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 #968 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1940 (18 Nov) 3 1/2c stationery card from Cheribon/Java to USA, censored in Batavia, arriving in Salem, Mass., where 28c Postage Due was charged with the addition of U.S. 3c, 5c and 2x10c (one defective). There is a "postage due" handstamp and "4" penciled in, suggesting that this card was the top piece in a stack of seven cards, fine and interesting item  | Unsold |
 | Lot #969 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1940 (23 Dec) flown cover from Medan to the International Red Cross in Geneva, originating from Camp Koetatjane which held German internees, franked with 20c Wilhelmina, censored in Batavia, with Red Cross handstamp on back (after the German invasion of the Netherlands, all German citizens living in the free Netherlands Indies were arrested and placed in internment camps) | Unsold |
 | Lot #970 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1940 (29 Apr) cover flown from Bandung to Leiden, Holland, confiscated on arrival and censored, with "Briefprufstelle" label in Cologne, fine example of what is described as the "last connection" between free Dutch Indies and German occupied Holland | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #971 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1941 incoming mail, three covers neatly described on album pages, Zurich to Surabaya, Buenos Aires to Malang and Port Said to Tandjong, the latter with franking on back, carried from Cairo to Lydda by train to connect to the KLM service to Batavia, each cover with censor label and handstamps, fine lot | Unsold |
 | Lot #972 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1940 incoming mail, cover flown from Switzerland to Bandung, routed via Basel to Lisbon, from there on Trans-Atlantic Pan-Am clipper to New York, then via San Francisco to Auckland, on Pan-Am Transpacific service and from Auckland on TEAL/KNILM to Batavia, opened by censor, fine example of "Two Oceans" route | Unsold |
 | Lot #973 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1943 (13 Apr) official, censored "window" envelope, franked with vertical pair of 5c blue, sent from Medan, fine usage from North Sumatra | Unsold |
 | Lot #974 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1943 (9 July) official, censored "window" envelope, franked with a combination of 5c blue and Japanese 25c definitive, registered from Medan, fine and scarce mixed franking from North Sumatra | Unsold |
 | Lot #975 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1943 two censored covers to Tandjoeng Balai, one from Membang Moeda, the other from Pematang Siantar, each franked with Dutch Indies adhesives, fine usage from Sumatra | Unsold |
 | Lot #976 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1944 (19 June) Money Order from Menado, sending 100 Gulden/Rupees, franked with 2x20c with Anchor and red chops, fine usage in North Celebes | Unsold |
| Lot #977 NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands Indies 1944 (30 Oct) cover attractively franked with four horizontal pairs (30c, 25c, 40c and 80c) Dutch Indies adhesives with Anchor handstamps, sent from Bali to Tokyo, fine | Unsold |
