100 AUSTRIA COVERS 1898-1990's, includes UPU and airmail rates to USA, Canada, Great-Britain, Venezuela, Germany, Finland ++, lots of registered, express, printed matter, post-WWI inflation, priority mail, WWII censored, FRAMA lablels, a few meters, Aerogrammes, 1973 Balloon FFC, better SS frankings, 1898 and 1907 postal cards ++, 33 are legal size and larger with good multiple rates, retails over $440, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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515 AUSTRIA COVERS & PARCEL RECEIPTS 1873-2000's, includes 120 commercial covers noting good UPU and airmail rates to USA, some unchecked post-WWI inflation rates, airmail rates to Hong-Kong, England, and Pakistan, WWI and WWII censored, WWII occupation, postage dues, lots of registered noting a 1981 C.O.D. Registered to Switzerland, an 1873 folded letter with #10 franking from Nagy-Zsam, 300 are 1917 parcel receipts for deliveries from Vienna to Istanbul with a wide range of rates, 95 are cachet FDC's, balloon post covers, exhibition covers, and stamp show covers, retails over $1300, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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42 ESTONIA GREETING CARDS 1913-1939, all are postally used artist cards with good Estonian frankings and town postmarks, note 2 are pre-1918 with Russian frankings, retails over $400, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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190 ESTONIA COVERS 1991-1995, all are letter size covers noting 114 are commercial with mostly good airmail rates to USA (21 are registered), 33 covers are during the 1991 transition from Russian occupation to independence with nice mixed Russia-Estonia frankings and provisional Estonia stamps, 73 are unaddressed FDC for the first Estonia stamp issues 1992-1993, lot includes a registered cover and 2 postcards from the 1923-1939 first independence period, retails over $1200, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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7 ITALY PAPAL STATES STAMPLESS 1826-1839, includes 1826 Fermo to Grottammare, 1826 Leone to San-Lorenzo, 1828 Spoleto to Bevagna, 1829 Argenta to Bagnacavallo, 1831 Bologna to Torino, 1831 Rome to Rodez-France via the Beauvoison Bridge, and an 1839 fumigated cover from Rome to Naples, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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128 SPAIN COVERS 1900-1970's (a few Spanish colonies), includes 60 commercial covers with 24 pre-1950, mostly good UPU and airmail rates to USA and England, also a few rates to Switzerland and Austria, lots of registered, illustrated adv, WWII and Spanish civil war censored, plus 68 cachet FDC's 1953-1986, retails over $480, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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175 SOUTH-AFRICA COVERS 1935-2000's, mostly good UPU and airmail rates to USA during this inflation rate period plus a few to Canada, Austria, New-Zealand, Germany, and England, includes WWII censored, registered, Aerogrammes, postage dues, and nice topical value for birds, animals, and flowers, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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97 SWEDEN COVERS 1960-1970, includes 17 commercial rates to USA 1963-1969, also 80 cachet FDC's 1960-1970, lot includes a box of 200 Swedish stamps noting Official #O2/O25 with SON cancels (cat $120), 10 postage dues #J3/J22 (cat $260), and a stock of about 1000 used stamps (370 different) in glassines with 1-10 of each (Scott #418/878), retails over $1000, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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2000 SWEDEN EVENT POST CARDS 1954-1967, all have special event cancels posted from a wide range of Sweish towns, most are addressed to Stockholm but note some are uprated and forwarded to the USA, includes ship maiden voyages, Boy Scout meetings, stamp exhibitions, business conventions, sports events ++, appears to be 2 complete sets with 1000 different event cancels for each, retails at least $2000, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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275 SWITZERLAND COVERS & CARDS 1882-1980's, includes 180 commercial covers and cards with mostly good UPU and armail rates to USA, also a few rates to Canada, Uganda, Holland, Hawaii, Italy, Austria, Chile, England, Germany ++, lots of registered, express, printed matter, balloon post, WWII censored, parcel receipts, good semi-postal frankings, plus 95 cachet FDC's, retails over $1200, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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6 YUGOSLAVIA FIRST DAY COVERS 1951-1955, all better cachet covers including set frankings Scott #375-377, 415-419, 424-432, and C48-C49 on cover addressed to Holland, also #331-332 and 333-334 on unadressed covers, stamps alone cat $150, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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50 USA EARLY FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1926-1933, most with cachets plus a scarce non cachet 1926 pilot signed first flight cover from Seattle to Everett, most are domestic CAM flights but includes some airport dedications, Lindbergh flights, and a few FAM flights to Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay ++, retails over $500, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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24 USA PAN-AM FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1946-1949, all are cachet covers for flights to Japan, India, Thailand, Shanghai, Iraq, Syria, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Belgium ++, includes many intermediate flights from Guam and Hawaii, retails over $400, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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35 USA PAN-AM “EUROPE” FIRST FLIGHTS 1946-1949, mostly cachet covers on the Basra-Iraq to New-York route with intermediate flights via Vienna, Prague, Brussels, Limerick, London, and Gander-Newf'd, 12 are Austria despatches, 10 are non cachet Czechoslovakia despatches, and 13 Belgian despatches, some duplicates, retails over $700, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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45 USA PAN-AM “WORLD” FIRST FLIGHTS 1946-1947, all are cachet covers with 5 despatches from Iraq, 3 from Syria, 3 from Turkey, 9 from Gander-Newf'd, 10 from Ireland, 2 from Spain, 8 from Portugal plus single despatches form Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Lebanon, and France, retails over $800, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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24 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1928-1961, all are cachet covers noting 1928 CAM-18 Lincoln-Neb to Cedar-Rapids-Iowa, 1928 Montreal to Albany with dual country franking, 1930 FAM-6 Brownsville-Te to Honduras, 1930 Charlotte-NC to New York with #C11 unlisted printing variety “Man in the Doorway” of the beacon building, also various 1953-1961 legs of CAM-1, CAM-4, CAM-81, CAM-82, CAM-88, CAM-111 (Helicopter) ++, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1983 CHALLENGER STS-8 FLOWN SPACE COVER, a cachet cover launched from Cape Canaveral on AUG30,1983 and returned at Edwards-AFB (California) on SEP 5th, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1925 AIRSHIP LOS-ANGELES from PUERTO-RICO to NEW-YORK, first flight from Mayaguez-PR on MAY6,1925 with New-York arrival MAY 11th, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1930 GRAF ZEPPELIN ARGENTINA to GERMANY, fabulous Argentina Zepp franking #C20-C25,C27 pays the $8.20 airmail rate on cachet first flight cover from Buenos-Aires on MAY21,1930 and addressed to Stuttgart, routing via Recif (Brazil) + Lakehurst-NY + Friedrichshafen on JUN 6th + 110 miles overland to Stuttgart (Frost #127-49F cat $900 US), stamps alone cat $165, some travel wear, a rare flight and F-VF est ($450+ US) (Image)

