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 #840 POLAND Internment of Polish Soldiers in Switzerland 1940 two registered covers, each headed "Comite International de la Croix-Rouge Geneve", sent from Geneva (17 June and 3 October), one addressed to Pawliszczew-Bor, the other to Starobielsk, each to enquire about Polish Prisoners of War, Capt. Jan Ursyn Zamarajew and Capt. Mieczyslaw Wojciechowski, with Moscow and Smolensk arrival markings, returned ("Inconnu" and "Parti" handstamps), some cover mending, fine-v.f. Both of the addressees were murdered by NKVD (After the Katyn massacre April-May 1940, most of the correspondence to Starobielsk, Kozielsk and Ostaszkow Prisoner of War Camps was destroyed by NKVD. Registered mail was usually returned to senders, including Red Cross and other institutions, without explanation)  | Price Realized $425.00 |
