Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
September 12-13, 2023
Our September 12-13, 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 1,500 lots in the sale, which begins with United States and U.S. Possessions. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer Great Britain and British Commonwealth, European Countries and the rest of the world, with exceptional China, including Postal History and additional lots from the Carl A. Kilgas collection. There are further selections from the estate of Dr.Martin Stempien, a specialized collection of Greece and Samos, formed by Dr.Frederick Rogers, and a selection of reference material from Sergio Sismondo's estate, with many fascinating offerings. The auction concludes with nearly 250 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 #389 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1900 newspaper wrapper franked with 5pf, mostly intact contents of the local newspaper, addressed locally and redirected to a Naval Hospital in Yokohama, "Marine Schiffspost" and various Japanese transit markings, censored in red, blue "German Hospital" directional crayon, rare and unusual  | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #390 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1900 (12 Mar) registered cover from Tsingtau to Magdeburg, franked with two each unoverprinted 10pf carmine and China overprinted 5pf green, tied by Tsingtau Kiautchou departure pmks, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and rare mixed-franking forerunner usage, with arrival pmk on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #391 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1901 (9 Apr) Fieldpost cover from K.D.Marine Schiffspost No.42 (Hela), franked with 2x10pf Reichspost, tied by Berlin (17.5.01) pmks on arrival and from there readdressed to England, with arrival pmk on back, fine and interesting usage from Kiauchau. Also included is a cover with single 10pf carmine used in 1904 to Kiel, "Marine Schiffspost No.75" (SMS Torpedo boat Taku), with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #392 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1901 5m Yacht, right sheet margin single, used in combination with 20pf on large envelope, endorsed "Marinesache", addressed to the S.M.S."Furst Bismarck" in Nagasaki, sealed on reverse with two blue "Kaiserl. Marine Komando des Kreuzergeschwaders" (Cruiser Squadron Command) labels, stamps tied by Tsingtau Kiauchau 20.II.07 departure pmks, cover folded several times, well away from the stamps, fine and extremely rare properly franked cover with 5m Kaiser Yacht (SMS "Furst Bismarck" (Prince Bismarck) was Germany's first armored cruiser, built for the Imperial Navy before the turn of the 20th century. The ship served in China during the Boxer Rebellion as part of the East Asia Squadron until she was relieved in 1909, at which point she returned to Germany) Catalog #Mi.17 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #393 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1902 (6 Aug) red-band cover franked on both sides with 50pf (2) and 5pf, 20pf and 50pf, tied by "Tsingtau Kiauchau" departure pmk and sent to Shanghai, with endorsement indicating "Wert Eintausend Dollars" (value $1,000), fine and rare Insured letter from German Tsingtau to Shanghai | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #394 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1904 (27 Aug) registered cover from Tsingtau to Germany, franked with single 30pf, tied by departure cds, handmade Registry "label", redirected on arrival, with Hamburg registry markings, showing sender's name and unit ("Torpedo boat"), Berlin Marine Bureau transit and various forwarding directionals, fine and interesting usage | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #395 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1905 Yacht (unwatermarked) $1/2-$21/2, four different, fresh and well centered, last two unused without gum, others h.r., fine-v.f. (Mi.24-27) *(*) Catalog #29-32 Catalog Value $2,645 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #396 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1906 Yacht (watermarked) $1 1/2 black brown violet, canceled by double strikes of "Litsun" 1909 on small piece, v.f., signed Pfenninger, Rohr, etc., rare, O Catalog #Mi.36IAb Catalog Value €3,500 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #397 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1912 (24 Jan) registered cover to Germany, franked with 4c and 10c Yacht, tied by "Tatungtschen Kiauchau" departure pmks, with "Tsingtau" registry label crossed out and endorsed by hand "Tatungtschen", small cover stain, rare usage, with Chemnitz (8.2.12) arrival | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #398 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1914 (7 Nov) military postal card from Bremen to Tsingtau, redirected to Toku, Japan, with "P.C. Prisoner of War" censor and additional markings, including framed "Sending is delayed, no transport available. Recipient is likely to be a prisoner of war. Naval Post Office", sent back to Germany, fine historical card (the same day this card was sent, November 7, 1914, the German and Austrian troops ran out of ammunition and the fortress surrendered to the Japanese. The defenders were transported to Japan, where they spend the rest of the war as POWs) | Price Realized $875.00 |
 | Lot #399 GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau 1914 (Dec) cover addressed to German Post Office in Tsingtau, care of Berlin Naval Post Office, sent from the German Post Office in Constantinople, handstamped "Zuruck", with Turkish censor handstamp and Constantinople arrival pmk on back, violet framed "Sending is delayed, no transport available. Recipient is likely to be a prisoner of war. Naval Post Office", fine and interesting usage from German Office in Constantinople to Tsingtao, Kiauchau, after it had already fallen to the Japanese | Price Realized $850.00 |
