Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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Lot | United States - Air Post | Estimate | |
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151 | 1930 Zeppelin, 65c-$2.60 set of three, n.h., post office fresh, v.f., cat. $1675 (Cat No. C13-15) | $700 | |
152 | 1930 Zeppelin, 65c-$2.60 set of three, blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, absolutely pristine, v.f., cat. $6700 (Cat No. C13-15) | $2,800 | |
153 | 1930 Zeppelin, 65c-$2.60 set of three "Harry Ioor" cacheted card and two covers, Europe-Pan-America matching May 6, 1930 departure pmks, Lakehurst arrival markings on back, v.f., scarce set of Ioor cachets (Cat No. C13-15) | $450 | |
154 | 1930 Zeppelin, 65c green, two copies used on flown Zeppelin postcard, round flight to Lakehurst, appropriate cachets, v.f. (Cat No. C13) | $140 | |
155 | 1930 $1.30 brown, n.h., well centered, with 2024 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $600) (Cat No. C14) | $375 | |
156 | 1930 Zeppelin, $1.30 brown, used on Europe-Pan-America Round flight to Friedrichshafen, v.f., with 6.6.30 arrival pmk on back (Cat No. C14) | $140 | |
157 | 1930 Zeppelin, $1.30 brown, two singles used on Round-Flight cover to Lakehurst, appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, v.f. (Cat No. C14) | $230 | |
158 | 1930 $2.60 blue, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh color, with 2024 PSE certificate graded "XF-Sup 95" (SMQ $1,500) (Cat No. C15) | $1,000 | |
159 | 1930 $2.60 Zeppelin, forgery of a large die proof in red, v.f. (Cat No. C15F) | $750 | |
160 | 1930 $2.60 Zeppelin, forgery of a large die proof in violet, v.f. (Cat No. C15F) | $750 | |
161 | 1933 50c green, five blocks of four (two with sheet margin Plate No. at bottom), two stamps l.h., others (18) n.h., mostly v.f. (catalogued as singles), cat. $1440 (Cat No. C18) | $450 | |
162 | 1935 25c blue, n.h., perfectly centered, with 2013 PSE certificate graded "Gem 100" (SMQ $500) (Cat No. C20) | $180 | |
163 | 1935 20c green, n.h., near perfect centering, with 2016 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $750) (Cat No. C21) | $300 | |
164 | 1937 50c carmine, n.h., near perfect centering, with 2016 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $350) (Cat No. C22) | $140 | |
165 | 1937 50c carmine, n.h., near perfect centering, with 2008 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $350) (Cat No. C22) | $140 | |
166 | 1938 5c dark blue & carmine, vertical sheet margin pair, imperf. horizontally, l.h., v.f., cat. $300 (Cat No. C23a) | $140 | |
167 | 1949 6c Air Mail vertical line pair, Dorothy Knapp hand-painted cachet, FDC, v.f. (Cat No. C41) | $230 | |
168 | 1985 44c China Clipper, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., cat. $550 (Cat No. C115a) | $140 | |
169 | Flight Covers. 1903 "First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903 Kitty Hawk, N.C." picture postcard, signed Orville Wright, minor card tear at top, otherwise fine | $140 | |
170 | Flight Covers. 1911 (25 Sep) Garden City Estates, first flight postcard ("Glen Curtis" airplane) franked with 1c green, handstamped "Aerial Special Despatch", addressed to Norwich, Conn., fine (Cat No. AAMC 3a) | $140 | |
171 | Flight Covers. 1911 (28 Nov) Aerial Substation Athletic Park Savannah, Ga., 2c stationery entire addressed to New York, v.f. (Cat No. AAMC 10) | $140 | |
