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 #445 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Ship Mail 1915 (22 Jan) cover headed "Hamburg-Amerika Linie Shanghai", franked with 10c "China" surcharge, tied by departure pmk, addressed to "S/S Silesia" in Batavia, "Opened by Censor Straits Settlements" label applied in Singapore, with 3.2.15 "N.I.Post Singapore" transit and Batavia arrival (8.2.15) pmks on back, some cover wear, most uncommon War-time usage from German Post Office in China to Dutch East Indies, with rare Straits Settlements censor label  | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #446 GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Ship Mail 1915 (2 June) picture postcard ("Osterreichischer Lloyd D.Bohemia"), franked with 2c "China" surcharge, tied by Shanghai departure cds, addressed to Tientsin, posted on board, violet "Auf Hoher See An Bord S/S Bohemia" (posted on the high seas on board S/S Bohemia) handstamp, fine and rare ("S/S Bohemia" was seized by the Chinese in 1917 and renamed "Hwah Ping") | Price Realized $475.00 |
