Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
September 24-25
Our September 24-25, 2024 auction features solid selections of United States (including further material from the Larry Brasler stock), Canada, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, as well as Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland. There is an old-world collection of Mixed Frankings and Redirected Mail, formed by a European gentleman, with an extraordinary selection of combination usages. Other areas areas are well represented, with China, Japan and Korea. As always, the sale contains 160+ large lots and collections, with individual country albums, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and much more. The sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1196 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1898 (Aug) cover from Pavlovsk, via Odessa to Talienwan, addressed to a Russian Naval ship "Navarin", routed via Brindisi, with "Obezzarazheno" (Disinfected) handstamp, "Sea Post Office" (Aug 21) pmks on back, cover roughly opened at left, otherwise fine (Talienwan, is a bay on the southeast side of the Liaodong Peninsula of Northeast China. Russia coerced a lease of the bay from China in 1898 along with Port Arthur, from which it is 40 miles away. The lease was transferred to Japan in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1197 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1909 (6 Apr) picture postcard (Vladivostok) franked with 4k red, tied by oval "Parakh. Obsh. P.B.A.P." (Steamship Company R.V.A.P. - Russia East Asiatic Ports) datestamp, addressed to Yokoyama, with 22.4.09 arrival pmk alongside, v.f. | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #1198 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1909 (June) picture postcard from Vladivostok, franked with 4k red, tied by oval "Parakh. Obsh. P.B.A.P." (Steamship Company R.V.A.P. - Russia East Asiatic Ports) datestamp, addressed to Berkeley, USA, with Kobe, Japan 20.6.09 transit pmk alongside, v.f. | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #1199 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1912 (11 Sep) cover to Isfahan, Persia, franked on back with 10k dark blue, canceled by oval "BAKU-ENZELI Parakh" (Baku-Enzeli Ship), repeated on front, with Teheran arrival (28 Nov), cover faults, otherwise fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
