Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7310
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Autographed Group of Eight Covers, seven First Day Covers, the last an event cover; wide range of personalities, boasting Maurice Chevalier, Burt Pringle (designer of the 1966 Migratory Bird Treaty issue), Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Supreme Court Justices Abe Fortes and Byron White (on different covers), Joey Bishop, and Chet Huntley & David Brinkley together; clean group. (Image)
Suggested Bid $400
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7312
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon (Scott C11), pair canceled Jul 31 at McKeesport, Pa. on a cover to Cleveland with rubberstamped boxed cachet, "Last airmail flight/ under old rate/ July 31, 1928/ McKeesport, Pa.", Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $30
Opening US$ 21.00
Sold...US$ 21.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 21
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7314
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC to Philadelphia on a homemade airmail envelope, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7315
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC on a brown, red & blue pictorial airmail envelope to the Congress High School Stamp Club, Bridgeport, Ct. (Planty 14), Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 60.00
Sold...US$ 60.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7316
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, 4th Day (Scott C11), pair canceled Jul 28, 1928 at Middletown, Pa. on a cover with a rubberstamped cachet for Stultz Day in honor of Pennsylvania pilot Wilmer L. Stultz, addressed to Stutz, Mo. and backstamped Chicago, Kansas City and Stultz, Very Fine. Usages of the 5¢ Beacon between July 25 and August 1 are quite scarce.
A month earlier, on June 18, 1928, Wilmer L. Stultz and his co-pilot, Lou Gordon, flying the Fokker trimotor "Friendship", carried passenger Amelia Earhart across the Atlantic, making her the first female passenger to fly across the Atlantic. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7317
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), single on a Washington FDC to Richmond - addressed to Washington FDC maker, C.E. Nickles with his promotional insert; handstamped "Postage Due 5 Cents." with no indication of its payment, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 92.00
Sold...US$ 92.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 92
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7318
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day of Rate (Scott C11), Beacon collateral; two non-Beacon FDCs on P.O.D. Airmail postcards (unfranked) issued specifically for the new 5¢ Air Mail rate that took effect on Aug 1: one the 5¢ Hawaii overprint (648), canceled Honolulu, Aug 13, 1928, the other a block of 4 of the 2¢ Electric Light (654), Menlo Park, Jun 5, 1929; the card was based on a previous card with C.A.M. Routes on the back but with the date of the rate change printed in the stamp space, Very Fine. Nice. (Image)
Suggested Bid $50
Opening US$ 18.00
Sold...US$ 18.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 18
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7319
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, "Open Door" variety (Scott C11), mostly clear door canceled Yonkers, N.Y., May 24, 1931, on a cover with a rubberstamped cachet for "Army Air Maneuvers" that took place over Yonkers on this date, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $50
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 30.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 30
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7320
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC to Philadelphia with collector/dealer Benjamin Sonnenstein rubberstamped address and tiny "Day of Issue" on a handmade airmail envelope, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 25.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 25
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7321
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), single on a Washington FDC to Philadelphia self-addressed to Baltimore stamp dealer O.W. CrowderPlanty 13, 5¢ Postage Due paid with a Baltimore pre-canceled 5¢ (J64); includes a Crowder insert touting the "‘FDC’ worth saving.", Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 71.00
Sold...US$ 71.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 71
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7322
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC with a pre-printed address to stamp dealer A. Atlas Leve in Syracuse, N.Y., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 21.00
Sold...US$ 21.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 21
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7323
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on Washington FDC to Philadelphia with Henry Hammelman calligraphic address to renowned stamp dealer, Eugene Klein; central vertical file fold, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 25.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 25
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7324
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair with blue plate no. & "TOP" on Washington FDC with a hand drawn pen & ink cachet picturing a plane over an air field on a printed Return envelope to Detroit stamp & coin dealer, W.F. Fratcher, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $250
Opening US$ 75.00
Sold...US$ 75.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7325
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC with a Washington Terminal Railroad corner card (crossed out), Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $40
Opening US$ 20.00
Sold...US$ 20.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 20
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7327
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Richmond, Va. (Scott C11), pair on a Richmond, Va. FDC - a 2¢ Sesquicentennial entire with a Floyd Shockley/Indiana Stamp Club rubberstamped cachet,"5c Air Mail Stamp, First Day Cancellation" (Planty 5), Very Fine. One of only two recorded Richmond FDCs. (Image)
Suggested Bid $250
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7328
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC with a Floyd Shockley/Indiana Stamp Club rubberstamped cachet,"5c Air Mail Stamp, First Day Cancellation" (Planty 5), Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 63.00
