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.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #604 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 (19 July) picture postcard from Buhlau, Germany to Marugame POW camp in Japan, endorsed "Kriegsgefangensendung", with Tsuruga arrival pmk, red censor/directional chop, fine and scarce incoming camp card  | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #605 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 (5 Feb) picture postcard from Shanghai to a German POW in Oita, Japan, v.f., with Shanghai departure pmk, Japanese arrival and red censor chop, fine early incoming mail | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #606 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 small cover endorsed and with red "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamp, sent by a POW in Marugame Camp to another internee in Karume Camp, with red censor and directional markings, cover tears and some ageing | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #607 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 (1 Mar) cover with red "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamp, sent by a POW in Camp Marugame to Sweden, red censor and directional chops, also manuscript endorsement, filing fold, fine early usage from Marugame | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #608 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 cover with red "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamp, sent by a POW in Camp Marugame to Foochow, China, "5.7.27" departure pmk, triangular handstamp on arrival and framed censor chop, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #609 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 (15 May) picture postcard to Berlin, red "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamp and corresponding "Kriegsgefangenen Sendung" endorsement, sent by a POW in Camp Matsuyama-Kokaido, "4.5.20" departure pmk, blue green seal ("Barracks in City Hall Kokaido"), red manuscript and framed censor chop, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #610 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 (20 Aug) cover with boxed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" violet handstamp, addressed to Weimar Mission in Tsingtao, China, showing the return address of Camp "Himeyi", red censor chops, fine usage, very scarce | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #611 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 (16 Aug) cover endorsed "Kriegsgefangenensendung", with full letter of contents, addressed to a POW at Nagoya Camp in Japan, Schiltigheim departure pmk, violet censor "Kommendatur Strasburg" in Germany, another in red applied on arrival in Japan, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #612 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 parcel receipt card and pre-printed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover with framed bilingual "Matsuyama", both addressed to Shanghai, with censor and directional seals, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #613 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1915 (10 June) three part (panoramic view of Shanghai) postcard addressed to Kumamoto camp, with framed directional chop and censor strike of Kurume, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #614 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1916 postal card from Camp Oita (Fukuoka, Japan) to Chicago, also cover from Bernsburg, endorsed "Feldpostbrief" and sent to a German POW at Camp Fukuoka, both cover and card with red Japanese directional handstamps, the former with boxed censor chops, the latter with German "Gepruft Uberwachungsstelle" censor hs, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #615 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1917 Camp Shidzuoka, four parcel receipt cards, pre-printed contents and date, all sent to Tientsin, China, with red direction and censor chops, each two with "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" and "Kriegsgefangen Sendung" endorsements, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #616 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1917 (7 Dec) pre-printed "Portofrei Kriegsgefangenensendung" card addressed to a German POW "Schutztruppe Tsingtau" in Oiba Camp in Japan, Munich Red Cross, Japanese arrival and oval Censor/directional handstamp, fine incoming card | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #617 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1917 (1 Dec) postal card from a POW at camp Fukuoka, addressed to Sumatra, with violet censor and directional markings, fine, with Medan (31.12) arrival, scarce POW card to uncommon destination | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #618 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1918 (Oct) pre-printed cover "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover with bilingual Camp "Aonogahara", repeated on back, addressed to Holland, with Gravenhage arrival and British Censor seal applied on back, with Bathmen (22.X.18) arrival | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #619 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1918 (13 May) pre-printed card "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover with bilingual oval Camp "Ninoshima", on back "Kriegsgefangenenlager. Noinoshima, Japan", sent to Germany, showing three different directional and censor chops, fine and scarce | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #620 WORLD WAR I - Prisoner of War Camp Mail Japan - German POWs 1918 (1 Feb) postal card from a POW at camp Fukuoka, addressed to Sumatra, with violet censor an directional markings, Singapore transit, also "Passed by Censor Singapore" below, also Medan and Marban arrival pmks, scarce POW card to uncommon destination | Price Realized $230.00 |
