Sale No: 755
Lot No: 623
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Cat No: July 2
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Rocket Mail, 1936 (July 2), Kieth Rumbel - McAllen, Tex./Reynosa, Mexico, embossed leather-bound 16-page booklet entitled First International Rocket Air Mail Flight published by American Legion Post No. 37 in McAllen, Texas (sponsor of the flights) in January 1958, with a foreword by George W. Wentz, Jr.; mounted within are mint singles and sheets of 4 of the two Rocket Stamps; binding sound with pages just lightly toned (not affecting stamps in mounts), Very Fine, an interesting piece of Rocket Mail postal history.
Ellington-Zwisler 11A1, 11A1a, 12A1 & 12A1a.
In Herman Herst, Jr.'s Fun and Profit in Stamp Collecting, he writes, "An approval dealer named George Wentz conceived of a United States-to-Mexico rocket flight across the Rio Grande where it was probably no more than a trickle. For years he offered examples of this flown cover as approval premiums to encourage collectors to buy his wares." . Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
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Opening US$ 130.00
Closed..Mar-30-2021, 10:31:35 EST
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