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 #717 JAPAN Ninoshina POW Camp in Japan 1914-15 collection of 50 covers (some with original letters) or cards from Ninoshina POW Camp in Japan, including incoming mail, different destinations, including Tokyo, Shanghai, Tientsin, Tsingtao, Registered mail, pre-printed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" Camp stationery cards, Easter Greetings, Money letters, with Japanese fiscal stamps, rare censor markings, cover from Captain Hass to Mr. Landgraf in Tokyo, responsible for the relief actions for German POWs in Japanese Camps and ultimate transport of prisoners back to Germany, plus many other interesting and seldom offered items, most purchased individually at auction, many ex-Rungas (the Ninoshina Camp, located on a small island across the bay from Hiroshima, opened on 19 February 1917 and was closed on 22nd January 1920. There were 536 German POWs, 9 Austrians and 160 civilian prisoners in this camp, among them the former Governor of Tsingtao, who was transferred from Fukuoka Camp)  | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
