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Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Canada 1929/1941 Inaugural & Experimental Flight cachets,. printed on over sixty pages (approximately 8" x 13.5"), illustrating the various handstamped cachets of dozens of different flights, pages file hole punched at upper left, an attractive and useful reference for the aerophilatelist. (Image1) (Image 2)

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Est. US$100-150

SOLD for US$60.00
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562

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Canada 1930s First Flight postal history lot. of approximately forty covers, all but a few franked with 6c Daedalus, most Ontario and Quebec flights, attractive handstamped cachets, little duplication, a few small faults, a useful group. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40)

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Est. US$100-150

SOLD for US$85.00
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563

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Europe 1910s/20s Zeppelin & Pioneer aviation postal history collection of. eighteen covers/cards, most mounted on pages, strong in Germany with 1912 stationery card carried on the Zeppelin Viktoria Luise, two 1912 Rhein und Main flight cards, 1929 Graf Zeppelin Middle East Flight real photo postcard to Seville, France 1910 Nantes Aviation Meet label on corresponding postcard, Great Britain 1929 Night Flight postcard to Rotterdam, Switzerland 1925 Basel to Zurich postcard with flight label, as well as mail from Hungary and Poland, some small faults but an overall fine and desirable lot. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12)

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Est. US$300-400

SOLD for US$240.00
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564

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Europe 1930s Zeppelin & Aviation postal history collection, (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26)

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Est. US$400-500

SOLD for US$280.00
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565

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Germany & Switzerland Zeppelin & Catapult Flight group,. with ten items, including 1930 S.S. Bremen. Catapult flight (Apr 4), 1931 S.S. Bremen catapult flight New York to Cottbus, with lovely block of eight 2c Red Cross franking,1932 Europa catapult flight to New York (12/13 June), Europa catapult flight to Vienna (10 August), 1929 Graf Zeppelin Swiss Flight real photo postcard with flight markings, 1936 registered Hindenburg cover from Leipzig to New York, and more, the odd wrinkle, a lovely group fine-very fine. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10)

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Est. US$200-300

SOLD for US$130.00
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566

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Germany 1900s/20s Zeppelin & Pioneer Aviation postcard collection,. with a couple dozen cards, with many better, noting several 1909 Frankfurt International Air Race private stationery and postcards, two with ILA Luftschiffahrt vignette, Hans Grade monoplane in flight at Bork real photo postcard, various aviation meet and air race cards from Cologne, Kiel, Ulm, etc, Orville Weight at Templehof Field Berlin, and more, some with typical wear yet an above-average and desirable lot. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18)

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Est. US$500-750

SOLD for US$400.00
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567

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Germany 1900s/30s Zeppelin postcard collection,. with 36 cards, most being unused real photo cards, noting early view of the Viktoria Luise, several of the Graf Zeppelin including one with portrait of Dr. Hugo Eckener, visit to Hanworth, and flight over Rio de Janeiro, scarce card of the R101 at mooring mast, Hindenburg views, and more, some with minor faults but a typically fine lot. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20)

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Est. US$300-400

SOLD for US$250.00
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568

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Germany 1930s Graf Zeppelin & Hindenburg collection,. with 24 covers/cards, many desirable items with most carried on airship flights, noting 1934 Zeppelin Over Baden-Baden Official Karte der Delag postcard to Italy, Graf Zeppelin & Dornier DO-X Over the Bodensee real photo postcard, 1934 Graf Zeppelin Second South America Flight cover to Rio de Janeiro, two 1934 Graf Zeppelin South America "Christmas Flight", 1934 Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight with Russian franking for rendez-vous with the Icebreaker Malygin, 1935 Graf Zeppelin South America Flight real photo postcard to Pernambuco, 1936 Hindenburg registered First North American Flight cover to Switzerland, 1936 Hindenburg Friedrichshafen First Mail Flight card, 1936 Hindenburg First North American Flight usage of Winter Olympics postal stationery card, etc, a lovely group in chiefly above-average quality, much being very fine. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12)

