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 #1184 RUSSIA Russo-Japanese War 1905 (25 May) card sent to Empress Maria Feodorovna from Harbin, with two excellent strikes of "Harbin Gospit. Gorodok" (Harbin Hospital Compound), with red cachet of 4th Harbin covered hospital, St. Petersburg arrival (14.6.05) arrival pmk, all on front. The wounded soldier writes giving thanks for a gift and that he was evacuated by Empress Maria's Military Medical Train from Station Kungchuling, to which the Russian GHQ moved after the fall of Mukden. Also included is an additional picture postcard depicting transport of wounded to a Harbin hospital  | Price Realized $140.00 |
