Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
July 12-14, 2022
Welcome to our July 12-14, 2022 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, which will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE and StampAuctionNetwork (SAN). This 1,713-lot sale features United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, 1869 Inverted Centers, Special Printings, graded items, Plate Blocks and back of the book material. Foreign countries include Austria, China, Egypt, France and Colonies, Germany with a selection of WWII Occupation Issues, as well as WWI covers from POW Camps, including Japan. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature high values from Australia, BNA and British Africa. There are rarities from Iran, including postal history, Italy and Italian Colonies, Nepal, Netherlands and Colonies, Panama, Russia and other collecting areas. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections to multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
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 | Lot #1612 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS JAPAN - Covers and Postal History 1915-18 collection of 93 covers, cards from various POW camps in Japan, including Fukuoka (Officers Camps), Matsuyama, Marugame, Nagoya, Naraschino, Bando, Osaka, also several smaller camps, some incoming mail, different destinations and excellent showing of censor markings. In addition, there is a long letter from Max Artelt, who was a renowned escape artist; a leaflet celebrating the birthday of Franz Joseph and a small poster with dedication ("We, the former crew of Tsingtau, dedicate this commemorative sheet to our compatriots in East Asia as an expression of heartfelt thanks for their loyal help"). (After Germany and its allies were defeated in Tsingtao, their soldiers were captured and sent to Japan. More than 4,600 combatant prisoners of war (POWs) were interned in temporary camps in cities throughout Japan. In 1915, after it became clear that the war would last longer than originally expected, Japanese military authorities constructed permanent POW camps to make prisoners' living conditions more tolerable. Though strictly controlled by the military authorities, the prisoners were treated as fellow soldiers in accordance with the Hague Convention of 1907. Despite the fact that the POW camps were encircled by barbed wire, prisoners were not kept isolated from the surrounding society. Ultimately eighty-seven prisoners died in captivity)  | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
