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 #567 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Russia (Siberia) - Austrian and German POWs 1916 cover with pre-printed "Hilfsaktion fur Deutsche u Osterr-Ungar. Gefangene in Siberien,Tientsin, Nord China" (Help activities for Germany and Austrian-Hungarian prisoners in Siberia) on backflap, sent by a Hungarian POW in Siberia to a point in Hungary, registered from German Post Office in Tientsin (1.4.16), returned unclaimed, with a myriad of markings on both sides, including U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, New York and Seattle registry pmks, Moukden, Manchuria and Chinese Post Office Tientsin. In addition, there are Hungarian and English censor labels and handstamps applied in Emmerich, Germany and Budapest, Hungary, fine  | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #568 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Russia (Siberia) - Austrian and German POWs 1916 (7 Jan) registered Money Letter (sending 25r), pre-printed "Service des prisonniers de guerre", Tientsin Russian Post Office Registry label, franked on reverse with block of 4x7k overprinted "Kitai", with transit postmark of "Tientsin I.J.P.O", arriving in Verhnoudinsk (1.2.16), wax seals removed, usual cover wear, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #569 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Russia (Siberia) - Austrian and German POWs 1916 (1 Apr) registered "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover from Tientsin to Hungary, with "Opened by Censor" label on back, sent via New York, with transit and Hungarian arrival pmks, returned back to Tientsin, fine and scarce usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #570 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Russia (Siberia) - Austrian and German POWs 1916-18 selection of 12 postal cards, some pre-printed in Cyrillic, German, Hungarian and French, sent from Khabarovsk, Chita ("Zabajkalsk, Ostsibirien"), Nikolsk Ussuryjsk to a German POW in Chita, others to Germany, Austria, Denmark, with censor markings, usual wear, mostly fine or better | Unsold |
 | Lot #571 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Russia (Siberia) - Austrian and German POWs 1916-18 selection of 13 postal cards from Tashkent, Itchinsk, Berezovka, Chita, Nikolsk Ussuryjsk to Germany, Japan, Austria, others incoming to German POWs in Chita and other camps, various censor markings, usual wear, mostly fine or better | Unsold |
