United States Postal History continued...
1938 Presidential Issue - 14¢ to 30¢ Issues continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 1421 |
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830 |
 1938, 30¢ Presidential. Tied by "Midway Det. 3rd Def., Fleet Bat. Force, Jul 2, 1941" duplex on airmail cover to Los Angeles Cal., Very Fine and rare solo use from Midway Island.
Scott No. 830; Estimate $500 - 750.
This cover was sent by the U.S. Marine Corps postal facility at the 30¢ rate which ended for the military on December 25, 1941. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1422 |
|
830 |
 1938, 30¢ Presidential. Used with 12¢ Prexie (817), tied by dumb ovals on 3¢ reply card (UY12) to Germany, purple "New York, N.Y. (Grand Central Station), May 8,
1941" origin cds, New York oval transit, purple "Via Air Mail" straightline and red ms. "Via Transatlantic Clipper" endorsement, "Opened By Censor" label affixed over bottom edge, "R.F. 3261 U.C." circular
handstamp, intercepted and held by British forces for five years, released with Warsaw (4.10.46) arrival backstamp, addressee not found and eventually returned to sender with label affixed on face, New York (6.4, 6.5) backstamps;
halves scotch taped, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 830; Estimate $500 - 750.
AN EXCEPTIONAL WAR TIME REGISTERED REPLY CARD USE TO GERMAN OCCUPIED POLAND, INTERCEPTED AND HELD BY BRITISH FORCES FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR.
Card was prepaid 30¢ per ½ ounce air mail letter rate plus 15¢ no indemnity registry fee. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1423 |
|
830 |
 1938, 30¢ Presidential. Tied by dumb oval on 4¢ Airmail (UXC1) postal card with purple "Novato, Calif., Mar 19, 1952" cds to Brooklyn N.Y., matching "Registered" framed
handstamp, Mar. 20th arrival cds and Mar. 21st delivery cds, Very Fine and scarce solo registered postal card use.
Scott No. 830; Estimate $150 - 200.
Airmail postal card registered with 30¢ postage prepaying 30¢
registry fee with no indemnity effective January 1, 1953 to June 5, 1955. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1424 |
|
830 |
 1938, 30¢ Presidential. Tied by "New York, N.Y. Feb 17, 1945" machine cancel on "Prisoner of War Post Card" to Germany at the 30¢ per ½ oz. airmail rate, endorsed "Via
AirMail" and from "Prisoner of War Camp, Camp Howze Co #9", purple "Dispatch Post Office, 8 Feb 1945, Prisoner of War Camp, Camp Howze" time handstamp, black "11897, U.S. Censor" handstamp; light water stains, F.-V.F.
and scarce POW use.
Scott No. 830; Estimate $150 - 200.
Postage on this Prisoner of War post card was free if sent via surface mail, but air mail service was requested. Since air mail post card rate did not exist until June 1,
1954, letter mail rate was required. The 30¢ rate was effective April 28, 1939 to Oct. 31, 1946. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1425 |
|
830 |
 1938, 30¢ Presidential. Tied by "Chicago Ill., Dec 26, 1944" machine cancel on private air lettersheet to England at the 30¢ per ½ oz. airmail letter rate, British censor
tap at top, endorsed from "P/O H.G. Williams, No 8 Otu, Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada" on reverse, Very Fine and scarce use.
Scott No. 830; Estimate $150 - 200.
Since air letter sheet rates did not exist at this
time to Europe, this sending required prepayment of the 30¢ per ½ oz. airmail letter rate to England that was effective April 28, 1939 to October 31, 1946. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1938 Presidential Issue - 50¢ to $5 Issues & Collection Balance
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 1426 |
|
831 |
 1938, 50¢ Presidential. Used with 10¢ Prexie (815) pair, tied by dumb ovals, purple "Honolulu, Hawaii, Registered, Dec 12, 1941" backstamps, cover held by censors, Hawaii censor
tape at right tied by "Released by I.C.B. 3" handstamp, additional examiners censor tape at left, purple "Via Clipper", "Trans-Pacific &/Trans-Atlantic Route", "Registered" and "Return Receipt Requested"
handstamps, reverse with San Francisco (1.3), New York (1.4) transits and London (1.23) arrival oval, Very Fine and rare registered use less than a week after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Scott No. 831; Estimate
$400 - 600.
