U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 13-14, 2021
Our April 13-14, 2021 Auction will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,067 lot sale features United States and Foreign countries. The sale begins with over 400 lots of high quality U.S. singles including many rarities and graded items. The Foreign section includes Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, China and South and Central American countries as well as an outstanding selection of the Treasures of Israel Philately, offered for sale at auction for the first time. Featured are the 1948 sheets of Doar Ivri, perf. and imperf. as well as uncut sheets of 300 of the First Festivals issue and the Postage Dues sets. In addition, this sale includes a strong selection of 200+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #748 POLAND 1940 correspondence from Lithuania (two 35c stationery cards and one 5c with "Interniertensendung" endorsement) sent by a Polish soldier (aspirant) interned in Lithuania to German occupied Krakow, one from Rokiskins, others from the pemanent camp in Vilkaviskis, all posted from Kaunas. Internee's mail was limited to 20 lines per postcard, and the sender was clearly aware of this limitation (on each card, he numbered his message from 1 to 20), fine-v.f., with German censor markings applied on arrival (In September 1939 about 15,000 Polish officers, soldiers and policemen crossed into Lithuania to escape capture by German or Russian forces. They were interned, first in temporary internee camps (Birstonas, Palanga, Alytus, Kursenai and Rokiskis) and later in four permanent internee camps (Kalvarija, Ukmerge, Vilkaviskis and Kaunas). Over the next ten months, some internees were released for health reasons, some qualified for Lithuanian citizenship, and quite a few had escaped to join fighting with Germans in France, or with Russians in Finland. Once Lithuania came under the direct Soviet control, the remaining internees (about 4700) were declared POWs and transferred to camps in Russia (Kozyelsk and Yuchnov)  | Price Realized $475.00 |
