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 #1158 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN CHINA 1914 (18 Aug) 4k stationery card overprinted "Kitai", written in German and sent from Chefoo to Vienna, with Red Cross Bureau for the Prisoners of War cachet in French (St. Petersburg Red Cross Committee marking), violet three-line Censor handstamp applied in St. Petersburg, another "Zens." in Austria, interesting item sent during the first days of WWI, obviously by a foreign national, whose mail was treated as coming from a Prisoner of War, showing early St. Petersburg censor cachet, exceptional example of mail delivery between two countries at war  | Price Realized $575.00 |
