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LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1721

1913 (May 17-18) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Santa Rosa, Cal. (AAMC 70), high winds nixed plans to fly mail on May 17; a cover and postcard carried aloft May 18; catalog $1,000, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
Currently Opening at...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1722

1913 (Sept. 2) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Rutland, Vt. (AAMC 71), George Schmitt had planned to carry mail from Sep 1 to Sep 5 but his life was cut tragically short not long after dropping this lot's postcard when he crashed and lost his life; an unused example of this printed card is included, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $600. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1723

1913 (Sept. 4-6) Aviation Meet and Street Circus, McLeansboro, Ill. (AAMC 72), Roy Francis transported mail daily from the aerial post office to a point near the main post office, where he dropped upwards of 2,000 pieces over a three day period; there is no way to determine which days the two examples were carried; on is a real phot postcard with purple cancel and the other a printed postcard with a red postmark; catalog $500, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $250. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$130.00
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1724

1913 (Sept. 9-11) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Carmi, Ill. (AAMC 73), Anthony Jannus received Post Office Department authorization to carry mail from Sep 9 to Sep 11; apparently all 241 pieces were flown (and ceremoniously dropped) on Sep 12 including a postal card postmarked on the 10th (73), and a printed postcard on Sep 11 (73a); catalog $500, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $250. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$130.00
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1725

75a

1913 (Sept. 22-27) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Helena, Mont. (AAMC 75a), Katherine Stinson was the first American woman to fly the mail; at the Montana State Fair she circled the fairgrounds before dropping 1,333 pieces of mail; less than 1% has survived to be recorded, Fine to Very Fine, fewer than 10 reported.
AAMC $2,500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,200-1,800
Currently Opening at...$600.00
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1726

1913 (Oct. 4) Experimental Aeroplane Mail Service, Natrona, Penn. (AAMC 76), Theodore Stockman had planned to fly from Natrona Heights to Schenley Park but couldn't get airborne so he had the aircraft dismantled and shipped to a mechanic; instead he took 45 pieces and had the Aero Mail Club send them out; an uprated postal card and an envelope mailed to Harry Truby; catalog $550, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $275. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

1727

1913 (Oct. 17) Shenandoah Fair Aviation Meet, Woodstock, Va. (AAMC 77), an early aerophilatelist sent 10 postcards for a flight that never occurred and instead was forwarded by train, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$130.00
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1728

1914 (May 30-Sept. 7) Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service, Chautauqua, N.Y. (AAMC 80), for several weeks in the summer, the POD authorized experimental service in and around Chautauqua Lake; the blanket order only allowed postcards and postal cards; six examples on three exhibit pages including a discovery copy three days prior to the authorized start (with cert), special handstamp applied to July 4 mail, postal card from last day of service, and cards sent from Bemus Point, Celoron, and Mayville; catalog $2,650, Fine to Very Fine, unique discovery copy with APEX cert.
AAMC $750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,200-1,800
Currently Opening at...$600.00
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1729

1914 (Oct. 17) Grinnell Experimental Aeroplane Mail Flight, Des Moines, Iowa to Chicago, Ill. (AAMC 82), designed by the aviator and built by Grinnell Aeroplane Company, this flight traveled 390 miles from Des Moines to Kentland after stopping in Chicago; each was franked for Special Delivery service including this uprated postal entire; it set a new American nonstop distance record, Fine to Very Fine, only 5 pieces reported.
AAMC $1,250. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$300.00
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1730

1914 (Nov. 3-8) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Troy, Ala. (AAMC 83), Katherine Stinson flew about 50 pieces from the fairgrounds to a spot near the Troy Post Office; a postal entire and postal card with attactive cancels; catalog $400, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $200. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $200-300
Currently Opening at...$100.00
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1731

