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Cherrystone Auctions Sale - 0123

Worldwide Stamps and Covers

The Great Transatlantic Race The "Atlantic" - Henr
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1 og C1 image1919 3c red brown, bottom left corner margin single, traces of original gum, unsigned, with undefinable diagonal traces of ink (which partially show through the perforations at upper right margin), fine and extremely rare positional piece, with 2002 BPA certificate (SG 142). While only 76 unused examples are believed to still exist, the copy offered here is the only sheet corner margin single and according to Mr. Vasseur, it is now recognized as an "Intermediate Essay", showing the overprint with the correct size, but placed too low and covering the "3 Cents" at bottom. As such, this is the only known essay of the Hawker ("It is the only corner stamp known and it has a "3" pencil written in the margin. This stamp is an essay. It has the overprint with the correct dimension (19 1/4mm, but still positioned too low, overlapping the value. It is obviously an intermediate stage between the "large" 22 1/4mm overprint and the issued stamps" (Revisiting the C1 "Hawker", by Jean-Claude Vasseur, The Newfie newsletter of the Newfoundland Study group of BNASP, Number 138 January/March 2010) cat. $25000 (Cat No. C1) (Image)

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2 og C1 image1919 3c red brown, variety showing "blob" below "T" (one of only five known, probably from a single vertical column), l.h., well centered, initialed "JAR", fresh and v.f. example of the legendary Newfoundland Hawker stamp, with 2004 Royal certificate (The flight of Hawker's "Atlantic" ended with a controlled crash landing in the ocean after about 13 hours of flying) (Unitrade CAN $40,000 200 examples of the current 3c brown Caribou stamp were overprinted "First Trans Atalntic Air Post April 1919" in five lines. 18 of these were defective and destroyed; 95 were used on mail and 11 were presented to various officials. Raynham and Morgan also manuscript overprinted the stamp. The remaining 76 were purchased by the postmaster general, who then sold them for $25 each to raise money for the Newfoundland Marine Disasters Fund, which supported sailors' widows and orphans, cat. $25000 (Cat No. C1) (Image)

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SOLD for $13,000.00
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3 E C1 image1919 Hawker, 3c red brown, well centered, canceled St. John's Apr 12, 1919 on official St. John's GPO corner card cover sent by the Postmaster General Dr. (J.Alex.) Robinson to himself in London, with "Found Open and Officially Secured" label on back, canceled by 30 May 19 London F.S. 23 (foreign section), initialed "JNS", filing fold away from the stamp, fine cover (also included a photograph made by Captain Wilvers of the "S.S. Lake Charlottesville" when discovering the "Atlantic" airplane) (Harry Hawker and his navigator Commander Mackenzie Grieve, commenced their attempt at the first non-stop transatlantic crossing in the afternoon of 18 May, 1919. After many problems Hawker decided to ditch in the sea and he and Grieve were rescued by the Danish ship "Mary". The aeroplane "Atlantic" and the precious bag of mail were salvaged by the S.S. Lake Charlottesville on 23 May. The water-soaked mail was dried, stamps placed back on the envelopes, and handed to the postal authorities on 29 May, reaching London the next day) (Unitrade CAN $35,000) cat. $25000 (Cat No. C1) (Image)

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SOLD for $8,000.00
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4 E C1 image1919 Hawker, 3c red brown, well centered, canceled St. John's Apr 12, 1919 on cover addressed to the "Daily Mail" in London, with "Found Open and Officially Secured" label on back, canceled by 30 May 19 London F.S. 23 (foreign section), initialed "JNS", filing fold away from the stamp, some usual toning and wrinkles, otherwise a fine cover, one of two sent by a journalist (this one and another to Lord Northcliff, owner of the newspaper), cat. $25000 (Cat No. C1) (Image)

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SOLD for $7,500.00
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5 E C1 image1919 Hawker, 3c red brown, well centered, canceled St. John's Apr 12, 1919 on cover addressed to London, endorsed "To Await Arrival", "Government House Newfoundland" printed address on backflap, slightly affected by moisture, stamp not repositioned, v.f., cover without the customary Officially Secured seal, cat. $25000 (Cat No. C1) (Image)

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SOLD for $8,500.00
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6 E C1 image1919 Hawker, 3c red brown, well centered, v.f., canceled St. John's Apr 12, 1919 on cover to Littleover, Derby England, with arrival 30 May 1919 on front, closed on back by "Found Open and Officially Secured" label F.S. 61 (foreign section), initialed "JNS", minor peripheral toning well away from the stamp, fine cover, with 2005 Richard Gratton certificate. This is apparently the only one known with arrival pmk on the front (addressee is presumed to have been Lt.Col. Halford of the Air Ministry, who later purchased the "framed Hawker" (single stamp on page, signed by all the contestants), now in the Royal collection), cat. $25000 (Cat No. C1) (Image)

