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.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #489 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1873 (Oct) small mourning cover franked with General Issue 10c and 2x20c (two stamps poorly cut in), canceled "CCH" in dots, used from Pnom-Penh to Paris, with "Col. F.V. Suez Paq. 3 Mars" and "Paris a Cherbourg" entry markings, transit (Saigon), arriving in Paris and forwarded to Bayeux, part of backflap missing, but with intact "Paul Roustan Phnom Penh. Cambodge" sender's cachet  | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #490 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1881 (15 Feb) cover to France, with imperf. upper sheet corner margin 25c Type Sage, tied by Pnomh-Penh Cambodge cds, repeated alongside, with red "Modane a Paris 20 Mars 81" entry, "Saigon Cochin-Chine 17 Feb 81" transit and Lapacaudiere (Loire) arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #491 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1885 (25 July) cover to France, franked with French Colonies General Issue 25c yellow, tied by "Cochinchine" cds, with traces of town name at bottom, confirmed on back with "Cambodge Pnum-Penh 27 Juil 85" pmk and ms "Le Capitaine Commandant de poste de Sambor", plus signature on address portion, also a partial red "5 Sep 85 Modane a Paris" entry cds. A military post in Sambor existed from 1885-1889 and the sender could have used a 15c military rate, instead of the 25c civilian rate. The "Corr.d'Arm." octagonal gratte pmks with letters were used in Cambodia at the time, but the civilian gratte pmk used on this cover is unrecorded by J. Desrousseaux and may be the earliest known from Sambor, the first village attacked by the Cambodian dissidents | Unsold |
 | Lot #492 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1886 (July) cover (with letter) from Bandol France, via Marseille to Pnom Penh, Cambodia, addressed to "Corporal a la Milice Cambodgienne a Pnom-Penh" sent unfranked ("service"), but charged "T" with the addition of 30c French Colonies General Issue Postage Due, canceled on arrival in Pnom Penh, also by pen, minor overall toning, fine incoming cover to Cambodia, signed Calves | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #493 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1888 cover to France, franked with French Colonies General Issues 15c blue, tied by indistinct "Cambodge Pnum-Penh", with "Corr.d'Arm. Saigon 30 Nov 88" octagonal gratte pmk alongside, endorsed on back "Corps Expeditionnaire Su Cambodge" on back and initialed by sender, cover tears and wear, rare usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #494 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1894 cover endorsed "Troupes du Mekong" and countersigned "Le Capitaine Commandant les Tirailleurs Annamites a Khong" (signature), accompanied by an 8-page letter discussing missing mail, the occupation of Fort Khong, relief, medals and a great deal more. The cover bears "Corps Expedre Cambodge 2 May 94" cds (used at Khone), also "20 Mai 94 Ligne N Paq Fr. No.3" (of "Yarra", at Saigon), addressed to France (Khone, an island in the Mekong was part of Siam until 1893 Franco-Siamese War. France occupied Khone and took possession according to the 1893 treaty, ratified in 1894. Khone was the principal office from August 28 to October 1893, then became secondary). A fine cover, very few exist from this occupation, especially with letters | Unsold |
 | Lot #495 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1894 (25 Jan) cover endorsed "Colonne du Haut Mekong", with "Corps Exped. Cambodge" departure and octagonal "Ligne Paq. Fr. No.6" below, addressed to Nancy, with "Correspondence Militaire, Le Commandant" and signed by him on reverse, Saigon-Cochinchine transit and arrival pmks, rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #496 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1904 10c stationery card from "Kratie" 13 Sep, sent via Pnompenh, Colombo, Aden and Mombasa to Limuru, British East Africa, with faint 22 Oct 1904 arrival pmk, some adhesions on message side, all markings intact, unusual destination | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #497 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - CAMBODIA 1904-05 two postcards, each franked with a different 10c Indo-China, tied by "Stung-Treng Laos" departure cds, repeated alongside and addressed to Germany (same correspondence to Cologne), with Saigon transit cds at left, the former with arrival pmk, fine (Stung Treng is a province of Cambodia in the northeast. While it belonged to Cambodia up to 1892, it was actually transferred to Laos for the period 1893-1905. It borders the provinces of Ratanakiri to the east, Mondulkiri and Kratie to the south and Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear to the west. Its northern boundary is Cambodia's international border with Laos) | Unsold |
