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 #2373
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND - Covers and Postal History Military Mail
1916-18 Polish Army in France - General Haller, also "L'Armee Bleue" ("Armia Blekitna") commanded by French General Luis Archinard, etc., correspondence of nine covers and letters (written in Polish) to the United States, sent by a volunteer of Polish descent, each cover accompanied by a detailed certificate issued by Przemyslaw Drzewiecki (expert PZF). Covers were sent from France, free-frank (except two with French stamps), with Tresor et Postes markings, occasional postage dues charged on arrival, some opened by censors, YMCA stationery, French "Aigle Polonais" labels, mixed condition, interesting group
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Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2374
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND - Covers and Postal History Military Mail
1918-19 American Army Base in Fremont, California, St. Louis and Tucumcari, New Mexico, Hancock, Georgia, correspondence of 19 covers and letters (written in Polish) to Chicago, sent by U.S. soldiers of Polish descent (private John Korczak and others), each cover accompanied by a detailed certificate issued by Przemyslaw Drzewiecki (expert PZF). Covers were sent from several army bases where soldiers trained before being shipped off with American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia or France
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Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2375
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND - Covers and Postal History Military Mail
1918-19 American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, correspondence of 13 covers and letters (written in Polish) to the United States, sent by a U.S. soldier of Polish descent (private John Korczak), each cover accompanied by a detailed certificate issued by Przemyslaw Drzewiecki (expert PZF). Covers were sent from Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, endorsed "Soldier's Mail, American E.F. Siberia" free-frank, showing different types of Censor markings, some quite scarce, also by officer's signatures, YMCA stationary included, mixed condition, mostly fine or better. A fascinating group
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Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2376
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND - Covers and Postal History Military Mail
1918-19 balance of the collection, with American Expeditionary Force in France, three covers, endorsed "Soldier's Mail", sent to the United States by U.S. soldiers of Polish descent, each cover accompanied by a detailed certificate issued by Przemyslaw Drzewiecki (expert PZF), various censor markings, also a large photograph of Polish and French soldiers, group of letters written from Vladivostok, Fremont, etc., various POW cards from WWI camps, additional "Militaria", covers and cards, several with certificates, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2377
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS POLAND - Covers and Postal History Military Mail
1944-45 Polish Field Post collection of 80+ covers, mostly Polish Corps in Italy (Pesaro, Maserata, Vittorio Veneto, Bari, San Basilio, Porto Civitanova, Camerino), Egypt (Cairo, El Quassassin), Lebanon (Beirut), Iraq (Bagdad), Nazareth, India (POW Camp), variety of registry and censor markings, franked with English or Egyptian stamps, some stampless, different FPO numbers, sent mostly to USA, some to England, mostly fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$900.00

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