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State/Territorial Postal History

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CatNo.

Lot Description

5121

oregon territory 1853.0512

ca. 1853 (May 12), Cover from New London, Ct., to Portland, Oregon Territory, franked by horizontal pair of 3¢ Washington (#11A) in bright shade on fresh paper, tied by New London postmark; usual edge wear, small stain at lower right; nice trans-continental Territorial item, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $130-200
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5122

Oregon Town Cancels, 1908-92, nearly 600 envelopes, postal cards, and pieces with town postmarks; 345 Adams to Medford mounted in oversized sketch book along with photograpghs of most post offices and a description about the town; pair of 9" x 12" sketch books with DPO and Branch post offices, 251 covers (also with photographs) from Agate Beach to Zagzag; most are from the 1985-1995 timeframe; key for the Oregon postal historian, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 17 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Image) (All Images)

Estimate $130-225
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5123

Calling All Oregonians, 1908-86, 350 envelopes and postcards with town, DPO, and Branch cancels; the key is most come with photographs of the post office; bonus folder with perhaps 100 more photographs ready to be matched; enjoyable time guaranteed, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.8 lbs. (Image) (All Images)

Estimate $110-130
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General

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

5124

1935.0128, alaska emergenc

1935 (Jan. 28-Feb. 22), Alaska "Emergency mail service" trio, pretty threesome of Koestler-serviced covers, each franked by National Parks issue, with "Emergency mail service/via Airplane from:/[city]" typed endorsement at lower left; covers from Wasilla (Jan. 28), Ugashik (Feb. 4) and Kenai (Feb. 22), each signed or handstamped by postmaster and properly backstamped, Kenai with lightly struck blue green cachet (possibly dog sled design, though difficult to be certain); worth the time to research, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $110-160
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5125

latin america 1926-31

1926-31, Group of five Latin America early flight covers, comprising covers from Argentina, Brazil (2), Chile and Paraguay; Chile franked with #C1 and pair of 10c O'Higgins, 1926 Argentina with Franco Cubrio flight cachet (10120 kms in 61 hours, 44 minutes), Brazil 1930 First Direct Trans-Atlantic Airmail and 1931 First Panair Flight Brazil-Uruguay-Argentina; plus postcard honoring early Spanish aviators; colorful group to please collector and dealer alike, Fine to Very Fine or better. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (All Images)

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Estimate $130-200
SOLD for $70.00
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Pioneer Flights

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

5126

Pan Am Experimental Flights Cover Collection, 1946, 23 mixed-franking envelopes to countries including Venezuela, Bolivia, Suriname, Antigua, Brazil, British Guiana, Costa Rica, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Curacao, Nicaragua, Trinidad, and Uruguay, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $275-400
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First Flights

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

5127

Helicopter Mail First Flights, 1947-52, 42 First Flight Covers on black Vario pages hightlighting early helicopter use in carrying the mail; experimental routes with light duplication and foreign destinations of Germany and Scotland; a solid start, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image) (All Images)

Estimate $110-150
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Early Zeppelin Flights

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

5128

2//17

1912-14, Pioneer Airships, Group of eight flown cards (Sieger 2//17), Schwaben Sieger 2 I (corner of card nicked), Hansa 6 Ia, 6 Ix; Saschen 9 Aa, 9 Cb; and Replacement II 17b, 17c.
Sieger €3,100 ($3,350). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-650
SOLD for $375.00
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5129

4 a

1913 (May 5) Viktoria Luise Passenger Flight (Sieger 4 a), Zeppelin photo card (Shadow of Airship over Baden-Baden) franked with a 5pf Germania with both onboard datestamps, Very Fine.
Sieger €700 ($760). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $160-250
SOLD for $120.00
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5130

19 A

1919 (Sep 18), Bodensee Passenger Flight (Sieger 19 A), 7½pf postal card with additional 2½pf Germania tied by Berlin c.d.s.s; clear dated Bodensee onboard postmark, Very Fine.
Michel 120 Ac; €500 ($540).
Sieger €900 ($970). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-275
SOLD for $140.00
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Graf Zeppelin Flights

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

5131

105 Ax-Ay

1931 Egypt Flight, Cairo-Friedrichshafen Return (Sieger 105 Ax-Ay), cover franked with 50m & 100m Zeppelins (C3-C4) canceled Cairo, Apr 10, and backstamped Friedrichshafen, Apr 13; no flight cachet as usual, Very Fine.
Michel 166Aa I/II; €800 ($860). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-275
SOLD for $100.00
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5132

208 Va

1933 Rome Flight, Rome-Friedrichshafen (Sieger 208 Va), picture postcard franked with a 75c Vatican stamp canceled May 27 and an Italian 3L Zeppelin (C42) tied by the green Friedrichshafen receiver, Very Fine. Card is an aerial view of San Marino.
Michel 304C Ia; €1,500 ($1,620). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-550
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5133