1915 (Feb. 20) Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Flight, Tacoma to Seattle, Wash. (AAMC 84), Gustave Stromer, owner of an airplane manufacturing company in Tacoma, constructed a hydroplane and decided to publicize it by operating a daily passenger service between Tacoma and Seattle, a distance of about 25 miles; an uprated postal entire (from a newspaper to the Associated Press) and a postal card; catalog $800, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $400. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
Currently Opening at...$200.00
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1732

86b

1915 (Aug. 7-8) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Port Huron, Mich. (AAMC 86b), authorized for flights for Aug 7 and Aug 8 but unable to fly on the first day due to lack of fuel; two-line cachet used to cancel a post card and postal stationery examples carried by Obert Williams; catalog $1,500, three covers recorded.
AAMC $750. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
Currently Opening at...$375.00
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1733

1915 (Aug. 14-15) Exposition Park Aviation Meet, Rock Island, Ill. (AAMC 87), circling at an altitude of 5,000 feet, Harry Webster of Patterson Aviators, carried a pair of postcards (one machine and the other hand cancel); catalog $850, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
Currently Opening at...$200.00
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1734

1915 (Sept. 6-14) State Fair Aviation Meet, Detroit, Mich. (AAMC 88), Michigan State Fair stationery postmarked on Sep 8 (88) and Sep 10 (88a) and flown nine miles before landing and handing the pouch over to postal officials; catalog $775, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $400. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
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1735

1915 (Sept. 13-17) State Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Milwaukee, Wis. (AAMC 89), eight better examples from the State Fair Aviation Meet; each day Obert Williams was authorized to fly seven miles but he elected to remain within the boundry of the fairgrounds; mail includes Sep 13 postcard (89) and the unique wrapper (89e), postal card addressed to Madison (89a), postal card to Germany on Sep 15 (89b) and an entire with No Enclosure auxiliary mark, 1¢ postal card flown on Sep 16 (89c), postal entire carried aloft on Sep 17 (89d), and a picture postcard (pre-Photoshop days) from Sep 17 showing "A Safety Landing Ahead" (89d); catalog $1,050+, Fine to Very Fine, discovery copy is only recorded wrapper from the event.
AAMC $150. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
Currently Opening at...$250.00
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1736

95a

1916 (Oct. 5) Driving Park Aviation Meet, West Branch, Mich. (AAMC 95a), two great examples from the Ogemaw County Fair Aviation Demonstration event; postal cards with two superior postal strikes, and a commemorative adhesive canceled on cover with an inverted date; catalog $1,150, Fine to Very Fine, three examples of inverted date known.
AAMC $750. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$300.00
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1737

1916 (Oct. 13) Experimental Aeroplane Mail Flight, Ithaca, N.Y. (AAMC 96), very rare postcard piloted by Frank Burnside at Ithaca who transported a regular mail carrier along with the mail; the five-mile trip ended with the mail drop off course landing in the woods and not recovered for two days, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $3,000. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
Currently Opening at...$750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1738

97a

1916 (Nov. 2) New York Times Aerial Post, Chicago to New York (AAMC 97a), sponsored by The New York Times, this last flight of the Pioneer Period flew from Chicago to New York after receiving an authorization extension of one day; a Washington coil pair paid the rate for an envelope with a rubber stamp cachet (97), the lot also includes a postal card with a printed cachet in red (97a); catalog $1,350, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$300.00
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1739

United States, Pioneer Aviation postcards 1910-1911, 21 scarce postcards from the dawn of aviation still on auction cards; complete set of six souvenir postcards from Chautaugua Lake NY Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service Jul-Sep 1914; real photo postcard of Lincoln Beachey at the controls; postally used photo postcard of Beachey ready to fly; four postcards including Glenn Curtiss on 1910 World's Record Flight Over Water, Curtiss biplane and a mounted policeman, 1910 Aeroplane Smashup at the Univerity of Illinois, and unidentified 1910 aircraft; four postcards including Curtiss at the controls at Hammondport 1910, Curtiss at start of record breaking flight, Curtiss aeroplane, and "cut and paste" showing flight from the USS Birmingham; Curtiss Hydroplane at the 1911 Chicago International Air Meet, and a Hydroplane on the water (1911 postmark); and three postcards including Roberts with the Hydroplane, a Hydroplane at the 1911 Chicago Meet, and Robertson in a Hydroplane at the Chicago Meet; wonderful group, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (All Images)

