1892 2s stationery entire, sent registered from Yokohama to Germany, additionally franked with 1s, 3s (3) and 8s, tied by "Yokohama Registered 28 May 1892" cds, endorsed "Via America", with Wiesbaden (28.6.92) arrival on reverse, fine-v.f. and rare commercial cover -
Estimate price: $1800-2000
United States & Worldwide Stamps
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Cherrystone Auctions United States & Worldwide Stamps
We are pleased to present our March 18-19 sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World.
You are invited to browse through this select offering of 1600 lots representing virtually every area of International Philately.
The United States section ranges from Special Printings to better cacheted FDCs. Foreign Countries include Western Europe, with Austria, France and Colonies, and specialized German Area (with excellent Locals and Occupation Issues). Great Britain and British Commonwealth are also well represented. In addition, there are numerous rarities from South America, Asia, including China and Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia. As always there are over 100 large lots and collections, balances of estates and much more.
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Lot #1071 - Japan
Lot #1072 - Japan
1895 (25 Mar) cover to USA franked with 5sen ultramarine, tied by Hakodate cds, various transit and arrival pmks, backflap missing, otherwise v.f. -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1073 - Japan
1898 Russian 4k postal stationery card sent from Vladivostok, via Nagasaki, where it was cancelled 28 Sept. 1898, with boxed "Paquebot" struck in Gensan, Korea, also forwarded by a French steamer "Ligne N. Paquebot Fr." to Kiel, Germany, where it arrived on 8th November, v.f. and rare combination (two different ship cancellations), with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection -
Estimate price: $1400-1500
Lot #1074 - Japan
1949 Philatelic Week, sheetlets of five, n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $290-300
Lot #1075 - Japan
1955 Philatelic Week, 200 copies, n.h., fine-v.f., -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1076 - Japan flight covers
1928 (3 Apr) First Flight Tokyo to Paris by Costes and Le Brix, stationery envelope of "The Imperial Hotel of Tokyo", violet "Raid : Tokyo a Paris" cachet, addressed to the pilot, v.f., with "Bourget Aviation 14.4.28" arrival pmk -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1077 - Japan flight covers
1928 (3 Apr) First Flight Tokyo to Paris by Costes and Le Brix, stationery envelope of "The Imperial Hotel of Tokyo", violet "Raid : Tokyo a Paris" cachet with Bourget-Aviation (20.4) arrival pmk, v.f. -
Estimate price: $450-500
Lot #1078 - Japan flight covers
1931 (28 Sep) cover headed "The Japan Automobile Co. Ltd" and addressed to Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Peoria, franked with 18s blue, flown by Pangborn and Herndon, with 2c Red Cross adhesive added in Wenatchee, Wa (5 Oct), cover tear at right, otherwise fine, rare cover (different than the standard philatelic items prepared by the pilots; this was actually delivered to the recipients and surfaced many years later. Pangborn and Herndon had...
Lot #1079 - Japan Postal stationery
Mailing Card with "K.Tamamura Yokohama Imperial Japan" imprint, two unused cards, one with "Chinese Court-House" on reverse, the other with view of Yokohama, minor flaws, otherwise fine -
Estimate price: $130-150
Lot #1080 - Japan japanese occupation of caroline islands
1919 registered cover headed "Imperial Post Office, Yokohama, official business" crossed out, endorsed "Imperial Navy P.O. Yap", with corresponding registry label, sent via Yokohama (where another label was added) to Switzerland, red chops on both sides, with Yap Postmaster M.Yamamoto signature, Basel arrival (10 Sep 19) pmk, fine and scarce usage (Japan occupied the islands in 1914 and received a League of Nations mandate over them and the...
Lot #1081 - Japan japanese occupation of marshall islands
1919 ppc with "Truk - Navy Military Post Office" April 21 cds to Tokyo, with red "Military Mail" and framed "censored" chops alongside, v.f. and scarce usage from the Japanese occupied German Pacific Islands -
Estimate price: $900-1000
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