231 a austria

1929 Orient Flight, Friedrichshafen-Palestine Drop (Sieger 231 A var.), cover franked with 3.40s postage canceled Vienna, Mar 22; rubberstamped flight cachet, addressed to Jerusalem and backstamped (handstamped) there on Mar 27; vertical file fold and one stamp slightly damaged, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. A rare cover.
Michel 18 IIh; €3,500 ($3,780). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-550
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5134

238 Bc

1933, Chicago Flight, Friedrichshafen-Chicago (Sieger 238 Bc), cover with a Lawrence Smith printed Century of Progress cachet franked with 2.75m postage ingg a 2m Chicago Flight Zeppelin (C44) canceled Friedrichshafen, Oct 14; properly cacheted and backstamped, Very Fine.
Scott $800. Michel 352a; €1,050+ ($1,130). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-275
SOLD for $130.00
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Hindenburg Flights

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CatNo.

Lot Description

5135

406 h belgian congo

1936 First North America Flight, Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst (Sieger 406 H var.), card franked with 3.40fr canceled Leopoldville, Apr 23, then carried to Brussels (basic set complete May 2), then Friedrichshafen, where a 50pf Hindenburg Airmail (57) was added and canceled May 6; red Lorch "e" flight cachet, backstamped New York on May 9, Very Fine and rare.
Michel 12e; €1,500 ($1,620). (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-550
SOLD for $225.00
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Zeppelin Collateral Material

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CatNo.

Lot Description

5136

literature

Better Airship-Related Titles, two 1st Ed copies of The Aerial Age by Walter Wellman (1911), Aerial Navigation of Today by Charles Turner (1910), My Airships by A Santos-Dumont (1904) as well as a 1973 paperback reprint, Dirigible Balloons (soft cover in French) by Gaston Tissandier (1885), The Aeromobiles (soft cover in French) by Robert Goldschmidt (1911), two copies of Story of the Airship by Hugh Allen (1931), two copies with one autographed What About the Airship by C E Rosendahl (1938), My Airship Flights 1915-1930 by George Meager (1970), ZRS-4 Ring Laying by Goodyear-Zeppelin (1929), Graf Zeppelin autographed by Gordon Vaeth (1958), Zeppelin and the United States of America by Hans Knausel (1981), The British Rigid Airship 1908-1931 by Robin Higham (1975), 1st Ed The House of Goodyear by Hugh Allen (1936), and The Rigid Airship by E H Lewitt (1925); also includes 10 editions of The National Geographic Magazine between 1918 and 1930, and a dozen British technical reports (in excellent condition). Shipping charges apply - weight 34.4 lbs. (Image) (All Images)

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Great Britain

LotNo.

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CatNo.

Lot Description

5137

1932.0701

1932 (July 1), Trio of Special War Loan Conversion Charter Flight covers, the first on Bank of England corner card envelope with "London/1½d/Paid" handstamp; the second "On His Majesty's Service" Post Office Savings Bank cover, text and "Official/[crown]/Paid" handstamp in red; the third on Bank of Ireland envelope with red payment handstamp; each with red "Special/Air" handstamp applied. Each carried the Chancellor of the Exchequer's June 30 notice (not included) concerning the conversion of the £2,000,000,000 of 5% War Loan into 3.5% stock. Scarce. Ex Lister. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $650-1,000
SOLD for $550.00
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5138

1955 Strike

Great Britain, Collection of Internal Airmail during the 1955 Railway Strike, a compilation of 15 covers on annotated exhibition pages, each sent during the 1955 national railway strike. During this period (May 29-June 16), the mails were carried by Royal Air Force flights on four emergency routes starting operation on June 1. All four routes (plus combinations) are presented, with many having both north- and southbound cover examples. Includes an Official cover, a Philatelic Magazine wrapper, etc., the majority with N.C. Baldwin's manuscript annotations on reverse. Clean and appealing—showing there's more than one way to skin a cat. Fully imaged online. Ex Lister. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (All Images)

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5139

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), scarce plate 8, PL, nice margins and light red Maltese cross cancel, Very Fine.
SG 2; £525 ($700).
Scott $600. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $100.00
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5140

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), plate 1A, TK, ample to large margins with a somewhat heavy black Maltese cross cancel, Very Fine.
SG 2; £450 ($600).
Scott $425. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
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5141

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), Very Fine.
SG 2.
Scott $375. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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5142

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), plate 2, FJ, nice margins to jusct clear at the bottom, neat red Maltese cross cancel, Fine to Very Fine.
SG 2; £375 ($500).
Scott $425. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $50.00
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5143

