1919 3c red brown, never hinged, well centered, initialed "JAR", fresh and v.f. example of the legendary Newfoundland Hawker stamp, with 2012 Greene Foundation and 2023 BPA certificates (for singles and for vertical pairs from which this is the top stamp. Also included is a Robson Lowe certificate of guarantee, stating only "three pairs are known to exist") (The flight of Hawker's "Atlantic" ended with a controlled crash landing in the ocean after about 13 hours of flying) 200 examples of the current 3c brown Caribou stamp were overprinted "First Trans Atlantic Air Post April 1919" in five lines. 18 of these were defective and destroyed; 95 were used on mail and 11 were presented to various officials. Raynham and Morgan also manuscript overprinted the stamp. The remaining 76 were purchased by the postmaster general, who then sold them for $25 each to raise money for the Newfoundland Marine Disasters Fund, which supported sailors' widows and orphans (Unitrade CAN $70,000) cat. $40000 (Cat No. C1) (Image)

Cat. $40000, Est.US$20,000

1932 unissued $1 Air Mail Wyazata, sheet of 20, n.h., v.f., cat. $700 (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.US$250

1933 Balbo $4.50 on 75c bister, two copies, l.h., v.f., cat. $650 (Cat No. C18) (Image)

Cat. $650, Est.US$250

1933 Balbo Flight Surcharge, $4.50 on 75c yellow brown, partially doubled surcharge, clearly visible in the numbers of the date and value (partial offset of the surcharge on reverse as well), position 1 of the setting and the only one recorded unused (there was an example used on cover in the Cyril Harmer collection), small surface mark at left (seems to be from the surcharging process), very fine in all respects, 2010 BPA certificate (Unitrade C18iii, listed but unpriced) (Cat No. C18var) (Image)

Est.US$25,000