Cover was prepaid 70¢ for the 20¢ per ½ ounce airmail rate from Hawaii to the United States, 30¢ airmail rate to Scotland, plus 15¢ registry fee and 5¢ return receipt fee. Note the
"Trans-Pacific &/Trans-Atlantic Route" handstamp explains that 50¢ combination rate. The 30¢ airmail rate was in effect from April 28, 1939 to October 31, 1946. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1427 |
|
831 |
 1938, 50¢ Presidential. Used with 4¢ Prexie (808) and 6¢ Prexie (811), all tied by "La Grande, Oregon, Sep 22, 1943" machine cancel on cover to M.S.
Gripsholm at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, censor tape at left, Very Fine and scarce use to the M.S. Gripsholm.
Scott No. 831; Estimate $150 - 200.
Cover prepaid at the 60¢ per
½ ounce Transatlantic airmail rate to South Africa. Letter addressed to a passenger on the MS "Gripsholm". From 1942 to 1946, the United States Department of State chartered Gripsholm as an exchange and repatriation ship, carrying
Japanese and German nationals to exchange points where she then picked up US and Canadian citizens (and British married to Americans or Canadians) to bring home to the USA and Canada. In this service she sailed under the auspices of the
International Red Cross, with a Swedish captain and crew. The ship made 12 round trips, carrying a total of 27,712 repatriates. Exchanges took place at neutral ports; at Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) in Mozambique or Mormugoa (now
Goa) in Portuguese India with the Japanese, and Stockholm or Lisbon with the Germans. After the war, Gripsholm was used to deport inmates of US prisons to Italy and Greece. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1428 |
|
831 |
 1938, 50¢ Presidential. Vertical pair, used with two 10¢ Prexie (815) singles, all tied by strikes of "New York, Morgan Annex, Feb 24, 1944" duplex on large-size green Red Cross
envelope from Prisoner of War Camp, Camp Swift, Texas to Geneva, Switzerland at four-times the 30¢ per ½ oz. airmail rate, "U.S. Censorship, Examined by 503" circular handstamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. 831; Estimate
$150 - 200.
Although normal air mail service to Switzerland was suspended from November 1942 to June 1945, express messages from POW's addressed to International Red Cross were allowed to pass through. This outer envelope was send
from Camp Swift, Texas, censored in New York by POW censors and entered the mail stream at the 30¢ per ½ oz. rate. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1429 |
|
831 |
 1938, 50¢ Presidential. Used with 1¢ Prexie (804), each tied by dump oval on airmail cover to Alexandria, Egypt at the 36¢ airmail rate plus 15¢ registry fee, purple
"New York, N.Y. (Sta. W.) Registered, Dec 6, 1939" backstamps and matching "Registered" framed handstamp, Alexandria (12.16) arrival cds, purple Egyptian censor handstamp, Very Fine and scarce rate,
ex-Suffet.
Scott No. 831; Estimate $150 - 200.
The 36¢ per ½ ounce airmail rate to Egypt was only effective May 23, 1939 to August 5, 1940. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1430 |
|
831 |
 1938, 50¢ Presidential. Used with 2¢ Prexie (806) and 20¢ Prexie (825), all tied by two strikes of "New York, N.Y., Sta. W, Mar 8, 1940" duplexes on airmail cover
to Tel Aviv, Palestine at the 36¢ airmail rate, blue "Par Avion, By Air Mail" label, Very Fine and scarce rate.
Scott No. 831; Estimate $150 - 200.
The 36¢ per ½ ounce airmail rate to
Palestine was only effective May 23, 1939 to August 5, 1940, when mail had to be rerouted via transpacific route and rare increased. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1431 |
|
831 |
 1938, 50¢ Presidential. Tied by "New York, N.Y, Church St. Annex, Jun 11, 1940" duplex on air mail cover to Bombay, India at the 50¢ airmail rate, Indian censor tape at left tied
by "Passed by Censor" triangular backstamp, Bombay (6.18) arrival backstamp, typed endorsement "Airmail to and in India", Very Fine and scarce 50¢ solo for shortlived rate to India.
