Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
May 3-4, 2022
Welcome to our May 3-4 Sale which will take place live in our Galleries as well as via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,306 lot sale features United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. A-Z countries include specialized Austria, Egypt, France, as well as Germany with a selection of WWII Occupation Issues and mail from POW Camps. Great Britain and British Commonwealth include rare singles, high values, BNA and British Africa. There are numerous rarities from Iran, Italy (with Old States and Italian Colonies), Israel, with sheets of 7-9 and J1-5, Korea, Latvia and many other collecting areas. The auction concludes with a solid section of Large Lots and Collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #273 CHINA Prisoner of War Mail 1916 cover endorsed "Sender: Interniert", sent from "Hai-Tien" camp near Beijing to Tientsin, oval "Internierungslager HAiTIEN" at bottom, with framed bilingual "Correspondance des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamps, additional markings and arrival pmk on back, cover roughly opened at right, scarce  | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #274 CHINA Prisoner of War Mail 1918 red band cover (opened for display) addressed to Shanghai, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre, China", sent from Hailun, with bilingual departure pmks, framed "Correspondance des Prisonniers de Guerre" and additional chop alongside, with double oval "Hailun Zensur" in violet, plus two different Shanghai arrival pmks, one dated 18 July 18, fine and extremely rare cover | Unsold |
 | Lot #275 CHINA Prisoner of War Mail 1919 (8 Feb) 1c stationery card, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", sent by a German P.O.W. in Kirin, China, with diamond "Censor" cachet, message from officer to his girlfriend in Copenhagen, describing his recent bout with typhoid, etc. | Price Realized $475.00 |
