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Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), Apr 19, 1930 FDCs, the complete set on 3 separate cards and covers, for the 1930 South America Flight, all proper postmarks and cachets, Very Fine. Scott $2,900 Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), used on 3 separate cards or covers, for the 1930 South America Flight, with all proper postmarks and cachets, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,110 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Airmail Record Flights, 1924 (Sep 5), First Landing of U.S. Round-the-World Fliers, cover franked with a 24¢ carmine (C6) tied by the Special Sep 5 Boston slogan cancel/cachet and signed by pilots, Lieutenants Les Arnold, Jack Harding, Erik H. Nelson, Leigh Wade and (on the reverse) SSgt. H.H. Ogden; addressed to Major Joseph Steinmetz in San Francisco and bearing Stamp Dealer Harry Truby's handstamp on the reverse, Very Fine, rare with the fliers' signatures. AAMC Govt 168. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Airmail Record Flights, 1927 (June 4) - Clarence Chamberlin New York-Germany Record Flight, 3"x5" photograph signed by Chamberlin and by sponsor/passenger, Charles A. Levine; the photo, according to the note on the reverse, shows the flyers and the "plane with new propeller in Cottbus Germany before taking off for Berlin"; also includes three other contemporaneous photos of the plane, New York, on the ground, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Airmail Record Flights, 1933 (July 18), Balbo Air Squadron Flight, Chicago to New York, cover franked with $1.70 postage tied by Jul 18 Chicago machine cancel, serially numbered 1254 with black flight cachet and two different New York backstamps, Very Fine. 1983 AAMC 1184. 1983 AAMC $750 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Airmail Record Flights, 1938 (Jul 10), Howard Hughes Round-the-World Record Flight (AAMC TO-1307), specially prepared legal-size Airmail cover franked with a 6¢ Eagle (C23) canceled New York, Jul 10; flown from New York to Paris where an 85c Airmail (C8) was applied and canceled on the 11th, then to Moscow (a 20k stamp), then on to Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks, Minneapolis and finally, back to New York, where a 6¢ Winged Globe was added and canceled Jul 14; appropriate flight cachet and handstamps of stops en route, Very Fine. AAMC $350 (1981) Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Mail to China, 1866, cover to Swatow from New Hampshire (Scott 68), franked with 1861, 10¢ yellow green (68) two pairs, used with a 3¢ rose (65) and a 2¢ black (73), target-canceled with a "Stratham, N.H., Jun 6" c.d.s., and red "Boston Br. Pkt. 40, 6 Jun" c.d.s. and London/Paid c.d.s., struck one atop the other, tie two of the 10¢ stamps, as does a red manuscript "1" credit marking; backstamped with a red "Boston Br. Pkt., Paid, 6 Jun" c.d.s. and an Aug 3 Hong Kong receiver; reduced just a bit at the right clipping the perforations on the rightmost 10¢, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, an excellent cover from the well known "Wingate" correspondence. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Offices in China, 1912, double-registered, six different offices-franking and use, a simply spectacular piece with Offices in China stamps from the following: USA, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and Russia all tied to Hong Kong King Edward VII 10¢ Registry envelope form type A (Schoendorf #2a, Webb #11, H & G #9, Yang #5a); frankings on reverse side are: 14 Japanese Offices in China tied by "Shanghai 7.12.12 I.J.P.O." cancels, eight Hong Kong King Edward VII issues to the 30¢ (Scott #86//100) plus a 10¢ Revenue issue tied by oval "Registered NO 30 12 Shanghai B.P.O." cancels, USA #374-380, 382, 416, F1, J46 tied by "Shanghai China U.S. Postal Agcy Rec'd Dec. 7. 1912" c.d.s.'s and ten Russian Offices in China issues to 35k (#24//40) and with handstamp "Registry SHANGHAI B.P.O."; other side franked with French Offices in China (#57-63) circular "SHANG-HAI CHINE 7-12-12" postmarks, German Offices in China (#47-51 & 53) by SCHANGHAI DEUTSCHE-POST 7-12-12 postmarks and China (#133, 163-72) by SHANGHAI 7-12 bilingual postmarks with German Post Offices in Shanghai Registry label "R/Schanghai/(Deutsche-Post)/a/No 525"; some stamps with faults and/or are missing parts, Fine appearance, an extraordinary cover with an incredible franking that we have never seen before. Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500 (Image)
Offices in China, 1919, 2¢ to $2 complete (Scott K1-K16), each value in a horizontal or vertical pair, and tied by "U.S. Pos. Service, Shanghai China Sept. 28, 1921" c.d.s.'s with matching "1" duplex cancels on two covers sent to Walther Frey Shanghai, a leading architect in China from 1910-38; horizontal file fold on each not affecting stamps and unnoticeable, Very Fine and rare pair of covers, a lovely pair that would grace the finest collection,
