Sale No: 731
Lot No: 2
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Cat No: Collection
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Asia, Airmail Etiquettes, continental collection, on- and off-cover, comprising approximately 100 labels and 29 covers; labels (four Mair six-star rarity, 41 five-star) and 11 multiples come from Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Macao (including #A1 strip of six (five-star)), Philippines, Portuguese India (five various strips of five, each five-star rated), Saudi Arabia (#A2 in four blocks and a full pane of 12, each with a six-star error), and Thailand; of the covers, three are six-star and 10 five-star rated, with notable items including 1940 China to Netherlands with rare unlisted large flimsy Air label; 1927 Iran to Syria via Baghdad with rare purple boxes handstamp; a very early 1922 Registered cover sent Iraq to Britain franked 13a (9a postage plus 4a Registration); 1925 cover Iraq to the US which missed the flight and was sent Overland instead (both labels present); 1929 Japan #B1 (five-star) Airmail postcard with airline ad, and a very rare 1937 "via/Philippines Clipper" label, Fine to Very Fine with much better, an extraordinary collection of seldom-offered material; inspect.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000. Suggested Bid $4,000-6,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $4,000-6,000
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Opening US$ 2,300.00
Closed..Dec-03-2019, 10:06:20 EST
Sold For 0
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