Postal History Airmail Postal History Zeppelin Covers
Sale No: 5329
Lot No: 8202
Symbol: C
Cat No: 62
1972, 8p Europa (Scott 62), cacheted First Day Cover, Extremely Fine. Michel Mi71; €160 ($170). (Image)
Suggested Bid $46
Opening US$ 26.00
Sold...US$ 26.00
Closed..Jul-05-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Fancy Cancels Crosses & Crossroads
Sale No: 5329
Lot No: 8203
Symbol: o
Cat No: Unlisted
Elaborate Cross (Skinner-Eno Unlisted), gorgeous, virtually complete strike of this exceptional design on a F-VF 3¢ rose (65); perhaps an embellished version of Skinner/Eno GE-E 76. (Image)
Suggested Bid $34
Opening US$ 17.00
Sold...US$ 17.00
Closed..Jul-05-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Patriotic Designs
Sale No: 5329
Lot No: 8206
Symbol: o
Cat No: Unlisted
Small Shield with Bar (Skinner-Eno Unlisted), bold, "socked-on-the-nose" strike on a Fine 3¢ rose (65). (Image)
Suggested Bid $14
Opening US$ 7.00
Sold...US$ 7.00
Closed..Jul-05-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Pictorial Designs
Sale No: 5329
Lot No: 8205
Symbol: Z
Cat No: Unlisted
Negative Star in Cogwheel of New York, N.Y. (Skinner-Eno Unlisted), perfect strike of this unlisted elaborate New York cancel ties a 3¢ rose (65) on a small piece alongside a Jan New-York c.d.s. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jul-05-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Military-/War-Related Covers World War II
Sale No: 5329
Lot No: 8199
Symbol: C
Green Cross Airmail Label for Wartime Mail from Great Britain to Malta on cover, tied along with 2d & ½d KGVI by 2 strikes of "Tidworth Hants 27 MCH 43" wavy line machine cancel on cover to a Captain P.D. Griffiths, R.A.M.C. (Royal Army Medical Core) at the General Hospital at Malta, also includes a censored cover with a July 15 1942 cancel sent from Malta during the Malta Blitz Casualty Evacuation (June 1940-December 1943) and 22 mint labels, Extremely Fine, fully imaged online and accompanied by copies of an undated complete article by Gordon Ward published in "The Philatelist", and an article from the Jan. 2002 "The Cinderella Philatelist" on the Malta Philatelic Society website. Ward explained that these were given to British Army personnel in Malta to send home for their loved ones to use on mail sent to them as a way to expedite mail delivery to Malta, but few people read the instructions and used the labels. in the accompanying first page of an article on the subject by Gordon Ward published in the Nov. 24, 1951 issue of "Stamps" that notes "I have records of only 200 used on covers." and notes that the labels were used between August 1940 and October 1943, "although it was not really needed as long as that".
A google search for the recipient found that he was a Regimental Medical Officer attached to the 8th/Kings Own Royal Lancaster Infantry Battalion (https://www.maltaramc.com/articles/contents/blitz.html).(Image)