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SOLD for $8,500.00
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7 E C1 image1919 Hawker, 3c red brown, well centered, v.f., canceled St. John's May 2, 1919 on "The Cochrane" St. John's Newfoundland corner card cover, endorsed "Per Aerial Mail" and "Personal", addressed to Sir Andrew Caird K.B.E., manager of the "Daily Mail" in London, without the usual arrival label on back, with letter from sender "Rex" Pierson, Chief Engineer and designer of the Vickers-Vimy Airplane, fine cover, one of only three known dated May 2, 1919, signed Diena, with his 1988 certificate ("of the 80 letters carried, this is one of a few with date different than 12 April"), also 2011 Greene Foundation certificate, cat. $25000 (Cat No. C1) (Image)

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SOLD for $8,500.00
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8 E   image1919 (17 May) cover to London, franked with unoverprinted 3c Caribou, used in combination with Great Britain 1 1/2d George V, both canceled by oval of bars, showing Postmaster's "P.M. General's Office St. John's, Newfoundland May 17, 1919" oval datestamp, manuscript "delivered by special instructions of the P.O. Superintendent, 30th May, 1919", closed on back with the usual Letterseal and canceled "London 30 May, 19 F.S.61" and initialed "JNS", fine cover, with letter from the sender to his mother mentioning the Hawker flight (the day before take-off attempt, the Post Office was called to add a few items to the mail bag comprising a package of photos and apparently 6 covers of which three were franked with ordinary stamps), this is the only known cover franked with ordinary, unoverprinted stamps (Image)



SOLD for $3,750.00
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The Great Transatlantic Race The Martinsyde "Raymo
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
9 E C1a image1919 3c red bown, with manuscript overprint "Aerial Atlantic Mail, J.A.R." handwritten overprint applied by Postmaster General J. Alex Robinson on a 3c Caribou (117), tied by St. John's machine cancel, April 19, 1919 on cover with "Per Aeroplane Raymor NF to Britain, by Major Morgan and F.P.Raynham" corner address in manuscript, "received in London" with "8 January 1920" datestamp and initialed signature in green ink, also "London 7 Ja 20 F.S. 66" backstamp, filing fold well away from the stamp, v.f., signed Diena, Bolaffi, etc., with 1966 certificate (Shortly after the Hawker-Grieve flight left Newfoundland, another attempt was made by Frederick Raynham and C.F.W. Morgan. They took off from Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland, traveled a few hundred yards, and then crashed into the ocean. Another attempt was made in July, with the same results. The mail from these flights was recovered and transported to England by ship. Letters with manuscript overprints (which were made by W.C. Campbell, the Secretary of the Postal Department) arrived safely, but the contents of the mail bags had been damaged by water. As a result, many of the Newfoundland stamps had floated off the envelopes. Less than 20 covers are known) (Unitrade CAN $50,000) cat. $35000 (Cat No. C1a) (Image)

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SOLD for $19,000.00
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10 E C1a image1919 3c "Martinsyde" manuscript overprint "Aerial Atlantic Mail, J.A.R." handwritten overprint applied by Postmaster General J. Alex Robinson on a 3c Caribou (117), used in combination with unoverprinted Caribou 1c, 2c, 4c, 5c, 6c and 8c adhesives on large cover used from St. John's April 14, 1919 to London, stamps machine canceled April 19 on departure, addressed to Captain H.A. Anderson, Newfoundland Pau & Record Offices, endorsed "Per favour of Major Morgan aviator to England", with London 7 Jan 20 Foreign section (F.S.66) arrival pmk on back, cover folded in the middle, away from the stamps, other wrinkles, cover tears and toned spots, the Martinsyde stamp without any defects, rare and spectacular cover, with 1948 BPA certificate, also Harmer's guarantee signed by Cyril Harmer, cat. $35000 (Cat No. C1a) (Image)

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SOLD for $10,500.00
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11   image1919 (19 April) General Post Office St. John's Newfoundland official letter from Postmaster General Robinson to his sister Mrs. F.O. Bell in England "with greetings and congratulations by the Aeroplane "Raymore" which may leave on her voyage across the Atlantic Air Ocean within the next few hours." A fine historical item, signed Longhi (Image)



SOLD for $475.00
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12 E   image1919 (2 May) cover to England, franked with unoverprinted 3c Caribou, tied by St. John's machine cancel, endorsed "Newfoundland to Great Britain Trans Atlantic Flight per Aeroplane "Raymour" By Courtesy of Major C.W.F. Morgan", with sender's (Geo. A. Hutchings) handstamp and London 7th Jan 20 arrival pmks on back, some cover wear and toning, one of only two known Supplementary Mail covers (according to C.H.C. Harmer's "Newfoundland Air Mails", two weeks after that mail bearing the manuscript overprint was remitted to the Martinsyde team, very few unofficial covers were added on May 2nd) (Image)



