Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
May 7-8, 2024
The May 7-8, 2024 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries, via CherrystoneLIVE. There are 1,562 lots, offered in four sessions, beginning with United States, followed by a diverse worldwide holding formed by Dikran Taner. There are solid sections of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Italian States, Switzerland, Turkey, as well as British Commonwealth, featuring John Pedneault's postal history of Ireland, extensive Bermuda, British Africa and various individual rarities. In addition, there are selections of China, with Red Revenues, numerous Flight and Zeppelin covers, rare booklets and more. Finally, the last session is highlighted by Large Lots and Collections, with 184 lots ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #329 CHINA Prisoner of War Mail 1917-20 postcard addressed to an internee at Wan-Chou-Tse ("Temple of Eternal Life") Camp (near Peking), framed "Correpondance des Prisonniers de Guerre" in violet, red censor mark, fine  | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #330 CHINA Prisoner of War Mail 1918 (1 Sep) cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", framed bilingual handstamp alongside, addressed to the Red Cross in Holland, with oval "Internierungslager Haitien" Camp cachet, with Peking departure and Gravenhage arrival pmks on back, "Opened by Censor" label (applied in Mount Pleasant, London), fine and scarce cover from the Haitien Camp (near Peking) (under pressure of the allies, China broke its diplomatic relations with Germany and Austria on 14th March, 1917. The Dutch envoy represented the German interests in China from then on and War was declared on August 14, 1917. China interned members of the East-Asiatic marine detachment in various camps, including "Haitien", "Wan-chou-Tse" and others in Hailun and Tsitsikar, Manchuria) | Unsold |
 | Lot #331 CHINA Prisoner of War Mail 1918 (Sep) cover endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", framed bilingual handstamp alongside, addressed to the Red Cross in Holland, with oval "Internierungslager Haitien" Camp cachet, with Peking departure and Gravenhage arrival pmks on back, "Opened by Censor" label (applied in Mount Pleasant, London), fine and scarce cover from the Haitien Camp (near Peking). Also included is a picture postcard sent in 1920 to Vienna by an Austrian POW in China, with appropriate markings and Gravenhage transit cds | Unsold |
 | Lot #332 CHINA Prisoner of War Mail 1919 (24 Sep) postcard from Budapest, sent via Gravenhage to a POW in Peking, with Shanghai transit, framed "B.P.O." British and Chinese censor markings, scarce post WWI usage to a Hungarian internee | Price Realized $400.00 |