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1931 GRAF ZEPPELIN LIECHTENSTEIN to SWITZERLAND DROP MAIL, Zeppelin #C8 pays the 2fr airmail fee on flight cachet cover from Vaduz on JUN10,1931 and addressed to Basel, dropped over Lausanne JUN 10th then overland 125 miles to Basel(Frost #127-115Cf cat $600 US), a rare flight and VF est ($300+ US) (Image)

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12 BRITISH AIRSHIP POSTCARDS 1950, a complete set numbered 49-60 showing never previously published photos of 1903-1905 pioneer airship flights, includes the Alpha, Beta, Delta, Mayfly, Dirigible-I, Dirigible-II, Clement-Bayard-I, Clement-Bayard-II ++, 400 sets were published by CD in 1950 but only a few were ever sold, scarce with retail value over $200, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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400 ALBERTA SPLIT-RING TOWN CANCELS 1908-1960's, all in a stock book sorted alphabetically by town, note lots of RF-D cancels including Ardley. Allerston, Bulwark, Craigend, Coal-Valley, Hackett, Minnehik, Norway-Valley, Mountain-Park, Slawa, Scollard, Gremina ++, lots of choice cancels, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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1837 ARGENTINA to FRANCE, prepaid SFL from Buenos-Aires on JUL18,1937 and addressed to Bordeaux, routing via French packet ESTELLE with Le-Havre arrival OCT 2nd + overland to Bordeaux on OCT 5th, rated PAID 24 Decimes (48¢) noting an unlisted PAID BEYOND THE SEA VIA LE-HAVRE boxed transit h/s, original letter enclosed, F-VF est ($225+ US) (Image)

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1876 ARGENTINA to FRANCE, part paid folded letter from Buenos-Aires on OCT26,1876 and addressed to Bordeaux, routing via French Packet SS TARANA noting a French Paquet No.5 ship mail clerk h/s and Bordeaux arrival on NOV 25th, Argentina #18A pays the local 10c delivery fee + COLLECT 12 decimes (24¢) for the Trans-Atlantic delivery, part of the enclosure remains, a good rate and F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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1886 ARGENTINA to GERMANY, #23 on 8c stationery cover pays the 12c (10¢) UPU South America letter rate on cover from Corrientes on JUN5'1886, addressed to Hamburg, routing via Buenos-Aires on JUN 8th + closed bag to Hamburg on JUL 8th, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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