The U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai requested a supply of stamps that could be used in the local post offices. The rate of exchange used at that time was 2 to 1 (U.S. to Shanghai). The Bureau of Engraving and Printing overprinted a series of Washington-Franklin stamps which were placed on sale on July 1, 1919 until the closing of the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai sometime after December 31, 1922. Suggested Bid $5,000-7,500 (Image)
War Dept., 1873, 12¢ rose (Scott O89), pair tied by Knoxville, Tenn. duplex cancel on a legal-size cover to a Congressman in Washington, D.C. (backstamped); some wear, slightly reduced at right and right stamp with perf faults at right, Fine overall, ex Burrus, Lobdell,
Houk had been a Union Army colonel and served in Congress 1879-91. He died shortly after accidentally drinking a bottle of arsenic in 1891 . Scott $450 ++ Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Postal Note, 1945, 1¢ to 90¢ complete (Scott PN1-P18), on 18 matching separate first day postal note cards, all from Westfield, Ct., Fine to Very Fine, uncommon. Scott $600 approx Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
New York, N.Y., U.S. City Despatch Post, 1842-45, 3¢ black on light blue (Scott 6LB3), four large margins, canceled with a red octagonal boxed "U.S." on an 1842 folded letter (not tied, as usual) postmarked red c.d.s., "City Despatch Post, U. S, Mar 17, 1 O'Clock"; the letter refers to a bequest from the estate of Frederick Gebhard funding a German professorship at Columbia College, which was subsequently created the following year, Very Fine, with a 2019 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,000 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
New York, N.Y., U.S. City Despatch Post, 1849-50, 1¢ black on buff (Scott 6LB11), on a folded address leaf (not tied) to Washington D.C. franked with two 4-margin 5¢ red brown (1) tied by red diamond grid cancels with a partial red Mar 16 New-York c.d.s.; one 5¢ just clear at the lower right, fresh and clean, `, Very Fine. A very rare combination, with a 1996 P.F. certificate declining an opinion as to whether the Carrier stamp originated on the cover. Scott $3,000 with a single 5¢ 1847 Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
American Letter Mail Co., 1844, 5¢ black, thin paper (2nd printing) (Scott 5L1), margins all around, tied by red cancel on a marvelously attractive 1844 folded letter sheet, Very Fine, with 2008 P.F. certificate. Scott $750 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
American Letter Mail Co., 1844, 5¢ black, thin paper (2nd printing) (Scott 5L1), 3 large margins, used with red cancel (not tied) on a neat folded letter sheet. Note the matching AMERICAN LETTER MAIL handstamp at left, Fine to Very Fine, with 2006 P.F. certificate. Scott $450 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Blood & Co., 1850 (1¢) bronze on black (Scott 15L13), acid-tied and also tied by red integral-rate New York cancel on a folded letter sheet to Boston, PHILA RAILROAD at left; the local with a crease at bottom, a Fine cover overall, ex Gibson, with 2011 P.F. certificate. Scott $225 Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Boyd's City Express, 1844, 2¢ black on green (Scott 20L1), four nice margins, canceled with a neat red straightline "FREE" (not tied) on a September 1844 folded letter to Boston with manuscript "Postpaid" and red handstamped "PAID"; stamp scuffed and creased, apparently pre-use, otherwise Very Fine, with a 2011 P.F. certificate declining an opinion as to whether the stamp originated on this cover. Scott $4,000 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
Browne & Co.'s City Post Office, 1852-55, 1¢ black (Scott 29L1), tied by a black "City Post" in circle used with a 3¢ brownish carmine (11A var.), both on the reverse of an embossed lady's envelope from Cincinnati to Covington, Ky., postmarked on the front with a blue Jun 21 Cincinnati c.d.s. with integral "5" rate; the offset of another such c.d.s. on the reverse lightly ties the 3¢ stamp, which is otherwise uncanceled, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2013 P.F. certificate. Scott $2,750 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Scott $2,750 Suggested Bid $750-1
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Dec-08-2020, 17:42:52 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 750
Lot No: 2240
Symbol: Cat No: 29L2, 11A
Browne & Co.'s City Post Office, 1852-55, 2¢ black (Scott 29L2, 11A), margins in places, used (not tied) with additional 3¢ on an 1853 folded letter from Cincinnati to Centreville, Indiana, Fine to Very Fine, an extremely rare usage on cover, with 1976 P.F. certificate. Scott $4,500 Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Browne & Co.'s City Post Office, 1852-55, 2¢ black (Scott 29L2), uncanceled and used with a 3¢ dull red (11A) on a small cover from Cincinnati to Greenford, O., the 3¢, which is from position 89L3 with triple outer frame line at the left, is tied by a blue Jan 3 Cincinnati c.d.s.; cover with a horizontal crease affecting both stamps, the Local with small margins to just cut in on the sides, otherwise Fine, with a 1997 P.F. certificate declining an opinion as to whether the Local originated on this cover, and accidentally identifying it as 29L1. Scott $4,500 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
