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.

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Lot #437
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1916 (9 Aug) "Feldpostbrief" with bilingual "Feldpost der Militar Mission Bozanti" in violet, with full enclosure letter, opened by censor with "Militarischerseits under Kriegsrecht geoffnet" (opened under martial law) label and signed by censor on back, some toning, scarce usage
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Lot #438
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917-18 (12 Mar) picture postcard, endorsed "Feldpost", with good strike of bilingual "Feldpost, Mil.Miss. Bosanti", sent to Germany, with violet censor handstamp, minor toning, also a fieldpostkarte with a 1917 Bosanti handstamp, addressed to Germany, fine
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Lot #439
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1916 (2 Sep) card with Turkish franking canceled "Kurutscheschme" and addressed to Berlin, showing bilingual "Generalstabshauptmann Damad Ismail Hakki Teerfik" handstamp alongside (member of Turkish general staff) addressed to Major Joachimi, framed Ottoman censor cachet, fine and scarce usage
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Lot #440
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1916 three picture postcards, one with "Feldpost Mil. Miss. Bir-Es-Seba" pmks (one stamp removed), the other two stampless with "Mil.Miss. A.O.K.4" (Jerusalem), all addressed to Germany
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Lot #441
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917 (11 July) Fieldpost cover showing bilingual "Feldpost Mil. Miss. MOSSUL" pmk, addressed to Berlin, military violet handstamp "Brief-Stempel" and "Opened under Martial Law" censor label on reverse, fine and rare cover, used after the fall of Baghdad, when the Ottoman forces moved their operations to Mosul
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Lot #442
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1918 (25 Sep) Fieldpost card addressed to Constantinople, with a perfect strike of bilingual Feldpost Mil.Miss. "Eskischehir", fine and very rare usage
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Lot #443
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1915 Fieldpost cover addressed to Berlin, with violet "Militar Mission Personal Adjutant Konstantinopel" seal, repeated on back, with Berlin arrival (3.3.15) at top, with "auswaertiges amt" (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) official handstamp, fine and very rare
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Lot #444
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1915 Fieldpost card with "Deutsche Militar Mission Feldpost" bilingual datestamp, location not indicated, datelined Constantinople, sent to Berlin and forwarded to Osnabruck, fine
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Lot #445
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917 Fieldpost cover and lettersheet, each with bilingual "Gleisspitze Bagdadbahn" datestamp, one originating in Constantinople, sent to Potsdam, the other from Aleppo, with Berlin censor label and signature on back, fine
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Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #446
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1918 ppc from Constantinople with "Kais.Deutsch. Marine Schiffspost No.132" datestamp, endorsed in ms "Turkische Torpedoboots Flotille (Ondine) Konstantinople", dated 14.5.18, fine and extremely rare usage from a Turkish Torpedo boat flotille
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Lot #447
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1918 (16 Mar) picture postcard (Galata Tower) with good strike of bilingual "Feldpost, Mil.Miss. Konia", sent to Germany, also another picture postcard (Bethlehem), with a 1917 Mil.Miss. A.O.K. 4 (Jerusalem), with two framed censor handstamps applied on arrival in Germany, minor card flaws, otherwise fine
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Lot #448
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1918 (14 June) "Feldpostbrief" card, written from "Anatolia" and addressed to an officer with a transportation unit, with clear bilingual "Feldpost Mil. Miss. KONIA", also "Briefstempel" and boxed "S.B. Kraftw.-Fe-Bauzug 926" (transportation Army Telegraph under construction), fine item, signed Mansfeld
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Lot #449
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1916 (10 May) postal card with Turkish franking, canceled "Feldpost Mil. Miss. ALEPPO", sent by a staff member of Von Der Goltz to Germany, fine
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Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #450
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917 two Fieldpost picture postcards to Hannover, one with "Feldpost Mil. Miss. Aleppo", the other "Constantinople", some creases, otherwise fine
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Lot #451
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1916 three cards and two covers to Germany, mostly with "Feldpost Mil. Miss. ALEPPO", one cover with "Ortslazarett Aleppo" sent to Strasburg, with censor tape on back, another originating from an orphanage in Beirut, handled as "Fieldpost", fine group
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Lot #452
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1916 (8 Dec) cover endorsed "Feldpost" sent to Germany, with bilingual "Feldpost Mil. Miss. A.O.K.6", also Telegraph unit in Asia Minor handstamped "Brief-stempel" on both sides, censor tape on back, fine
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Lot #453
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917 cover and picture postcard (Baalbek Temple) to Germany, each with clear bilingual "Feldpost Mil. Mission Damaskus", the former franked with Ottoman 20pa lilac, bearing an additional military seal, handstamped "Sendet keine Nahrungsmittel nach der Turkei" (do not send food to Turkey), opened and resealed by censor, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #454
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917 (1 Apr) picture postcard to Germany, with clear bilingual "Feldpost Mil. Mission Damaskus", with violet "Deutsches Soldatenheim Damaskus" seal, handstamped "Sendet keine Nahrungsmittel nach der Turkei" (do not send food to Turkey) handstamp at bottom
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Lot #455
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917 (19 Oct) Turkish postal card to Germany, with clear bilingual "Feldpost Mil. Mission Damaskus", also "K.D. Telegraph Branch Asia Minor" and violet military handstamp
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Lot #456
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917 (2 May) cover endorsed "Feldpost" and addressed to officer's club in Berlin, endorsed "Deutsche Irakgruppe Mossul", with bilingual "Feldpost Mil. Miss. A.O.K.6", fine and scarce usage from Mossul
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #457
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in the Turkish Empire Military Mail
1917 (26 Nov) card sent by a Sister M. Zarnack (nurse at soldier's home in Marmure), with bilingual "Feldpost Mil. Miss. MARMURE" departure pmk, sent to Berlin, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

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