Estimate $750-1,000
Currently Opening at...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction

Airmail

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1740

Airmail, 1918, 6¢ orange (Scott C1), clean, fresh impression overall, o.g., never hinged, Superb, with 2025 P.S.E. certificate graded SUP 98.
SMQ SUP 98; $1,750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
Currently Opening at...$900.00
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1741

Airmail, 1918, 6¢ orange (Scott C1), o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh with rich color and exceptional centering, Extremely Fine to Superb, with 2013 P.S.E. certificate graded XF-SUP 95.
SMQ XF-SUP 95; $360.
Scott $110. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$180.00
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1742

Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue (Scott C3), top margin plate number 8492 single, o.g., never hinged, a gorgeous jumbo, crisply printed and magnificently centered on alluring blue-washed paper, Extremely Fine to Superb, with 2015 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF-SUP 95J.
SMQ XF-SUP 95J; $750.
Scott $130. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction

1743

Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, tied by May 14, 1918 Pre-First Flight cancel on cover signed by "Benjamin B. Lipsner, First Supt. U.S. Aerial Mail Service" (Scott C3), stamp tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Sta. C May 14, 1918 3:30 PM" duplex cancel, boldly struck "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila. Phila. May 15, 1918 First Trip" datestamp at top left, on cover to U.S. Patent Office in Washington D.C. with return address of Edwin J. Logue of Philadelphia (father of Edwin J. Logue Jr (1921-2000) the famous urban planner) on top backflap; light central fold does not affect stamp or any markings, stamp with small internal crease at top not mentioned on accompanying certificate, still Very Fine. Illustrated on page 45 of Joe Kirker's book United States Airmail Stamps 1918: History and Analysis of First Day of Sale Postal Use, and in a Feb. 2015 United States Specialist article by Ken Lawrence which reviews Kirker's book and compares their independent analyses of these covers (copy of article accompanies). Ex Silver, "Aristocrat" (Berkun) & Price, with 2007 P.F. certificate (obtained by the buyer after the Berkun sale).

24¢ stamps were first received at the Washington D.C. main post office in the afternoon of May 13, 1918, but none were sold, and thus all May 13th covers are fakes. The earliest genuine covers are those postmarked on May 14, 1918—the day the stamps went on sale in New York, Philadelphia and all post offices in Washington, D.C. per Lawrence, "Kirker reported and pictured six May 14 covers—one canceled at Washington, 2 at New York and 3 at Philadelphia. My favorite, which I have examined in person, is the Philadelphia cover shown in Figure 7." (THIS COVER). One of the Philly covers traveling by surface mail and not on the inaugural flight. Lipsner helped organize the first airmail service. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $15,000-20,000
Currently Opening at...$7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1744

C3 var.

Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, "grounded plane" variety, pos. 95 from Sanabria sheet (Scott C3 var.), with bottom selvage and half-arrow, o.g., never hinged, significant vignette shift with the wheels of the plane extending deeply into the word "Cents", Choice Very Fine and a true condition rarity featuring never hinged gum, bottom selvage, gorgeous colors and freshness equivalent to the day it was printed, ex Price, signed and plated by Sanabria, with 1998 P.F. certificate. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $5,000-7,500
Currently Opening at...$2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1745

Airmail, 1923, 8¢ dark green (Scott C4), balanced strike and fresh tone, o.g., never hinged, Superb, with 2020 P.S.E. certificate graded SUP 98.
SMQ SUP 98; $500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-500
Currently Opening at...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1746

