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.

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Lot #499
FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina - LAOS
1896 (2 Feb) "Corps Expeditionaire de Madagascar" letter card, with barred "Madagascar", military octagonal cachet "Corresp. D'Armee 2 Fevr 96 K.IAI" (Kompong Iai, Laos), endorsed "Troupes du Mekong", handwritten "Saravane", sent to France, with "Bassac Laos 4 Fevr 96" and "Saigon-Central Cochinchine 13 Fevr" transits, Bellac and Montpellier arrival pmks, v.f. This is the only known usage from Kamthong-IAI, office serving the Bolaven Plateau (an elevated region in southern Laos), letter coming from Saravane Lao (Salavan, today). The "Corresp.D'Armee" cachet is apparently an error as it should have been "Corps Exp." (total franchise). A splendid Colonial military item, unique in every sense
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