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 #1158 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1904 (29 Dec) picture postcard ("Troika") franked with 3k red, sent to Novocherkassk, with bold oval "Port-Arthur-266-Harbin" dated strike and arrival pmk 12.01.1905 below, v.f., scarce  | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1159 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1905 (28 Oct) unfranked postcard to Empress Maria Fedorovna in Anichkov Palace (such mail was post free), with oval "Port Arthur-266-Harbin" dated strike and St. Petersburg City post arrival (15.11.1905). By this time, Port Arthur has fallen to the Japanese and the line was moved further north, ex-Casey | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1160 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1907 (22 Oct) picture postcard (Peking) from MUKDEN, franked with 4c Chinese Imperial Post Coiling Dragon, tied by "Shen-Yang-Mukden" pmk, repeated alongside, forwarded via Chinese Eastern Railway, with Russian 3k red canceled by Pochtowyj Wagon (Postal Car) No.266 (11.X.1907), sent to Germany, with "T" handstamp (Chinese postage was not valid for international use at that time and postage due was raised), endorsed "Via Siberia", with Charlottenburg arrival, fine and rare usage from Mukden, with Chinese franking, via the Russian post office, ex-Casey | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1161 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1909 (26 Sep) picture postcard (Manchuria patrol) to Belgium, franked with 1k and 3k Arms, tied by oval "Kwangchentze-266-Harbin" dated strikes (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen type 3Ba), with St.Nicolas 21 Oct.09 arrival pmk, fine | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1912 (12 Aug) picture postcard (Station Tsitsikar, Manchuria), franked with 4k red, sent to Osnabruck, Germany, with bold oval "Harbin-265-Kwangchentze" dated strike, repeated below, fine | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1163 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1912 (22 Aug) 3k stationery card (from the Russian Consulate in Tsitsikar, Manchuria), uprated with 1k yellow, addressed to Frankfurt, Germany, with three oval "Harbin-262-Manchuria" dated strikes, some toning, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1912 (6 Mar) picture postcard (attractive greetings card) franked with Russian 3k red, tied by "Harbin Vokz." Railway station in oval, addressed to Station Imyangpo, with a perfect arrival strike (7.3.12) of "Imyangpo St.Kit. Vost. Zh. D." (Imyangpo Chinese Eastern Railway Station) (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen Type 1, 2B), rare strike, ex-Robbins | Unsold |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1913 (20 Dec) picture postcard (Happy New Year) franked with 3k Romanov, canceled "Harbin Prist. St.Kit.Vost. Zh.D." (Harbin Pier Station of Chinese Eastern Railway), repeated alongside and sent to Zaporozhe, with arrival pmk at bottom, fine and scarce usage | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1166 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1913 (18 Mar) commercial card franked with 3k Romanov, sent from St. Petersburg to Tsitsikar, China, with arrival alongside "Tsitsikar St.Kit. Vost. Zh. D." (Tsitsikar Chinese Eastern Railway Station) (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen Type 4A), also boxed arrival cachet of the Russian Consulate in Tsitsikar (20 March 1913), some toning, scarce Chinese Eastern Railway arrival markings | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1913 (22 July) picture postcard (Vladivostok Train Station) franked with 3k Romanov, tied by oval "Vladivostok-263-Harbin" dated strike (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen fig.669), little toning, rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1914 (3 May) picture postcard (Harbin Hotel Metropol) addressed to Polangen, franked with Russian 3k red, tied by oval "Kwangchentze-266-Harbin" dated strike (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen type 3Ba), with 3.6.14 arrival pmk, v.f. | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1914 (1 Nov) cover to Petrograd, franked with 10k Romanov canceled by oval "Harbin-265-Kwangchentze" dated strike, repeated alongside, censor label and two different Cyrillic "Opened by Censor" handstamps in violet, 11.11.14 arrival pmk on back, cover roughly opened at left, otherwise fine | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1170 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1915 (18 Aug) cover franked on back with 10k dark blue, canceled (on both sides) with oval "Vladivostok-264-Harbin" dated strikes, violet censor handstamp ("D.P.M.") and addressed to Station Ashikhe, with additional address in Chinese and red chops at sides, showing a fine arrival strike (20.8.1915) of "Ashikhe St.Kit. Vost. Zh. D." (Ashikhe Chinese Eastern Railway Station), cover roughly opened and slightly affected by moisture, otherwise fine and rare example of Ashikhe (in Chinese A-Cheng) arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #1171 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1915 (20 Aug) cover franked on back with 10k dark blue, canceled (on both sides) with oval "Vladivostok-264-Harbin" dated strikes, violet censor handstamp ("D.P.M.") and addressed to Station Ashikhe, with additional address in Chinese and red chops at sides, showing a fine arrival strike (20.8.1915) of "Ashikhe St.Kit. Vost. Zh. D." (Ashikhe Chinese Eastern Railway Station), minor cover tear and overall slightly affected by moisture, otherwise fine and rare example of Ashikhe (in Chinese A-Cheng) arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #1172 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1915 (Sep) 3k Russian stationery card upfranked with 1k yellow, tied by oval "Kwangchentze-266-Harbin" dated strike (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen type 3Bb) and boxed censor cachet, sent via Odessa (29.9.15) to Nis, Serbia, with 8.10.15 arrival pmk at top, card wrinkles, otherwise fine usage to Serbia during WWI | Unsold |
 | Lot #1173 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1917 (10 July) 3k stationery card from Harbin to Station Fulya-Erdi, showing arrival pmk "St.Fulerdi St.Kit. Vost. Zh. D." 11 July, 1917 (Fulya-Erdi Chinese Eastern Railway Station) (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen Type 4L,1), fine and very rare arrival markings | Unsold |
 | Lot #1174 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1918 (6 Nov) Japanese picture postcard (Kanagawa), franked with imperforate single and strip of 3x5k lilac, tied by three oval "Manchuria-261-Harbin" dated strikes (Tchilingirian & Stephen & Stephen type 2e), sent to Reynolds, North Dakota ("just a Howdy to let you know we are still on the job") | Unsold |
 | Lot #1175 RUSSIA Chinese Eastern Railway 1920 (10 Nov) 7k overprinted stationery entire envelope uprated with 2c on 2k green and 5c on 5k lilac, registered from Bukhedu Station to Harbin Pier, stamps tied by light bold Cyrillic "St. Bukhedu 10.11.20" cds, light registry handstamp at top, with arrival (front and back) Harbin Pier Office 12.11.20, v.f., rare usage from Bukhedu Station of Chinese Eastern Railway, ex-Robbins (due to the fall of the Russian Ruble, remaining stocks of the Imperial stamps were surcharged at Harbin in Chinese currency) | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
