Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
March 18-19, 2025
Welcome to our March 2025 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, taking place Tuesday and Wednesday, March 18-19 at our Teaneck galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. The auction highlights are quite numerous, beginning with a solid section of United States including many rarities and graded items. There are outstanding collections of Albania, France, Germany & Colonies, featuring Part I of the extensive collection of Japanese Prisoner of War Camps for captured German soldiers at Tsingtao. Rarities from Italy & Colonies include Offices in China, Oltre-Giuba and others. There are Krakow overprints from Poland, original Artist drawings of the World War II "Gorale" issue, exceptional collections of Russia, Liechtenstein, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, as well as South and Central American countries. There is a collection of "Petroleum and Oil Exploration" on stamps, formed by Dr.Peter Scholle and presented exhibition style on pages, showing rarities from the Middle East and Gulf States. From Egypt, you will find the complete set of Port Fouad in sheets. As always, there are nearly 200 large lots and collections, ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #437 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Prisoner of War Mail 1915 (11 Sep) wrapper containing "Deutsche Zeitung fur China" newspaper, sent from Fokanshan, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", sent postfree to a German POW in a Japanese camp Kurume, arrival (Oct 17, 1915) pmk, double circle censor mark in violet on back, fine and very unusual wrapper, signed Peter Holcombe, with his 1997 certificate  | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #438 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Prisoner of War Mail 1915-17 two postal cards, one from "Spasskoye" (3 Nov 1915), pre-printed "Frau E.von Hanneken" address in Tientsin, censored in Vladivostok, with "Prasmotrino" (examined) straight-line handstamp struck twice, Tientsin Apr 19, 1916 arrival, all markings on front. The other card is from Irkutsk POW camp, sent 23 June 1917 to Yokohama, with framed "Irkutsk military censor" handstamp (rare), fine | Unsold | |
| Lot #439 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Prisoner of War Mail 1916 (28 June) "Agence des Prisonniers de Guerre" cover, registered from Tientsin to Berlin, sent via "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China" (July 1) and London, with "Opened by Censor P.W.5" label, arriving in Berlin on 3 Oct 1916, vertical filing fold and minor cover tears, otherwise fine and interesting usage via the United States Postal Agency in China | Unsold | |
| Lot #440 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Prisoner of War Mail 1916 (28 Feb) registered cover headed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", with "Tientsin Eingeschrieben" and Tientsin Deutsche Post departure cds, additional handstamps, addressed to Budapest, opened and resealed by censor, oval "Ouvert par L'Autorite Militaire 2-8", returned to sender, this time via the U.S. Post Office ("Registered Shanghai China") and New York, on to Berlin, again to USA, back to Manchuria, with Moukden (15 Sep) postmarks, also several different postal labels in German and Hungarian, no less than 17 postmarks on back, remarkably well preserved and interesting item | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #441 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Prisoner of War Mail 1916 (27 Mar) registered cover headed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", with "Tientsin Eingeschrieben" and Tientsin Deutsche Post departure cds, additional handstamps, addressed to Budapest, opened and resealed by censor, returned to sender, this time via New York, on to Mestecko Trnavka & re-directed several times, with final arrival in St. Stefan, fine and rare cover | Price Realized $240.00 | |
| Lot #442 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Prisoner of War Mail 1916 (9 May) large registered cover headed "Agence des Prisonniers de Guerre", with "Tientsin Eingeschrieben" and Tientsin Deutsche Post departure cds, additional handstamps, addressed to the Imperial German Consulate in Bangkok, with 26 May 1916 arrival pmk on back, cover wear and some minor flaws, extraordinary destination from the Relief Agency for German and Austro-Hungarian POWs in Siberia, sent via Tientsin to Thailand | Unsold | |
| Lot #443 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Prisoner of War Mail 1916 (12 Oct) large cover headed "Empire du Japon Bureau de Renseignements sur les Prisonniers de Guerre" (Prisoner of War Information Office), with Tokyo departure cds, addressed to the International Red Cross Agency for POWs in Geneva, sent via Milan, where it was opened and resealed by censor, with additional markings, minor cover wear, fine | Unsold | |
| Lot #444 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Prisoner of War Mail 1919-20 four picture postcards, POWs sailing home after the war has ended, posted from "Hofuku Maru", three to Japan, one Bando Camp ("we are free, in Kobe"), one from "Sabang", datelined 15 Jan 1920, addressed to Germany, fine | Price Realized $240.00 |