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), plate 2, OJ, four decent margins and a light red Maltese cross cancel, Fine to Very Fine.
SG 2; £375 ($500).
Scott $425. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $90.00
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5144

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), plate 3, AD, clear to large margins with a light red Maltese cross cancel; filled thins and tiny corner crease, Fine to Very Fine appearance.
SG 2; £500 ($670).
Scott $575. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $50.00
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5145

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 2d blue (Scott 2), plate 1, bright and fresh with three large margins, barely shaved at the lower right, light red Maltese cross cancel; two tiny corner creases at the top, Fine to Very Fine appearance, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.
SG 5; £975 ($1,300).
Scott $975. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
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5146

1841, 1d red brown on deeply blue paper (Scott 3f), o.g., hinge remnant, exceptionally fresh with three full margins, the fourth clears at the top, Fine to Very Fine.
SG 8a; £700 ($940).
Scott $700. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
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5147

1841, 2d blue, "white lines" (Scott 4), a pretty horizontal strip of 3, plate 3, NA-NC, nice margins (small part sheet margin at the left) except barely shaved at the upper, right, Slaithwaite (Yorks. W.R.) "389" cancels, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2025 P.F. certificate.
SG 14; £390 as pair & single ($520).
Scott $425. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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5148

1847, Queen Victoria (embossed), 1s pale green (Scott 5), die 2, wide side margins, just touching or just in at the top & bottom, light numeral "2" cancel, Fine, with a 2025 P.F. certificate noting "slight toning at left," which has subsequently been removed.
SG 54; £1,100 ($1,470).
Scott $1,000. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
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5149

1854, Queen Victoria (embossed), 6d mauve (Scott 7c), barely shaved on all sides with a light numeral cancel, Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.
SG 58; £1,000 ($1,340).
Scott $1,150. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $140.00
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5150

1854, 1d red brown on bluish, Small Crown watermark, perf 16, Die I (Scott 8), two fresh mint examples, Very Good to Fine.
SG 17; £750 ($1,000).
Scott $700. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
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5151

26a

1857, Queen Victoria, 4d rose carmine, Large Garter watermark (Scott 26a), tied by a neat London E.C. "74" duplex handstamp, Dec 18, 1860, on a folded address leaf to Angolême, France; red oval "PD" and Calais French entry c.d.s.; backstamped Paris-Bordeaux Railroad and Angolême c.d.s.s, Fine to Very Fine.
SG 66; £225 ($300).
Scott $260. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $75-100
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5152

1869, 2d deep blue, letters in all four corners, "thin lines" (Scott 30 var.), o.g., lightly hinged, exceptionally fresh with intense color, Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate as Scott 30.
SG 47; £525 ($700).
Scott $575. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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5153

1865, Queen Victoria, 6d lilac, Emblems watermark (Scott 45), regummed, rich color; couple nibbed perfs at the lower left, otherwise Fine.
SG 97; £1,200 for o.g. ($1,600).
Scott $1,125 for o.g. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
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5154

51a

1869, Queen Victoria, 6d dull violet, without hyphen, Spray of Rose watermark (Scott 51a), plate 9, o.g., Fine.
SG 108; £700 ($940).
Scott $850. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
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5155

1867, Queen Victoria, 1s green, Spray of Rose watermark (Scott 54), plate 4, o.g., hinge remnant; light corner crease at the lower right and a bit of trivial toning at the top (visible only on the reverse), about Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.
SG 117; £800 ($1,070).
Scott $1,125. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
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5156

57a

1867, Queen Victoria, 5s pale rose, Maltese Cross watermark (Scott 57a), "socked-on-the-nose" with a clear Shanklin/B c.d.s.s, May 20, 1882; small thin spot, otherwise Fine and attractive, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.
SG 127; £725 ($970).
Scott $775. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $50.00
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5157

57a

1867, Queen Victoria, 5s pale rose, Maltese Cross watermark (Scott 57a), plate 2, beautifully centered with two partial "CORNHILL B.O/E.C." c.d.s.s, May 7, 1875; slight bit of soiling, otherwise Very Fine.
SG 127; £725 ($970).
Scott $775. (Image) (All Images)

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5158

1870, ½d rose (Scott 58), plate 12, o.g., never hinged(!), Fine to Very Fine.
SG 49; £120+ ($160).
Scott $140+. (Image) (All Images)

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5159

1870, ½d rose (Scott 58), horizontal strip of 3, BM-BO, plate 20, o.g., Fine. A scarce plate.
SG 49; £1,050+ ($1,400).
Scott $1,200+. (Image) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
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5160

1872, Queen Victoria, 6d chestnut, Spray of Rose watermark (Scott 59), plate 11, o.g., small hinge remnant, fresh and attractive; small, light crease at the bottom, otherwise Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.
SG 122a; £800 ($1,070).
Scott $925. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
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