhausen’s Germany and Colonies, David Mace’s collections of China, Chinese Provinces as well as Foreign Offices. Our December sale is well represented with solid United States, South America, Asia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth and rest of the world. As always, there are 150+ large lots and collections, many offered intact, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, exotic flight covers, topicals, including a substantial collection of Boy Scouts on Stamps, plus many others. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available upon request.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #5118
ROMANIA
1945 (14 Feb) propaganda picture postcard - Romanian/Soviet Alliance against Nazi Germany, military free-frank "No.66" (combat operations zone around Bystra), addressed to Bucharest, violet Romanian censor handstamp, fine and rare card (The Soviet Army occupied the northwestern part of Moldavia between the months of April and August of 1944, while Romania was still an ally of Nazi Germany. The rest of the territory was occupied after Romania changed sides on August 23, 1944. On that date, the King announced that Romania had unilaterally ceased all military actions against the Allies, accepted the Allied armistice offer and joined the war against the Axis Powers. The Red Army occupied most of Romania as enemy territory prior to the signing of the Moscow Armistice of September 12, 1944)
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Price Realized
$190.00

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