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Est. US$500-750

SOLD for US$525.00
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569

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Germany, Grand Duchess Eleanor’s Rhine-Main Airmails extensive collection,. with roughly one hundred items, including thirteen official Royal Family “Postkartenwoche” real photo cards issued for use on the flights, including formal portraits by court photographer Steinacker, as well as more casual family images; six photos by Susanne Homann, a professional midwife and amateur photographer who was a friend of the Grand Duchess; multiple Weisser Hund postcards flown during the festivities, depicting scenes from the parade grounds, pilot Lt. von Hiddessen, loading and unloading mails from the flights, etc; scarce cards to foreign destinations including England, Holland, and Switzerland; a set of thee Eugen Bracht cards, printed and flown for the occasion and depicting reproductions of the artists’ famous paintings; examples mailed on every day of the festivities, with every participating town - Worms, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Mainz, and Offenbach - represented, many on their first day and/or last day of use; advertising cards used by private firms to send “greetings through the air” to clients and customers, as well as promotional seals and cinderellas; a set of semi-postal stamps - “First German Airmail to the Rhine” - including the scarce “EELP” (“Ex Est Luft Post”) overprints; an exceptional collection for the enthusiast of early aviation, and one that would take years of dedicated effort to duplicate. History was made in June, 1912, when the Zeppelin Schwaben and the Gelber Hund carried the first German mails by air. This nearly two-week affair, designed to raise funds for Grand Duchess Eleanore’s charity for mothers and infants, met with tremendous public excitement and left an important philatelic legacy. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18)

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Est. US$3,000-4,000

SOLD for US$2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

570

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Graf Zeppelin 1928-1939 postal history collection,. with over seventy covers and cards, an exceptionally diverse exploration of the flights of this famed airship, noting 1928 America Flight, three examples to the USA, each with 4RM brown and postmarked Friedrichshafen, 1928 America Flight, two examples to the USA, each with 2RM blue Zeppelin, 1929 Round the World Flight, franked with 2RM and 4RM Zeppelin pair, (the latter with small corner fault), 1929 Round the World Flight, with U.S. franking, carried from Lakehurst to Lakehurst,1930 South America Flight, two examples with 4RM brown South America Flight frankings, both from Friedrichshafen (May 18), one to Pernambuco, the other to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1930 South America Flight, one example with two 2RM blue Zeppelin frankings, Friedrichshafen (18 May) to Delanco, California, handstamped “Missent to McFarland, Cal.”, 1930 Spain, England, Breslau, and two Switzerland flights, with example to England being franked with 2RM blue and handstamped “RETOUR / A L’ENVOYEUR”, 1930 Russia Flight with beautiful Liechtenstein franking, 1930 Seville Flight, two covers with Spanish frankings, both quite visually striking, 1930 South America Flight, with $1.30 USA Graf Zeppelin adhesive, and another with Liechtenstein franking, 1930 Northern Lands Flight, with on-board cancel, 1931 Hungary Flight postal card, 1931 Egypt Flight Cairo to Germany and another to Greece, with impressive Austrian franking, 1931 Pommerania Flight to Stettin with on-board cancellation, 1931 Baltic Sea Flight from Lubeck with on-board cancellation, 1931 Liechtenstein to Lausanne Flight cover with set of 1fr & 2fr Zeppelin Air Post issues, 1931 Iceland Flight “Zeppelin Mail” postcard from Reykjavik, franked with 1kr “Zeppelin / 1931” overprint, 1931 Austria Flight postcard with Austrian franking, 1931 Polar Flight cover with matching 4RM Graf Zeppelin Air Post, tied by on board cancel (a scarce example but with some faults), 1931 Polar Flight cover to the Icebreaker Malyguin, registered cover with imperforate Graf Zeppelin franking of the USSR, 1931 Brazil Flight, three examples with Zeppelin frankings, one on attractive real photo postcard, 1931 Second South America Flight postal card with 2RM blue Graf Zeppelin, and cover with 4RM brown Graf Zeppelin, both in combination with Brazilian frankings, several 1932 South America Flights, one with 1RM Graf Zeppelin franking on postcard of Dr. Eckener with on-board cancel, another 1RM used on real photo card depicting the Zeppelin landing on the Bodensee, 1932 Netherlands Flight, 1933 South America Flight cover to Brazil, 1933 Century of Progress Flight cover Miami to Chicago, 1933 South America Flight cover dispatched from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro with two confirmation cachets, 1933 South America Flight registered from Brazil to Romania, 1933 Brazilian franking to Chicago on RPPC with message “a memento of the first flight of the Zep from Rio to Chicago,” 1933 Chicago Flight with 2RM Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight, tied by on board cancel (some toning), 1933 Rome Flight on-board cancel on RPPC, 1934 Argentina Flight covers (2, on with 1RM Graf Zeppelin franking), 1934 South America Flight and Christmas Flight cover with on-board cancel, and several more, some with typical small faults but an overall visually-appealing group of above-average quality, and an exceptional beginning to a detailed study of this popular field. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image 41)

