Sale No: 5125
Lot No:4175
Symbol:Cat No:24

[Merchant], Coal Gas, 1¢ blue, type V (Scott 24), cover with Gas Generating Co. handstamped corner card, franked with a wing-margined 1857 1¢ Franklin tied by red "New York. Paid. City Delivery" postmark (date indistinct), addressed locally, Fine to Very Fine, a nice example of a Local postmark. (Image)

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:4183
Symbol:Cat No:65

[Yarns & Wool] Alex. Whilldin & Sons, Philadelphia, three covers, each with a different style corner card, all franked with a 3¢ rose (65) and canceled Philadelphia between Feb and Oct 1866; all addressed to Kingston Centre, Del., Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:5670
Symbol:Cat No:Aug 18

Czechoslovakia, 1947 (Aug 18), three-service cover to Palestine, franked C21 + various 298//324 on back, from the Radium Hotel in Jachymov (radium and thermal baths), sent by air as well as registered and express, each service with the proper label, rate calculation in pencil upper right, backstamped with scarce-to-rare Palestine oval Lydda Air Port registry receiver, a rare combination to a desirable destination, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $100 (Image)

Suggested Bid $100

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:5702
Symbol:Cat No:Sep 7

Italy & Colonies, 1933-1938, four covers from Rhodes, variously franked: 1933 (Sep 7) to Greece, Sc. 15, 17, 18, 20 (Oct 5) Sc. 20 (2); 1934 to Germany Sc. 18, Sc. 21, C1: 1938 to Germany Sc. 18, 20 pair, two with black two-line hand stamp "Transportato per via aerea/Transporte par avion", all with different air labels, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:5705
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Korea, 1957, to Poland, franked 95w (5w, 20w,70w) on decorative envelope with Poland air etiquette A3, sent by a member of the Polish Technical Group, a rare cover, Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:5708
Symbol:Cat No:Jun 6

Montserrat, 1930 (Jun 6) First Airmail, Plymouth to St. Lucia, Registered cover with boxed "First Air Mail/ Montserrat" cachet and franked with 1s4½d postage tied by Jun 6 Montserrat c.d.s.s; addressed to Pittsburgh, Pa. and sent via Castries, St. Lucia where it is backstamped on Feb 27, 1931, then backstamped at New York on Mar 11 and Pittsburgh on Mar 12, Very Fine. Only 32 covers were carried.
Muller 1/4.

Covers, intended for various destinations were canceled June 6, 1930 in readiness for the seaplane air mail flight, which was delayed by bad weather and, in effect, postpones. The British Navy cruiser, H.M.S. Dorsetshire, visited Montserrat in February 1931 and on leaving left behind her seaplane. When the plane flew to re-join her ship at St. Kitts, the mail that was originally prepared for the June 1930 flight was taken aboard and flown to Basseterre, St. Kitts, arriving on Feb 23. The covers were then forwarded by surface mail to their original destinations. (Image)

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:5712
Symbol:Cat No:Apr 26

Romania, 1933-1934, three covers, 3 l. postal card uprated 10 l. with 2 Berlin receivers on front, air label A6b; 1934 (Apr 26) to Germany, Hannover transit, on photographic ad cover, air label France B59; 1934 (Aug 27) registered via and Berlin to Belgium, Berlin red transit, air label France B59, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Suggested Bid $75-100

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:5719
Symbol:Cat No:Aug 29

South Africa, 1929 (Aug 29), two first flight covers, card Germiston Station to Port Elizabeth, franked 23b wing copy, C5 with air etiquette A1 (5*) handstamped in red "Miller's Service, 1929" not seen by us before; registered East London to Port Elizabeth, franked 24b, C6, O5 pair, with air label A1 (5), unusual pair, Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Suggested Bid $100-150

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:5724
Symbol:

Michel €125 ($140)
Suggested Bid

Sale No: 5125
Lot No:5725
Symbol:Cat No:Q2-3

United States, 1930 Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race & Aerial Carnival, cover franked with 2¢ & 3¢ Parcel Post stamps (Q2-3), hsd Event cachet orev, carried on the French balloon Pierre Fisbach from Cleveland's Air Mail Field to just outside Smithville, Ontario where it entered the mails for its addee in Floral Park N.Y., stamps tied by Sep 2 Smithville duplex handstamps, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Suggested Bid $100-150