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 #703 JAPAN Bando POW Camp in Japan 1915-19 collection of 38+ covers or cards from Bando POW Camp in Japan, also two Telegrams, some incoming mail (one from United States), different destinations and excellent showing of censor marks, mostly well described on pages, Camp stationery, lettersheets, Easter postcards, Money letter, registered mail from Peking, via Mukden to Bando Camp, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine or better  | Price Realized $2,000.00 | |
| Lot #704 JAPAN Bando POW Camp in Japan 1918 "Lagerpost Bando", 2sen and 5sen set of two sheet margin singles, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed * | Unsold | |
| Lot #705 JAPAN Bando POW Camp in Japan 1918 "Lagerpost Bando", 2sen and 5sen set of sheets of 20 and 16 respectively, the former with imprint at bottom ("gedruckt in der lager Kriegsgefangenelager Bando, Japan"), unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f., each stamp signed Rungas or R.Scholtz. A rarity, one of only two or three sets of sheets recorded  ** | Unsold | |
| Lot #706 JAPAN Bando POW Camp in Japan 1918 "Lagerpost Bando", 2sen and 5sen set of two, used, fine-v.f., extremely rare O | Price Realized $1,600.00 | |
| Lot #707 JAPAN Bando POW Camp in Japan 1918 "Lagerpost Bando", 2sen and 5sen set of two, used, fine-v.f., extremely rare, with 2005 Rolf Haspel certificate O | Price Realized $1,600.00 | |
| Lot #708 JAPAN Bando POW Camp in Japan 1918 "Lagerpost Bando", 2sen single, dated "26/8,18" by hand, tied by "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" envelope with "Bando ne Tokushiome Japan" return address, sent to another camp inmate, cover somewhat worn and with minor overall toning, one of very few covers recorded | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
| Lot #709 JAPAN Bando POW Camp in Japan 1918 "Lagerpost Bando", 2sen single, canceled on lettersheet, with message on reverse, tied by undated "Lagerpost Bando" pmk, fine, extremely rare, with 2010 Steuer certificate | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