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Est. US$4,000-5,000

SOLD for US$3,000.00
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571

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Zeppelin Hindenburg 1936 Flights Postal History collection,. over thirty covers, noting with three March Germany flight covers, with on-board or Friedrichshafen postmarks, two March South America Flight covers to Brazil, three April South America Flight with Brazilian frankings, May North America Flight from Frankfurt to New Jersey, six May Lakehurst to Frankfurt covers with various United States frankings and violet confirmation cachets, May North American Flight registered postal card with Austrian franking, another with Liechtenstein 1Fr & 2Fr Zeppelin set on registered cover from Triesenberg to New York, four August Olympic Flights including one uprated on Olympic illustrated stationery card, over a dozen North America Flight covers, two registered with attractive Olympic semi-postal frankings and event cancels, others with a range of German frankings, noting several registered, an illustrated envelope, another real photo postcard depicting an on-board view of the Hindenburg, another with lovely violet on-board cancel, some with small faults, wrinkles, and the odd spot of toning, an overall fine group and excellent nucleus for expansion. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20)

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Est. US$750-1,000

SOLD for US$625.00
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572

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . United States 1927-9 Charles Lindbergh postal history & memorabilia,. small group including two 1927 airmail covers with poster stamps depicting Lindbergh and "The Mother of a Hero" Evangeline Lindbergh, large folded card & envelope commemorating the second anniversary of Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, two small brass medals, one being a "Lucky Lindbergh Coin" the other commemorating the April 12-13 1928 First East to West Transatlantic Flight, an unusual small cardboard glider model of the Spirit of St Louis, an interesting group for the Lindbergh enthusiast. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8)

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Est. US$100-150

SOLD for US$120.00
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573

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . United States, Earle Ovington commemorative mail collection,<. written-up on pages, over thirty covers and cards, several 1931 Twentieth Anniversary Flight cachet covers, one with 1911 Ovington photo on specially-prepared Dyer envelope, two signed by Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock, another signed "Earle Ovington - Pilot" in ink at lower left, 1938 Wings Across America National Air Mail Week "Ovington's Route" cover, another pair with Wings Across America cachets (one handstamped, one printed) both signed by Post Masyer Oliver Sause, National Air Week Santa Barabara unaddressed cachet cover signed "Mrs. Earle Ovington," unused sheet of Ovington's personal letterhead, thank-you letter from Frank Hitchcock to H.H. Griffin o the American Airmail Society thanking him for a copy of "The Airpost Journal,"a few vintage advertisements, newspaper cutouts, etc, a nice group, chiefly fine. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30)

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Est. US$150-200

SOLD for US$120.00
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574

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Worldwide 1910s-on group of better Zeppelin & airship postcar. with over forty cards, note five early French cards including 1908 Dirigible "Ville de Paris" and 1911 Military Airship "Capitaine Marchal au Camp de Chalons" postally used, Germany 1915 feldpost-usage of an artist signed card showing a Zeppelin on a bombing raid, 1928 Graf Zeppelin official postcard with "On Board" handstamp, 1937 Graf Zeppelin in hanger real photo postcard with commemorative handstamp, a few dozen circa 1920s/30s era mostly of German origin depicting Zeppelins in flight or views from the airship, some with minor edge faults and a handful appear to be modern reprints, a pleasing group. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Est. US$400-500