172 | Flight Covers. 1926 (7 Dec) flight cover franked with 29 stamps, United States and 27 other countries, each canceled on their prospective stops, signed by the various pilots. (The administration of Calvin Coolidge sought ideas for ways to build relationships with countries of Central and South America. Chief of the Army Air Forces, Major General Mason proposed a goodwill visit by Army Air Force pilots to 23 countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America. The selected route covered over 23,000 miles, visiting the capitals of every country in Latin and Central America, except Lima, which was at too high an altitude for the aircraft to reach. It also visited the Caribbean islands of Trinidad, Jamaica, and Martinique) | 2 | $450 |
173 | Flight Covers. 1927 (16 June) FDC franked with 10c Lindbergh, sent from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, signed "Chas A. Lindbergh", with arrival pmk on back | $450 | |
174 | Flight Covers. 1927 (29 June) Byrd Trans-Atlantic Flight, cacheted cover franked with 5c blue, canceled New York, June 21,1927, with "Ver-sur-Mer" 2.7.27 arrival cds, v.f., signed by Byrd and three crew members (Comdr. R.E.Byrd took off on his monoplane "America" from New York to Paris and was forced to land on the beach at Ver-sur-Mer (after a flight of 42 hours). As the mail pouch was soaked, many of the covers are without stamps or defective). This one is in excellent condition, handstamped Schoendorf on back (Cat No. AAMC TO1060) | $700 | |
175 | Flight Covers. 1928 (9 July) Boston, cover franked with 10c Lindbergh, bearing "Official Welcome to America Earhart, Wilmer Sultz, Lou Gordon "Friendship" fliers" cachet, actually autographed by all three fliers, v.f., addressed to Mr. George W. Angers (Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928, but only as a passenger. Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon did the actual piloting. The trio made their crossing in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor named "Friendship". Their successful flight took them from Trepassey Harbour, Newfoundland, to Burry Port, South Wales in 20 hours and 40 minutes) | $450 | |
176 | Flight Covers. 1929 (9 July) cacheted "Amelia Earhart Embarks on First Official T.A.T. Flight" cover from Columbus, Ohio to Cleveland, signed in red crayon by Amelia Earhart, v.f. | $450 | |
177 | Flight Covers. 1931 (4 Feb) cacheted "The Aero Club of Washington, D.C. - Welcoming American Fliers Who Made Aviation Records in 1930" cover from Washington, D.C. to Leo August in Newark, N.J., signed by Amelia Earhart and one other | $450 | |
178 | Flight Covers. 1933 (28 Oct) cacheted "Lansing Michigan Welcomes Amelia Earhart our Topnotch woman flyer" cover from Lansing, Mich. to Cleveland, Ohio, signed by Amelia Earhart, v.f., Irwin Heiman pencil guarantee on back | $450 | |
179 | Flight Covers. 1933 Darius-Girenas Transatlantic flight cover franked with 3c Newburgh, tied by Brooklyn July 15 cds, also "Lituanica" and corresponding violet cachets, signed by both fliers, Kaunas July 18 arrival pmk on back, v.f. | $230 | |
180 | Flight Covers. 1937 Amelia Earhart, non-serviced cacheted envelope printed by Gimbels, with Round The World Flight inscriptions, franked with three uncancelled adhesives, v.f. | $180 | |
Lot | United States - Officials Specimen overprints | Estimate | |
181 | Zeppelin Flights. 1929 Round-the-World flight cover from New York to Friedrichshafen, Maybach Motor Company stationery imprint on backflap, with "F.W. von Meister, Special U.S. Representative Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.M.B.H." handstamp, cover signed by Dr.Eckener and most of the crew members, | $230 | |
182 | Zeppelin Flights. 1930 (15 May) card from Panama City, via Havana, Cuba (18 May Flag cancel on back) to New York, where U.S. 65c Zeppelin stamp was added for further transmission to Germany, with Europe-Pan-America Round Flight cachet and Friedrichshafen (6.6.) arrival pmk, all on front, v.f., signed I. Heiman, rare (Sieger 64X) (Cat No. C13) | $900 | |
