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 #564 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1919 (25 Aug) card from Kurume to Liverpool Camp in Australia, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", violet censor chop and departure markings, arrival censor markings "Liverpool Concentration Camps", handstamped "Repatriated June 14, 1919 Return to Sender" and "Dead Letter Sydney Feb 11, 1920" on back, some creases, rare usage from a German POW in Kurume Camp in Japan to another POW in Australia  | Price Realized $240.00 |