Scott No. 831; Estimate
$150 - 200.
This cover was prepaid for the 50¢ per ½ oz. airmail letter rate via Atlantic FAM to Europe and on to, and within, India effective May 23, 1939 to June 13, 1940. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 831] |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1432 |
|
832 |
 1938, $1 Presidential. Tied by "New York. N.Y., Church St. Annex, Feb 23, 1944" duplex on legal-size cover to Curacao at four-times the 25¢ per ½ oz. airmail rate, Curacao
(2.29) arrival backstamp, dual censored with U.S. and Curacao censor tapes, manila label affixed with "Shipping Documents" notation; reduced at left, Very Fine and scarce $1 solo rate to the Caribbean.
Scott No. 832;
Estimate $300 - 400.
The 25¢ airmail rate to the Caribbean was in effect through March 1945, when rates were reduced to 15¢ per ½ ounce. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $270.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1433 |
|
832 |
 1938, $1 Presidential. Used with 10¢ Airmail (C7), tied by two strikes of "Baltimore Md. Nov 19, 1941" duplex on air mail cover to Cape Town, South Africa, blue "Par
Avion/By Air Mail" label affixed, South Africa censor tape at left, Very Fine and choice use at the rare $1.10 airmail rate to South Africa, a wonderful rate rarity.
Scott No. 832; Estimate $300 - 400.
The $1.10
per ½ ounce air mail rate to South Africa was in effect only from July 18, 1941 to December 1, 1941. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1434 |
|
832 |
 1938, $1 Presidential. Tied by "New Haven. Conn. Westville Sta. Jan 4, 1949" duplex on large size manila clasp envelope to Hunan, China, purple "Via Air Mail" straightlines; flap
sealed with Christmas seal; $1 creased, otherwise Very Fine and scarce solo $1 use prepaying quadruple the 25¢ rate.
Scott No. 832; $300; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Scott $300
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1435 |
|
832 |
 1938, $1 Presidential. Seven on front and reverse, used with 2¢ Prexie (806), 5¢ Prexie (810) vertical strip of three, and 50¢ Prexie (831), seven, all tied on
reverse by four-ring cancels, purple "New York, N.Y., May 22, 1951" origin cds on reverse to Saipan, Marshall Islands, purple "Guam, May 28, 1951" transit cds; some gum soaks and flaws, F.-V.F. and scarce parcel tag to the
Marshall Islands.
Scott No. 832; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1436 |
|
832 |
 1938, $1 Presidential. Tied by "Auburn, Calif." roller cancel on Postal Form 3547 used to notify third or fourth class mailers of address changes, this card was on top of a stack of 50
forms and the $1 prepaid the 2¢ fee per form that was effective Sept. 10, 1927 to January 31, 1954, Very Fine and unusual solo $1 use.
Scott No. 832; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1437 |
|
833 |
 1938, $2 Presidential. Used with 30¢ & 50¢ Prexies (830, 831) paying four-times the 70¢ per ½ ounce rate, all tied by two strikes of "New York, N.Y., Wall St.
Sta., Dec 1, 1941" duplex on legal-size red and blue "Via Airmail" cover with "Acas" American Commerce and Shipping Corp. corner card to Alexandria, Egypt, carried on the Anzac Clipper from San Francisco on December 6th to
Honolulu arriving during the morning of the Pearl Harbor attacks, the flight was less than an hour away from Honolulu when word of the attacks was radioed and it was then diverted to Hilo, reverse with "RELEASED/BY I.C.B." (Information
Control Branch) and "139" Hawaii censorship examiner backstamps struck across the sealing tape, aged as usual, cover rerouted transatlantic to destination, purple Egyptian octagon censor handstamp and censor tape at left, Alexandria
(3.22.42) arrival backstamp; corner flaws and small edge tear due to censor opening, otherwise Very Fine and exceptional $2 Prexie use.
