Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World including the Fred Blau Collection
March 3-4, 2020
We are pleased to announce our March 3-4, 2020 Auction, featuring the Fred Blau collection of Palestine Aerophilately and Military Mail, followed by United States and Possessions, with Dr.Ernesto Arosemena's Canal Zone, continuing with selections from Asia, Western European countries, South and Central America, Middle East, as well as extensive Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Poland with an exceptional collection of World War II Occupation proofs & essays, Russia, Vatican City, etc., and ending as usual with Large Lots and Collections. This is a live public auction taking place in our NYC Galleries as well as on CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #21 AUSTRIA Austrian Military Forces in Palestine - WWI 1917 (18 Sep) registered cover addressed to Vienna, with 18.9.1917 Feldpost Mil.Miss.Jerusalem postmark, with corresponding "Feldpost Militar-Mission Jerusalem 518" Registry label, violet "Portofreie Dienstsache Eingeschrieben" and K.u.K. Mountain Howitzer Division (Paymaster) cachets, also a violet seal and Constantinople military transit markings on back, some filing folds, rare cover, signed Georg Muentz, with his 1987 certificate. Stated to be one of only two known with Jerusalem Registry labels (the other, quite defective, ex-Dr.Jerome Byers was sold in 2002 for $950)  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
