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 #875 KOREA - Postmarks 1895 cover to Louisville, Ky, franked with single 50p purple, prepaying the single weight letter rate to the United States. Stamp is tied by the extremely rare "MOKPO/COREE 9 Aout 02" foreign mail cds, with additional strike below, with Chemulpo 13 Aout 02 transit, San Francisco Sep 12 and Louisville arrival pmks on back. Cover is slightly repaired to improve appearance, still fine and accompanied by a clear 1999 Florian Eichhorn certificate "the Latin style foreign mail marking MOKPO belongs to the top difficulty group of its kind, and on cover is among the rarities of Korean philately"  Catalog #9 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
