U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 29-30, 2021
Our Summer Sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE on June 29-30, 2021. This 1,525 lot sale features United States and Worldwide countries, including the Mark Hegman collection and several other important properties from all over the world. We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany & their respective Colonies, comprehensive Italian Area, Poland, Russia with rare numeral dot cancels and Offices in China. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. There is noteworthy Colombia with 1920 Scadta vignettes, other South and Central America, selections of Ethiopia, China, and the rest of the world. The auction concludes with close to 200 large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. We continue to provide additional images of lots and collections up until the auction dates.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1054 POLAND Internment of Polish Soldiers during World War II 1941 (28 Oct) 1fr stationery card from Roanne, France to German occupied Lublin, with red censor handstamp, sent by a Polish soldier (with French Army), writing from a military hospital located in Free France. The sender "Aspirant" (cadet) Gorski, arrived with a transport of sick Prisoners of War. He probably escaped from Poland to France and joined the French Army, captured by the Germans and released due to illness or injury to the Vichy authorities. Roanne Railroad station was the final destination for transports carrying French POWs and Marshall Petain himself visited Roanne to greet the arriving POWs on several occasions. A rare historical item  | Unsold |
