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 #27 United States 1873 Continental Bank Note Company 1883 two FLs and one cover from Japan, first one franked with pair of 3c green, tied by Foreign Mail cancel, with faint but readable "HYOGO" departure pmk alongside, addressed to Shanghai, with Local Post Sep 19, 1874 arrival pmk on back, also FL to New York, single 10c franking, showing clear Yokohama Japan 14 Oct departure and San Francisco transit below, endorsed "Overland", plus cover with 10c brown, Yokohama Japan Sep 23 departure pmk, transit and Sandusky arrival pmk on back, mixed condition  | Price Realized $400.00 |