Scott No. 833; Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
A HISTORIC FLIGHT COVER FROM SAN
FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU ON THE ANZAC CLIPPER, ARRIVING IN HAWAII LATE ENOUGH ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 FOR DIVERSION TO HILO AS THE BOMBS FELL.
Ken Lawrence has written extensively on WWII postal history and the Pearl Harbor Day flight of the
Anzac Clipper. In his Linn's article, "International airmail covers recall the 'Day of Infamy' ", he writes how the Pan American Airways FAM 14 Anzac Clipper, a Boeing B-314A flying boat, registration No. NC 18611 had taken took
off from San Francisco late on the afternoon of Dec. 5th but experienced mechanical trouble 400 miles out and had to return for repairs. "After being repaired, she had been rescheduled to leave at 2 p.m. California time on Dec. 6, but the veteran
pilot, Capt. H. Lanier Turner, had been granted a brief postponement of the departure time, about half an hour, so he could attend his daughter's first piano recital at Oakland. At 8 a.m. the next morning, Anzac Clipper was less than an hour away
from Honolulu when its radio officer received a coded flash warning that Pearl Harbor was under Japanese air attack. Turner's providentially late departure from San Francisco had delayed his approach just long enough to have kept his vulnerable
aircraft out of harms way. Turner's "Plan A" secret instructions in the event of war rerouted Anzac Clipper to Hilo, 220 miles southwest of the combat zone. Gen. Walter C. Short, the military governor of Hawaii, had immediately declared
martial law in the islands and had ordered the newly created Information Control Board, headquartered beside the Honolulu post office, to open and examine all transit and outbound civil mail."
The Anzac Clipper's mail was forwarded
from Hilo to Honolulu for censorship, denoted by the handstamped RELEASED BY I.C.B. 139 marking in black ink over the cellophane tape seal on the cover offered here. Mail to destinations in Hawaii was delivered, while flights farther west ceased.
Mail to Japanese-occupied places was of course returned to sender. Mail to other places was rerouted for transatlantic transport to the destinations, such as the example offered here. (Image1)
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Est. $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1438 |
|
833 |
 1938, $2 Presidential. Tied by mute oval, purple "New York, N.Y. (Sta. P.), Registered, Dec 8, 1941" backstamp on legal-size cover to French Cameroons, West Africa, matching
purple "Via Air Mail" straightline and "Registered" framed handstamp, reverse with Miami (12.9), Accra Gold Coast (12.19) transits and Douala (12.26) arrival cds; some edge wear and small tears, Very
Fine.
Scott No. 833; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A RARE $2 PREXIE SOLO USE TO FRENCH CAMEROUNS. (Image1)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1439 |
|
833 |
 1938, $2 Presidential. Used with 15¢ Presidential (820), each tied by dumb double-oval cancel on registered cover to Manila, Philippines, "New York, N.Y. Registered, Dec
9, 1940" backstamps, blue "Registered" framed and purple "Air Mail, Trans Pacific Route" two-line handstamps, reverse with San Francisco (12.10) transit and purple "U.S. Mail Section, U.S. & Foreign Mails, Manila, Dec
16, 1940" arrival cds; some edge wear, Very Fine and scarce $2 Prexie use to the Philippines.
Scott No. 833; Estimate $500 - 750.
Cover prepaid $2.15 for four-times the 50¢ per ½ ounce air mail rate
to the Philippines plus 15¢ registry fee. Rate in effect through July 3, 1946. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1440 |
|
833 |
 1938, $2 Presidential. Tied by purple dumb oval, matching "Milford, N.H. Aug 28, 1954" backstamps to New York, N.Y., reverse with "New York, Reg'y. Div. 8-31, 1954" oval and purple
Grand Central Sta. (8.31) arrival cds; refolded at top, Very Fine, ex-Suffet.
Scott No. 833; Estimate $500 - 750.
A RARE SOLO $2 PREXIE PROPERLY PREPAID.
The $2 in postage properly prepays
triple the 3¢ first class postage, $1.75 registry fee ($900-1,000) and 16¢ supplementary fee for $1,000 unindemnified excess value. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 833] |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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