Airmail, 1923, 16¢ dark blue (Scott C5), o.g., never hinged, as nice as they come, Post Office fresh with bold color and crisp detail, sound and mathematically centered on pristine white paper, Superb, only three stamps grade higher in PSE's Population Report, with 2020 P.S.A.G. certificate graded SUP 98.
SMQ SUP 98; $1,350.
Scott $120. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,200-1,800
Currently Opening at...$650.00
Will close during Public Auction

1747

Airmail, 1923, 16¢ dark blue (Scott C5), bright lively ink tone, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine to Superb, with 2025 P.S.E. certificate graded XF-SUP 95J.
SMQ XF-SUP 95J; $700. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
Currently Opening at...$350.00
Will close during Public Auction

1748

Airmail, 1923, 24¢ carmine (Scott C6), centered with deep visual impact, o.g., never hinged, Superb, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate graded SUP 98.
SMQ SUP 98; $1,100. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,000-1,200
Currently Opening at...$550.00
Will close during Public Auction

1749

Airmail, 1923, 24¢ carmine (Scott C6), o.g., never hinged, a pretty stamp in luxuriant color, cleanly printed and wonderfully centered, Extremely Fine to Superb, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate graded XF-SUP 95.
SMQ XF-SUP 95; $400.
Scott $130. (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction

1750

Airmail, 1926, 15¢ Map & Planes (Scott C8), crisp impression and fresh color, o.g., never hinged, Superb, with 2017 P.S.E. certificate graded SUP 98.
SMQ SUP 98; $325. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$170.00
Will close during Public Auction

1751

Airmail, 1927, 20¢ Map & Planes (Scott C9), o.g., never hinged, exquisitely centered with bright color and sharp detail, Superb, with 2011 P.S.E. certificate graded SUP 98.
SMQ SUP 98; $300. (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1752

C10

Airmail, 1927, 10¢ Lindbergh (Scott C10), crisp fresh tone throughout, o.g., never hinged, Superb, with 2025 P.S.E. certificate graded SUP 98.
SMQ SUP 98; $350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$180.00
Will close during Public Auction

1753

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), set of 3, plate number singles, o.g., never hinged, a gorgeous trio, with select color and clarity; #C13 left margin plate 20077, #C14 left 20085, #C15 right 20090, Very Fine.
Scott $1,675. (Image)

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Estimate $1,200-1,800
Currently Opening at...$600.00
Will close during Public Auction

1754

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), a fresh, nicely centered mint set, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Scott $1,675. (Image)

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Estimate $1,000-1,200
Currently Opening at...$500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1755

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $1,675. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
Currently Opening at...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction

1756

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), set of 3, o.g., never hinged, fresh and clean with crisp impression and superior centering, the gum without any of the normal bends, creases or skips, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2007 (#C14) or 2008 P.S.E. certificates, each graded VF-XF 85.
SMQ VF-XF 85; $1,950.
Scott $1,675. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,200-1,800
Currently Opening at...$600.00
Will close during Public Auction

1757

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), set of 3, o.g., never hinged, a top-of-the-line set, Post Office fresh and pristine without any of the common bends, skips or creases, Extremely Fine to Superb, with 2007, 2008 and 2017 P.S.E. certificates respectively, each graded XF-SUP 95.
SMQ XF-SUP 95; $3,350.
Scott $1,675. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $2,500-3,500
Currently Opening at...$1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

1758

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), o.g., 65¢ & $1.30 never hinged, $2.60 very lightly hinged; 65¢ with a light natural paper wrinkle, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $1,350. (Image)

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Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$300.00
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1759

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), set of 3, o.g., lightly hinged, a choice set, each well centered and fresh, Very Fine.
Scott $1,080. (Image)

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Estimate $600-800
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1760

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), o.g., lightly hinged, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $1,080. (Image)

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Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$300.00
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