SOLD for US$575.00
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575

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Worldwide 1910s/90s Zeppelin & Aviation postal history group,. with over fifty items, noting several circa 1910s French Zeppelin postcards, 1912 Rhein-Main Flight real photo postcard depicting Grand Duchess Eleonore of Hesse, United States Hindenburg Lakehurst to Frankfurt first flight cover, and many more, appears roughly split between earlier period items and more modern commemorative covers or reprint cards, chiefly fine. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18)

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Est. US$300-400

SOLD for US$200.00
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576

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Worldwide 1920s/30s Zeppelin postcard & cover group,. with eleven postcards and one cover, most cards of early twentieth-century German or French origin, noting artist signed, Zeppelins in flight, a few Tuck's cards depicting the airships "Ville de Paris" and "Patrie", military airship "Le Lebaudy" in flight, one feldpost usage, 1936 USA Hindenburg cover from Lakehurst to Frankfurt, etc, several cards with some light creasing or edge wear. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Est. US$75-100

SOLD for US$60.00
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577

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Worldwide 1920s/30s Zeppelin stamp and cover group,. with eleven covers/cards, noting 1932 Buenos Aires to England, carried on the last South America Flight of the Graf Zeppelin; 1931 Vaduz to Lausanne flight with 2fr Zeppelin airmail; 1936 registered Frankfurt to New York carried on the Hindenburg; 1933 Graf Zeppelin Saar Flight postcard (some light toning), and Argentina 1930 Graf Zeppelin Pan-America Round Flight; 1930 Moscow to Friedrichshafen with Moscow airship c.d.s.; many better stamps including Russia 1930 Graf Zeppelin Russia Flight issues, 1931 North Pole mint and used imperforate sets, Liechtenstein 1931 Zeppelin issues, Brazil 1931 and 1932 ZEPPELIN surcharges, Argentina 1932 Graf Zeppelin overprint set for the South America Flights, etc, a few small faults to covers, chiefly fine throughout. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12)

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Est. US$400-500

SOLD for US$350.00
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578

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Worldwide 1928-37 Zeppelin Postal History group. of ten covers/cards, mounted on pages, several Graf Zeppelin items with 1928 USA cover front with Graf Zeppelin “FIRST FLIGHT AIRMAIL” cachet, 1938 Graf Zeppelin Sudentenland Flight, 1933 cover from Brazil to Germany and 1935 Germany to Argentina, 1935 Hindenburg postcard Germany to Stockholm from the first trial flight to Sweden, Hindenburg registered Frankfurt to New York cover with Olympic Games cachet, 1937 cover from the United States to Switzerland intended be sent via the Hindenburg but re-routed due to the May 6 explosion of the airship, etc, a few small faults, a useful group. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Est. US$300-400

SOLD for US$180.00
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579

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Worldwide rocket flights & launches postal history group,. with over 300 covers, mostly 1960s/70s from the United States and Australia, from various rocket and satellite launches, some duplication, but a wide-range of interesting cachets for the space topical collector, a few with small faults, chiefly fine-very fine. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Est. US$300-400

SOLD for US$210.00
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580

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation . Worldwide Zeppelin & aviation postal history lot,. most mounted on pages, with twenty five covers/cards, noting four 1924/5 covers from Germany to USA or USA to Bermuda carried on the Airship "Los Angeles", Germany 1928 2RM Zeppelin franking on LZ-127 postcard to New York, 1931 real photo postcard with Iceland Zeppelin overprinted franking, many Great Britain frankings carried on Graf Zeppelin South America Flights, including 1932 to Brazil carried on the 3rd South America flight, with attractive "Use Air Mail" vignette, and 1933 to Uruguay carried on the 6th South America Flight, as well as four 1929/31 Catapult Flight covers from the "Europa" or "Bremen", some with typical small faults or creases, an overall fine lot with many useful items. (Image1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22)

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Est. US$500-750

SOLD for US$425.00
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