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 #1173 RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War 1904 (24 Apr) free-frank cover, with letter addressed to "Manchuria. Gunzhulin (Kungchuling). To the General Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces. To the Senior Adjutant of the Intelligence Department, Lt.-Colonel of the General Staff Baron Viteken". Sent by wounded officer recuperating in St Petersburg voicing his suspicions that the British Military Observer with the Russian forces in Manchuria, Colonel Waters, is spying for the Japanese and wants him placed under surveillance (following receipt of this letter, the accreditation of Col. Waters was withdrawn and on attempting to return to Manchuria from leave, he was stopped at Irkutsk and made to turn back). The envelope bears a St. Petersburg cds of 24 4 05 and receipt cds of "Headquarters Field Post Office "d" (29.5.05)", also red crayon "Handed to Lt.-Col 29.V" (Wallscourt Walters, who became a Brigadier-General, was Military Attache in St Petersburg 1893-1898, observer with the Russian Army in Manchuria 1904-05 and chief of the British Military Mission at Russian GHQ in 1916. His book "Secret and Confidential" (1926) describes the Irkutsk incident)  | Price Realized $450.00 |
