U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
October 12-13, 2021

Our October 12-13, 2021 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,458 lot sale begins with United States, with 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of book material. The Foreign section focus is on Asia, with an outstanding collection of Large Dragons of Shanghai, used and unused individual rarities and a powerful balance lot. There is Japan with Offices in Korea, followed by stamps and Postal History of Imperial Korea, Mongolia, as well as Russian Offices in China, with Chinese Eastern Railway Stations. European countries include Austria, with local issues, France & Colonies, German Colonies, Italian States & Colonies, Poland, Russia, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, an important collection of Persia and select rarities from the rest of the world. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with hundreds of albums comprising a collection formed by Solomon Goldberg and sold on behalf of the UJA of New York. Additional lots range from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and cover lots. Scans of the large lots are continuously being added.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #509
FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - VIETNAM
1888 cover from the Campario correspondence, with letter datelined "Dien-bien-phou February 6, 1888", with "Lao-Kai 25 Fevr 88" and corresponding "Corps Exp're Annan-Tonkin" alongside, addressed to France, with "Ba-Hoa", "Than-Quan", "Ha-Noi" and "Corr.D.Arm. Ligne N Paq. Fr. No.5" transits, also 22 Apr 88 arrival pmk on back (Dien Bien Phu became famous in 1954, when the Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #510
FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - VIETNAM
1907 red-band (Chinese correspondence) cover from My Tho to Pnom Penh, with "My Tho Cochinchine" departure pmk on back and charged Postage Due on arrival in Cambodia, with 20c Colonies General adhesive added and tied by cds, some toning, rare usage
Envelope
Unsold

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