Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
March 14-15, 2023
Our March 14-15, 2023 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. There are 1,314 lots in the sale, which begins with United States and U.S. Possessions, including graded items, Plate Blocks, and a solid group of Proofs and Essays. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer a complete collection of 1913 Albania Double Eagles. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature collections formed by the late Dr.Jerome Bettner and include British North America as well as worldwide Air Post stamps and covers. There is a nice selection from Italy, including rarities as well as Italian States, Colonies and Vatican City. The sale also includes selections from the estate of Dr.Martin Stempien, respected postal historian and Secretary to the Chairman of the Expert Committee at the New York Philatelic Foundation from 1988-2018. He also held various Executive positions at the Collector's Club of NY and other philatelic societies. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #938 POLAND Military Mail 1918 General Haller Army, picture postcard (Warszawa) to Paris, with two strikes of "Service Automobile Polskie Wojsko", message "I am in Varsovie now", endorsed "Service Auto Polonaise Armee Haller", some toning, otherwise fine. Also included 1919 Tresor et Postes 21 cover to Paris, with "Pieczatka Pocztowa Sztabu Wojsk General Haller" (Headquarters handstamp)
| Unsold
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 | Lot #939 POLAND Military Mail 1919 (17 Nov) "American YMCA Soldier's Mail" cover, showing return address of a French soldier in Poland, addressed to France, with "Poczta Polowa No.40" departure pmk, on back "Polish Army YMCA Czestochowa" handstamp, arrival pmk on back, filing fold, rare usage
| Unsold
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 | Lot #940 POLAND Military Mail 1919 French Military Forces in Poland, Warsaw (13.11.19) picture postcard with "Mission Militaire Francaise en Pologne Aeronautique" handstamp, addressed to Vendee, also three ppcs (Warszawa) with "Tresor et Postes 305" and "Tresor et Postes 311" markings, sent 1919-1921 to France
| Price Realized $450.00
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 | Lot #941 POLAND Military Mail 1940 Polish Army in France, registered cover used in Paris, showing bilingual War Ministry return address, with French franking; another cover from St. Meen addressed to "Polish Ministry of Military Affairs" in Paris, handstamped "Franchise Militaire, plus three French adhesives, perforated "W P" (Wojsko Polskie - Polish Army), fine-v.f.
| Price Realized $260.00
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