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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #983
NETHERLANDS COLONIES Netherlands New Guinea
1944 (8 Dec) flown cover from Merauke to New York, with bilingual "Postage paid" handstamp, with censor seal and control handstamp on back, fine and rare cover (Merauke, on the south coast of Dutch New Guinea (DNG) was one of only a few parts of the Netherlands East Indies that had not been occupied by Japanese forces)
Envelope
Unsold

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