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 #884 NORTH KOREA Military Mail 1941 Japanese military occupation, stationery card to Japan, with return address "Kunkai via Kishun, Tabi Unit, Yoshike Party" (in North Korea), red censor chop, small piece of card missing at bottom left, fine and rare usage from Japanese Occupied North Korea  | Unsold |
 | Lot #885 NORTH KOREA Military Mail 1945 (Dec) Korean picture postcard to Moscow (19 Jan), with 60k Soviet adhesive (defective), showing return address "GENZAN KOREA" endorsed at bottom, supported by message "Regards from Korea, Good Wishes for New Year" in Cyrillic, stamp canceled by "Okeanskaya Gor. Otd. Prim." 27 Dec. (Russian Naval Base in the Pacific), military censor "12781", Moscow 4 transit, some soiling, fine and remarkable usage | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #886 NORTH KOREA Military Mail 1945 (Dec) Korean picture postcard to Moscow (19 Jan), with 60k Soviet adhesive tied by "Okeanskaya Gor. Otd. Prim." 27 Dec. cds (Russian Naval Base in the Pacific), showing return address "GANKO KOREA" endorsed at bottom, military censor "12781", Moscow 4 transit, some soiling, fine and remarkable usage | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #887 NORTH KOREA Military Mail 1950 (1 Sep) cover franked with Russian 2r green, canceled "Shebunino SAKHALIN.Obl.", also framed "Mezhdunarodnoye" (International) hs, addressed to SENSIN, Korea, showing bilingual Vladivostok (English & Cyrillic) 3 Sept TPO, address and destination in both Cyrillic and Korean, apparently carried through military channels, little cover wear, scarce War-time usage from Sakhalin | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #888 NORTH KOREA Military Mail 1953 (17 Jan) cover from Leningrad, franked with Russian 40k definitive, tied by cds, addressed to "Voyen. Pocht. Sort. Lunnt. N2" (Military Postal Sorting Point No.2), "Far East Military District FPO 31583", with "Polevaya Pochta 1" (fieldpost), two forwarding slips attached, one with "Voichovaya Ast 31583" handstamp in red, another with Polevaya Pochta (Feb 12), ms indications that the addressee could not be located, returned to sender, also included five Telegram receipts from Russian units in Korea (1951-55) | Price Realized $240.00 |
