Sale No: 5115
Lot No: 10062
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Cat No: Jan 27
French Colonies: Ivory Coast, 1939 (Jan 27), registered cover to France with an Upper Volta stamp, franked 149 & 159, 120 (3) on back and Upper Volta Sc. 69 (1931 Colonial Exposition issue, rare on cover) from Bobo-Dioulasso to Issy, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 5115
Lot No: 10093
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Cat No: Apr 11
Japan, 1935 (Apr 11), to Japan and returned, 13¢ 4ath Bureau to Tokyo arrived May 3, two flimsies attached indicating addressee not found and return to sender, arriving back May (?) and then forwarded in the US,a beautiful clean and rare item, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 5115
Lot No: 10098
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Cat No: Mar 10
Netherlands, 1941 (Mar 10), to US, Rohrpost, franked 180 (4), censored in Germany, manuscript "Rohrpost", air label A5, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image)
Suggested Bid $50-75
Opening US$ 32.00
Sold...US$ 32.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 32
Sale No: 5115
Lot No: 10111
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Cat No: Jun 31
Switzerland, 1925-1932, three covers from exhibitions (Jun 31), from Geneva Air Meet, C4 tied with boxed purple handstamp, 30¢ triangular semi-official and air label A2c; 1926 (Jun 18), 20¢ postal card uprated with C4, tied with Salon de l'Automobile cancel, air label A3 with marginal imprint, to Paris; 1932 (Aug 21), franked 210, C10, C16, registered, tied with red "Tour Aer. d' Europe" cancel, air label A11, Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)
Suggested Bid $100-150
Opening US$ 55.00
Sold...US$ 55.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 55
Sale No: 5115
Lot No: 10114
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United States, 1929 (Sep 26-27) FAM-6 First Flight, St. John's, Antigua to portau, Haiti, cover franked with 1s4½d postage tied by Sep 26 stjs c.d.s. addressed to Port-au-Prince and backstamped there on Sep 27, Very Fine. Only 24 pieces of Port-au-Prince mail were carried. AAMC F6-20d; $130. (Image)
Opening US$ 90.00
Sold...US$ 90.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 5115
Lot No: 10119
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United States, 1936, "FRAUDULENT" handstamps, two different on an Airmail cover from San Francisco to the Hospital Trust, Ltd, Dublin, I.F.S. (Irish Free State), Aug 26, 1936; one with "Mail to this address returned by order of Postmaster General", the other, "Business of addressee declared fraudulent by Order of Post Office Department, New York, N.Y., Sep 10, 1936"; there is no return address, so the letter ended up in the New York Dead Letter as "Minor Letter No. 3073", Very Fine,
The Hospital Trust, Ltd. was the original name for the Irish Sweepstakes, created to fund Ireland's hospitals. But since lotteries were illegal in the U.S., the business was appropriately declared fraudulent. Many years later, the Sweepstakes were found to be a huge scam. Only 10% of the money raised went to the hospitals, with the rest making the founders and the people who might be valuable to them, very wealthy.
For the complete story of the once wildly-popular Irish Sweepstakes, see https://www.irishecho.com/2011/02/swept-under-the-rug-2/ . (Image)
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 5115
Lot No: 10123
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Cat No: scarce
Worldwide, 1934-1938, Rocket Mail covers and etiquettes, includes two sheetlets of 4, Australia 1935 and 1938 (scarce); eitquettes from France, Netherlands and Italy (2); three 1936 Canada-US covers appropriately marked with added added US air label C487 (36CX2, 4, 5); US miniature cover, franked 6¢ Globe on reverse, with unlisted Rocket label tied with special cancel "Rocket Mail Special Experimental" from Newark to New York thence Chicago, fascinating lot, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
