Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7040
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, 4th Day (Scott C11), single used with an additional 5¢ postage on Jul 28, 1928 at Detroit Mich. on an airmail cover to Cheyenne, Wyo.; mistakenly identified on the reverse as a "pre-first day" because "Stamp issued in Detroit July 31st"; small tear at the upper left, otherwise Very Fine. Usages of the 5¢ Beacon between July 25 and August 1 are quite scarce. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7042
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), plate block of 9 tied by mute ovals on an oversize Registered cover with Third Assistant Postmaster General, Philatelic Agency Official Business corner card (Planty 16); postmarked Jul 25 Washington D.C. Registry Division on the reverse, along New York (also Jul 25) and Ogden, Utah (Jul 27) registry Division. postmarks, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7048
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), plate block of 6 with blue "TOP" on a Washington FDC addressed to Edward Worden, Milburn, N.J. Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7049
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), plate block of 6 on a legal size Washington FDC to San Francisco with a Washington dealer, C.E. Nickles corner card, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7051
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC to Philadelphia signed by 2nd Assistant Postmaster General, W. Irving Glover; addressed to William F. Housman, Steelton, Pa., Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7052
Symbol: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 and his red pictorial "Air Plane Stamp News" corner card (Planty 3), Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7053
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), plate block of 4 on a Washington FDC on an airmail envelope, prepared by Albert Gorham, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7054
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), group of 9 Washington FDCs created by (and addressed to) Philadelphia stamp dealer Benjamin Sonnenstein; all with his typical homemade airmail envelopes and tiny rubberstamped "Day of Issue"; seven of them with pairs (two on 2¢ entires, U431-432) and two with a single plus a commemorative (5¢ Norse American & 5¢ Ericsson), Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7056
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair with blue plate no. & "TOP" on a Washington FDC to New York by Louis Guenzel with his 4-line rubberstamped cachet, "Aug. 1-1928-5 CENT Airmail rate Thanks to Postmaster Glover, Henderson Praeger"; addressed to Guenzel and backstamped Salt Lake City, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7059
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC to Detroit - an U.S. P.O.D. Airmail postcard with a map of U.S. C.A.M. routes on the back, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7060
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), single on a Washington FDC with an Albert Gorham C.A.M. cachet (Planty 4A); 5¢ postage due paid with a 5¢ Roosevelt (556) on the reverse canceled Jul 27 at the destination, Cummington, Mass., Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7061
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC with an Aero Philatelic Society of Chicago corner card, plus two Aug 1 flight covers with single C11s and the same corner card: Detroit and Louisville, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7064
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair with red plate no. on a legal size Washington FDC - an American Multigraph Co. airmail business envelope picturing a large biplane (Planty 12), Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7065
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), single on a Washington FDC - a 2¢ Sesquicentennial entire - to Indianapolis with a Floyd Shockley/Indiana Stamp Club rubberstamped cachet, "5^c Air Mail Stamp, First Day Cancellation" (Planty 5); 3¢ Postage Due paid with an Indianapolis pre-canceled 3¢ J63, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7066
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on Washington FDC with rubberstamped Great Falls, Mont. C.A.M. 26 cachet (Planty 15); the cover was supposed to have been sent "Airmail to Salt Lake City, by Rail to Great Falls, Mont., Air to Butte, Mont., Aug. 1st"; it was inad sent to St. Paul, Minn. first; the cover has postmarks of St. Paul (Jul 26), Salt Lake City (Jul 30) Great Falls (Aug 1) and Butte (Aug 2), Very Fine. A unique cover and Planty's listing example. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7067
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC to New York with an Albert Gorham cachet prepared for C.A.M. 19 & 23 first flight covers (Planty 4C); also a May 1 C.A.M. 19 cover, New York-Philadelphia, with the same Gorham cachet and franked with a 10¢ Lindbergh (C10), Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7068
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC made by Louis Guenzel from a cut-down A.C. Roessler "Trail Blazers of U.S. Air Mail Service card" (Planty 2 var.) with partial Guenzel rubberstamped cachet "…Airmail rate Thanks to Postmaster Glover, Henderson Praeger" plus a tiny "First Day of Issuel rubberstamp; Guenzel pencil address erased, but backstamped Salt Lake City, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7071
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), single on a Washington FDC to Peoria, Ill. with an Albert Gorham generic "First Day of Issue" cachet (Planty 4D); 5¢ Postage Due paid with a Peoria pre-canceled 5¢ J64, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7076
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on Washington FDC to Oakland, Cal. signed by Graf Zeppelin pilot and innovator, Dr. Hugo Eckener; addressed to Airmail collector, Dr. Erwin H. Fast, Spring Valley, Wis., Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7078
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), single on a Washington FDC to Philadelphia with the corner card of Baltimore stamp dealer O.W. Crowder (Planty 13), handstamped "Postage Due 5 Cents." with no evidence of it being paid, though the cover, addressed to Baltimore, is also handstamped "Ordinary Mail"; includes a Crowder insert touting the "‘FDC’ worth saving.", Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7080
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), two Adam K. Bert Washington FDCs: one with a pair to Los Angeles with Adam Bert corner card (Planty 7), the other with a single and a 5¢ Postage Due (J64) with a pre-printed address to Bert in Washington, Pa., Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7082
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), vertical pair with horizontal guide line on Washington FDC to Philadelphia with Henry Hammelman calligraphic address to renowned stamp dealer, Eugene Klein; central vertical file fold, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7088
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), four covers serviced by Detroit dealer, Ward R. Chapin: 1.) pair on Washington FDC; 2.) pair on Detroit Jul 31 last day of 10¢ rate cover; and 3.-4.) singles on Aug 1 First Day of 5¢ rate covers: LaCrosse, Wis. & North Platte, Neb.; also includes two small Chapin advertising inserts. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7090
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on a Washington FDC to Boston Fairway general purpose Eagle & Shield airmail envelope with a Floyd C. Fuller, Grey Eagle, Minn. corner card, Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5145
Lot No:7094
Symbol:Cat No:C11

Airmail, 1928, 5¢ Beacon, First Day Cover - Washington D.C. (Scott C11), pair on Washington FDC to Philadelphia addressed to renowned stamp dealer, Eugene Klein; central vertical file fold, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)