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 #807 JAPAN Japanese Offices in Korea Ship Mail 1893 cover to Augsburg, Germany, franked with Russian 14k carmine & blue, originating on a Russian Ship and posted on a Japanese ship "Satsuma Maru", endorsed "Via Fusan" (Korea), canceled "I.J.P.O. Gensan/ 23 VII 1893/Meiji 26", with small triangular framed "GEN./SHIP" ("GEN" for Gensan) applied on reverse, transmitted via Nagasaki (27 VIII and 30 VIII) and Yokohama (2 IX), with Augsburg (9.10.93) arrival pmk on back. Markings with the word "Ship" were used by some countries between 1891 (when the U.P.U. Congress at Vienna authorized the cancelation of ship letters with the datestamp of the port of arrival) and 1894, when the word "Paquebot" came into use to denote mail posted on board ship. A fascinating cover, with 1991 Mikulski certificate, ex-Casey  | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