SOLD for $2,800.00
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The Great Transatlantic Race Second Martinsyde att
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
13 E   image1919 (12 July) "Crosbie Hotel" envelope to West Byfleet, Surrey, franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge, no comma variety, tied by St. John's machine cancelation, minor cover folds and wrinkles away from the stamp, with the London Foreign Section 66 7 Jan 20" label on back. A scarce cover from the second "Martinsyde" supplementary mail, only 25 flown (of the total of 70 carried by pilots Raynham & Morgan. Francis Field states that as the flight was delayed, the mail bag, originally made up on May 18, was opened on July 12, and an additional 25 covers, all franked with the $1 Surcharge, were added.) The flight crashed on takeoff, and Raynham subsequently went to England by ship, forgetting to turn the mail over to the P.O. until January 7, 1920, so the covers were not backstamped until then. An important pioneer trans-Atlantic attempted flight, as well as a major crash cover (Image)



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14 E   image1919 (12 July) General Post Office envelope to London, franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge, tied by St. John's machine cancelation, minor cover folds and wrinkles away from the stamp, with the London Foreign Section 66 7 Jan 20" pmk on back, pencil signed "Carried on the "Martinsyde" Irwin Heiman". Cover is addressed to Whitehead, Morris and Co. (London contractor, editor of stamps to Newfoundland from 1910 to 1923, including the so-called "Caribou Issue", the only permanent issue in the world, fully dedicated to World War I, addressing the contribution by Newfoundland's Army in the Middle East and France) (Image)



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15 E   image1919 (12 July) O.H.M.S. envelope (legal size) from the Department of the Colonial Secretary St. John's Newfoundland to Colonel Partridge (official starter of the "Challenge", in charge of sending messages announcing the departure of the various flights to the Royal Aero Club in Croydon) in India House, London (Air Ministry), franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge, tied by St. John's machine departure duplex pmk, with London 7 Jan 20 F.S.66 arrival and violet Air Ministry datestamps on back, minor adhesion (label removed?) at upper left, other cover wrinkles, one of only 27 covers mailed on July 12th, signed Diena (Image)



SOLD for $2,100.00
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16 E   image1919 (12 July) cover franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge, tied by St. John's machine departure duplex pmk, addressed to Miss Baird (St. John's), with "London 7 Jan 20 F.S.66" arrival; cover returned to Newfoundland, with St. John's arrival Feb 5, 20, signed by J.P. Raynham and Lt. C.H. Biddlecombe (who replaced Major Morgan, injured on the first attempt), filing fold away from the stamp, one of 27 covers mailed on July 12th, one of only three of which were autographed by both the pilot and the second navigator (Image)



SOLD for $1,900.00
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The Great Transatlantic Race "Trans-Atlantic One D
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
17 nhogbl C2,var image1919 Alcock and Brown Issue, $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge on 15c Cabot, sheet of 25, well centered, overprint shifted to left, showing no comma variety (pos.22), no comma, no stop (pos.14), small comma (pos.20), no comma (pos.4,8,10,18,19,24), eight stamps l.h., balance n.h., fine-v.f., scarce (after Hawker and Raynham failed to cross the Atlantic, the Postmaster General J.Alex Robinson instituted new air mail rate for mail across the Atlantic, one dollar, which included special tax of 50c for the "Permanent Disaster Fund of Newfoundland". One hundred sheets of the 15c Cabot were overprinted, broken into blocks of 25, margins removed) (Cat No. C2,var) (Image)

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SOLD for $2,600.00
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The Great Transatlantic Race "Handley Page" (Kerr)
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
18 E C2 image1919 (9 June) "The Mercantile Cooperage" corner card cover franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge, no comma variety, tied by St. John's machine departure duplex pmk, addressed to England, clear strike of "Harbour Grace Newfd. JU 14, 1919" cds below, typed "Special "Air-Post Mail" by 'Handley-Page' or 'Vickers-Vimy Rolls' Aeroplane. Posted June 9th.1919", with St. John's June 14, 19 pmk on back, potentially, the date of departure, v.f., with letter "I have the unique opportunity of forwarding some mail by "Transatlantic Air Post". As I am a stamp-collector, I am desirous of having one of the first letters to land in England" (gone on the Handley-Page) (Cat No. C2) (Image)

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SOLD for $800.00
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19 E C2 image1919 (9 June) General Post Office corner card cover franked with One Dollar on 15c, tied by St. John's machine departure duplex pmk, addressed to Glasgow, Scotland, handwritten "Per Vickers-Vimy or Handley-Page Airplane", with accompanying letter discussing the Transatlantic flight, included in the Vickers-Vimy mail bag, without arrival pmk as usual, some toning, otherwise a fine cover (Cat No. C2) (Image)

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SOLD for $525.00
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The Great Transatlantic Race Alcock & Brown - succ
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
20 E C2 image1919 (13 June) "The Cochrane" corner card cover franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge, tied by St. John's machine departure duplex pmk, sent by engineer Pitnam to his brother in England, with letter explaining the condition of the assembly and "a possible take-off tomorrow", cover with faults not affecting the stamp, backflap missing, some water damage, signed Diena, with his 1982 certificate (Cat No. C2) (Image) (image 20a)

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SOLD for $1,500.00
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