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 #1176
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1904 (13 July) 3k Russian stationery card from Liaoyang (important town in Southern Manchuria, 40 miles south of Mukden) to Anichkov Palace in Petrograd (thank you for your gift), endorsed "from active army in Liaoyang, canceled "Lyaoyanskaya Polev. Pocht. Kontora", repeated alongside, with arrival pmk (4.VIII.1904), fine usage, ex-Casey
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1177
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1904 (28 Oct) unfranked picture postcard addressed to St. Petersburg, with unit cachet of 13th Company 55 Infantry in violet, canceled "Manchuria Zhelezn. Dor. P.O." (Manchuria Railway T.P.O.), with St. Petersburg arrival (9.11.1904) alongside, fine usage from Manchuli
Envelope
Price Realized
$95.00

Lot #1178
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1904 (7 May) Parcel Receipt card addressed to Warszawa, franked with unoverprinted 14k and 35k, paying 49k, tied by Main Field Post Office cancels (located in Harbin), with 29 May 1904 Warszawa arrival pmk on back
Envelope
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1179
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1904 (14 Dec) Money Letter (70 Rubles) to St. Petersburg, franked on back with unoverprinted 4k and 35k, paying 39k, tied by Main Field Post Office cancels (located in Harbin), with 6 Jan 1905 arrival pmk on back, mostly intact "Glavnaja Polew.Pocht. Kont." wax seals
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1180
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1904 (9 June) unfranked picture postcard (naval fleet at Port Arthur) to Russia, with perfectly struck "Liaoyang Polev. Pocht. Kont" (Field Post Office of Liaoyang), faint military cachet at upper left and arrival 29 June 1904 at top, minor card flaws, otherwise fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1181
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1904 (9 Dec) registered cover (repaired along the top) franked on back with vertical strip of 3x10k dark blue, tied by "Mukden 1 Polew. Tel.Ot.Priamur.Okr." (Mukden Field Tel. Control Station Priamur District) (Tchilingirian & Stephen Type 2), repeated on front, military handstamp alongside, cover sent via Moscow to France, with Cannes Alpes Maritimes 28 Jan 1905 arrival, with Holcombe certificate, ex-Liphschutz
Envelope
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1182
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1905 (26 Aug) picture postcard franked with 1k orange, canceled by "3.Polewaja Pocht kont. 1 Priamur.Okr." (Third Field Post Office Priamur District) (Tchilingirian & Stephen Type 1, "Shanghaikwang"), repeated twice on the portion addressed to Peking, late War usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$100.00

Lot #1183
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1905 (15 May) picture postcard (Tschangli-sien) franked with 1k orange, canceled by "Shanghaiguan.1 Polewaja Pocht el.Ot.Priamur.Okr." (Shanghai-Kwang Priamur District) (Tchilingirian & Stephen Type 2), repeated on the portion locally addressed, fine card, ex-Wortman (Shanghaikwang is situated at the eastern end of the Great Wall of China, which constitutes at that spot the border between Manchuria and China proper. A sedentary Field Post Office was opened by the Russians in 1900)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1184
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1905 (30 Apr) registered cover franked with 3x7k blue, sent to Borga, Finland from the fieldpost office of the First Siberian Army Corps in Manchuria. Postmarked "Field Corps No.1 Post Office", registration label reads "Field corps post office with the First Siberian Corps." With unit handstamp of the Second East-Siberian Rifle Regiment. Also endorsed "From the First Army." (The Second East-Siberian Rifle Regiment was stationed north of Mukden) (Illustrated in Ratner's "The Imperial Russian Post in China and Mongolia")
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1185
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1905 (6 Aug) money letter to Borgo, Finland, franked on back with 2x2k and 15k Arms, sent from the fieldpost office of the First Siberian Army Corps in Manchuria, postmarked "Field Corps No.1 Post Office" with matching intact wax seals, with insurance label "415" reading "Corps No. 1 post office," endorsed "From Second Lieutenant Gronholm, Second East-Siberian Rifle Regiment, First Army, First Siberian Army Corps" (The Second East-Siberian Rifle Regiment was stationed north of Mukden), cover roughly opened, with all markings intact, rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1186
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1905 (31 Aug) unfranked picture postcard (Irkutsk) addressed to Petersburg, with unit cachet of 4th Battery 23rd Artillery Brigade in violet, canceled 29th Reserve Field Post Office (located at that time at Manchuli), with St. Petersburg arrival (15.9.1905) alongside, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1187
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1905 (10 Aug) cover franked with 10k dark blue Kitai overprinted adhesive, tied by "Glavn. Centr. Polev. P.Kont." (Head Central Fieldpost Office) cds, repeated below, sent from Harbin to England, with two perfect censor strikes, one circular Censorship Division H.Q. Commander-in-chief, plus two-line "Censored Under Wartime Conditions", both in violet, with London 25 Sep, 1905 arrival, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare cover, ex-Robbins
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1188
RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War
1905 (17 Sep) registered military cover franked on back with pair of 7k blue, tied by double circle "Harbin Korpusnii Gorodok" (Harbin Army Corps Quarters) (Tchilingirian & Stephen type 1b), addressed to Moscow, where it arrived on 25.10.1905, violet military seal, fine and rare usage, with Holcombe certificate, ex-Liphschutz
Envelope
Price Realized
$425.00

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