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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #888
JAPAN
1918 cover headed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" addressed to a Prisoner of War Camp in Kurume, Japan, franked on back with Russian 50k block of four, showing the return address of Kunst & Albers in Vladivostok, with arrival pmk, fine usage to a German POW in a Japanese Camp in Kurume (at the outset of World War I, Japan waged a short, successful campaign against German forces in China, taking thousands of prisoners of war, who went on to spend more than five years in camps in Japan)
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

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