Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
July 11-12, 2023

Cherrystone's Summer Auction will be take place July 10-11, 2023. There are numerous highlights, including United States, with an intact "Roosevelt Album", a collection of Crash & Disaster mail formed be the late Zvi Aloni (contributor to the American Air Mail Catalogue) and portions of Carl A. Kilgas' collections of China, Taiwan, PRC and Korea. There are substantial showings of Italy and Italian Colonies, Central and South America, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, plus hundreds of Large Lots and Collections offered intact and more. This is a public auction, with live internet bidding via CherrystoneLIVE

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1650
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS
1939-45 selection of seven covers or cards, including captured Japanese Naval stationery 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
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1651
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.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1652
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
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1653
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
Envelope
Unsold

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