Sold...US$ 63.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 63
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7329
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11),plate block of 4 on a Washington FDC with an Albert Gorham "First Day of Issue" cachet (Planty 4B), Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $250
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7330
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC to New York with A.C. Roessler corner card on a type 4 double-bar airmail envelope (Planty 3 var.), Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $180
Opening US$ 60.00
Sold...US$ 60.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7331
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC to New York with A.C. Roessler address on a type 4 double-bar airmail envelope (Planty 3 var.), Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $180
Opening US$ 45.00
Sold...US$ 45.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 45
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7332
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), single on a small Washington FDC with an unlisted George Burfeind cachet picturing George Washington and green Burfeind address, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 125.00
Sold...US$ 125.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 125
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7333
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11),plate no. strip of 4 on a Washington FDC flown to New York and sent Special Delivery to Cleveland, O., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 73.00
Sold...US$ 73.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 73
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7334
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC with a marvelous E.J. Muzzy (?) cachet featuring a nicely done red thermographed representation of the actual stamp with the sky hand colored blue and black inscription "First Day of Issue", Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $350
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7335
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC with a Milton Mauch pictorial First Day cachet (Planty 1). (Image)
Suggested Bid $300
Opening US$ 90.00
Sold...US$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7336
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), used with a 5¢ Huguenot-Walloon (616) on a Washington FDC to Philadelphia with collector/dealer Benjamin Sonnenstein rubberstamped address and tiny "Day of Issue" on a handmade airmail envelope. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 30.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 30
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7337
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, Unofficial First Day Cover (Scott C11), single on a FDC canceled with "N.Y. & Wash. R.P.O." duplex handstamp - a 2¢ Sesquicentennial entire - with a Floyd Shockley/Indiana Stamp Club rubberstamped cachet,"5c Air Mail Stamp, First Day Cancellation" (Planty 5); 3¢ Postage Due paid with an Indianapolis pre-canceled 3¢ J63. A rare Unofficial first day cancel.(Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 94.00
Sold...US$ 94.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 94
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7339
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, Combination Last Day/First Day of Rate (Scott C11),plate no. strip of 4 with both plate no. single and blue "TOP" canceled Boston, Jul 31 on a legal size airmail envelope with rubberstamped C.A.M. 1 rate-change cachet, to George H. Kieley, Springfield, Ill. c/o the Postmaster; penciled instruction reads, "opposite side for 2nd address"; cover then postmarked at Springfield on Aug 1 and mailed to Kieley in Sommerville, Mass., the reverse bearing a rubberstamped Springfield pictorial first-day-of-rate cachet; some edge wrinkling but a rare - and possibly unique - cover, F.-V.F. (Image)
Suggested Bid $300
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7340
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), on a Washington FDC - a 3¢ entire (U439) with a 2¢ Burgoyne (644) - to St. Paul, Minn.; reduced slightly at the right, F.-V.F. (Image)
Suggested Bid $50
Opening US$ 20.00
Sold...US$ 20.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 20
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7341
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, Catapult Cover (Scott C11), pair used with a 10¢ Lindbergh (C10) canceled New York, Jul 2, 1929, on a special Roessler "Ship to Shore Via Steamship Bremen and Airplane" card with red cachet (Graue-Leder K2); couple creases at the top affecting one stamp, F.-V.F. (Image)
Suggested Bid $50
Opening US$ 16.00
Sold...US$ 16.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 16
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7342
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC with a National Aeronautic Association "Air Mail" label (Planty 9); mild file fold at the left, F.-V.F. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 41.00
Sold...US$ 41.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 41
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7343
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC with National Aeronautic Association "Air Mail" label (Planty 9); mild file fold at the left, F.-V.F. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 22.00
Sold...US$ 22.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 22
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7344
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, Last Day of Rate (Scott C11), pair canceled Jul 31 at Bay City, Mich. on a special red & blue mourning cover inscribed "In Memoriam, Last Day of 10c Airmail Rate" ; very faint, barely noticeable damp stain at top & bottom edges, otherwise Very Fine. A marvelous cover. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 56.00
Sold...US$ 56.00
Closed..Feb-13-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 56
Sale No: 5156
Lot No: 7345
Symbol: C
Cat No: C11
Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11),plate block of 4 on a Washington FDC with an Albert Gorham cacheted envelope prepared for the 2¢ & 5¢ Hawaii overprints (647-648) that would not be issued until Aug 13; addressed to Honolulu and backstamped New York (Jul 26) and San Francisco (Jul 27); light creases at the left, which appear to have been caused by the San Francisco cancelling machine (see photo of back), otherwise Very Fine and quite likely, unique. (Image)