183 | Zeppelin Flights. 1935 G.W.Bartlett triple combination flight cover, United States 50c Century of Progress (May 8) to Brazil, from Brazil (24 May) to Germany, From Germany (30 May) to United States via Catapult "SS Europa-New York", additional franking and red cachet on back, fine and remarkable cover | $700 | |
184 | Zeppelin Flights. 1936 (24 Apr) cover from Mexico to USA, attractively franked, unclaimed, with U.S. franking added on reverse and flown from New York (May 11) on the Hindenburg to Germany, with violet cachet and Frankfurt arrival pmk, fine and unusual cover, rare (Si.409T) | 2 | $230 |
185 | Zeppelin Flights. 1936 Hindenburg flight cover from Port-Au-Prince to Germany, mixed franking with U.S. adhesives added in New York (May 11), with violet cachet and Frankfurt arrival pmk, minor adhesive toning, v.f. and scarce (Si.409Q) | $450 | |
186 | Zeppelin Flights. 1937 (6 May) cover addressed to Hermann Sieger, with red "Mail Via Airship Hindenburg" label, franked with 2x20c green, canceled New York, May 6, 1937, handstamped "Return to Sender", with four-line "intended for the first eastbound trip of Airship :Hindenburg" in 1937. Could not be forwarded on account of accident to Airship, May 6, 1937" (this cover was posted only 5 hours before the destruction of the "Hindenburg") (Si.454Ea) | $140 | |
187 | Zeppelin Flights. 1939 legal-size cover franked with 30c (C24), flown from New York to Germany, with "First Trans-Atlantic Air Mail Services by Imperial Airways" and "LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin" printed cachets, German 3M adhesive added in Frankfurt, carried to Eger on the Sudeten-flight, with corresponding cachet and arrival pmk on back, fine and impressive mixed franking cover (Si.462) | $230 | |
188 | 1893 10c orange, plate proof on card, left sheet margin block of four, fresh, v.f. (Cat No. E3) | $180 | |
189 | 1902 10c ultramarine, bottom margin plate number and imprint horizontal strip of three, middle stamp n.h., other two hinged, fine-v.f., with 2021 PFC (catalogued as singles) cat. $980 (Cat No. E6) | $600 | |
190 | 1911 10c ultramarine, bottom plate number single, n.h., well centered with jumbo margins, with 2022 PFC graded "XF 90J" (SMQ 850) (Cat No. E8) | $500 | |
191 | 1914 10c ultramarine, bottom plate number block of six, top stamps n.h., bottom stamps hinged, fine-v.f., with 2019 PFC cat. $4000 (Cat No. E9) | $1,200 | |
192 | 1927 10c violet, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., cat. $575 (Cat No. E15c) | $140 | |
193 | 1894 2c vermilion, n.h., bright color, fresh and fine, with 2023 PFC, cat. $1900 (Cat No. J30) | $700 | |
194 | 1914 1c carmine lake, top margin single, n.h., well centered, v.f., with a photocopy of a 2022 PFC for a block of six from which this originated, cat. $220 (Cat No. J52) | $180 | |
195 | 1873 Interior, 1c vermilion, top margin imprint single, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh color, with 2023 PFC graded "XF-S 95" (SMQ $800) (Cat No. O15) | $500 | |
196 | 1873 War, 12c rose, bottom plate number and imprint horizontal strip of six, dried gum, some marginal flaws, fine, cat. $1650 (Cat No. O89) | $170 | |
197 | 1879 Agriculture, 1c yellow, unused without gum as issued, well centered, bright color, slightly nibbed perf. mentioned for accuracy only, with clear 2021 PFC graded "VF-XF 85" (unlisted in SMQ) cat. $6000 (Cat No. O94) | $2,500 | |
198 | 1875 War, 12c rose, overprinted Specimen, without gum as issued, fine, with 2023 PFC, cat. $1400 (Cat No. O89S) | $350 | |
199 | 1875 War, 12c rose, overprinted Specimen, without gum as issued, well centered, with 2023 PFC graded "VF 80" (unpriced in SMQ) cat. $1400 (Cat No. O89S) | $900 | |
200 | 1875 War, 15c deep rose, overprinted Specimen, without gum as issued, fine, with 2023 PFC, cat. $1400 (Cat No. O90S) | $600 |