Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
December 13-14, 2022
Welcome to our December 13-14, 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. This 917 lot sale begins with a session of United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, graded items including a nice section of Columbians, Plate Blocks and better back of the book items. In the Worldwide section, there are solid selections of Eastern and Western European classics and semi-modern issues, including Austria, German States, Italian Area, with many rarities. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature high values from various areas, notably stamps and Postal History of Jordan (1414-1959), with collections offered virtually intact, many offered at auction for the first time. There are further selections of a specialized Kuwait holding, including a mostly complete "Koweit" issue. The auction concludes with over one hundred and thirty Large Lots & Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections and worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #688 JAPAN Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia Prisoner of War Mail 1919 (8 Nov) cover(with letter) sent by a Hungarian POW in Krasnaya Retschka Camp near Khabarovsk to Busivce, Czechoslovakia, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de guerre" and "Censurovano", plus the newly instituted Japanese military censor cachet, fine and scarce from a Japanese POW camp at Krasnaya Retchka  | Unsold |
 | Lot #689 JAPAN Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia Prisoner of War Mail 1920 (10 Aug) cover sent by a German POW in Piervaya Retschka Camp near Vladivostok to USA, framed "Prisonniers de guerre" and "Censored by the Camp Commandant" (in Cyrillic) cachets, addressee not found in New York and the cover was returned back to the Camp and forwarded from there, showing red and violet censor cachets applied by the Japanese, who at this late stage controlled the Prisoner of War Camps jointly with the Bolshevik authorities | Unsold |
 | Lot #690 JAPAN Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia Prisoner of War Mail 1920 (24 Feb) Red Cross cover sent by a German POW in Piervaya Retschka Camp near Vladivostok to USA, endorsed "Prisoner of War Mail", franked "Services des Prisonniers de Guerre" and "Censored by the Commandant" (in Cyrillic) cachets, red censor cachet applied by the Japanese, with Moiji, Japan 31.1.1920 departure pmk, fine used from Japanese/Bolshevik controlled POW camp | Unsold |
 | Lot #691 JAPAN Japanese intervention/Occupation of Siberia Prisoner of War Mail 1920 (10 Feb) pre-printed "Correspondence of Warprisoners" card sent by a Hungarian POW in Krasnaya Retschka Camp near Khabarovsk to Budapest, Japanese censor strike and "Moiji, Japan" 7.3.20 departure pmk | Unsold |
