Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
February 7-8, 2023

Welcome to our February 7-8, 2023 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 1,366 lot sale features better United States, with quality material assembled by a Japanese gentleman. Foreign countries include Albania, with 1913 Double Eagle handstamps, Austria, France and Colonies, Germany with a selection of WWII Occupation Issues, Great Britain and British Commonwealth with Australia, BNA, New Zealand, British Asia and Africa. There are rarities from Iran, including postal history, Italy and Italian Colonies, a collection of hand-painted Karl Lewis covers and more. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums and specialized collections, to multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1686
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS
1939-45 selection of seven covers or cards, including captured Japanese Navy stationery postal cards used by Rev. Harry Voyce (later associated with the Barakoma Airfield), and franked with 2p and 1sh respectively, a 6c US airmail cover used by Voyce and sent to Australia, an American Red Cross cover to New Zealand, and three incoming covers with various frankings and censor markings, fine-v.f. group
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Unsold
Lot #1687
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS
1939-45 selection of seven censored covers, three written up on pages, including a 1939 cover sent from Gizo, 1943 cover with scarce Lunga handstamp and adopted manuscript registration postmark, 1944 cover from Lunga to Guadalcanal with naval censor marking, 1943 cover from Munda with "Passed by Censor 2" handstamp (scarce), Naval Censor cover, and Royal Navy New Zealand covers (one with Air Force censorship, another from a Radar unit at Henderson field), fine lot
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Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1688
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS
1944-45 Australian Field Post Office, four covers, including one from Fauro Island, two from Bougainville (one with "FPO 180" manuscript), and one from Tarokoma with a registered postmark, fine-v.f.
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Unsold
Lot #1689
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS
1944-45 U.S. Post Offices, group of 17 covers, with a nice range of cancelations and censor markings, also "Postal History of U.S. Forces in British Solomon Islands Protectorate during World War II" by Stanley Jersey and "Battle for the Solomons" by Ira Wolfert
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Unsold
Lot #1690
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS
1953-58 Barakoma Airfield Postal Agency, collection of 36 covers or aerogrammes, with the provisional handstamp cancels of Barakoma as well as manuscript cancels of several members of the Methodist Mission (Sister Poole, Rev. Shepherd, Miss Clark, Miss Fraser, etc.), most are philatelic but at least six are commercial, plus "The Postal History of Barakoma Airfield" handbook by Rev. A.H. Voyce. The Airfield was located on the island of Vella Lavella where there was weekly mail service for the Methodist Mission located there, fine-v.f. and difficult collection to assemble
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Unsold

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