1918-23 Air Post
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
|
| 2248 |
 |
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Tied by "Air Mail Service New York Jun. 3, 1918
First Trip" datestamp on Roessler cover to Beverly Mass., receiving
backstamp, Very Fine usage on the first flight to Boston (Image) |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2249 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Tied by "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila.
Washington May 15, 1918 First Trip" datestamp on cover to New York City,
receiving backstamp, Very Fine (Image) |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2250 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Tied by "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila. New
York May 15, 1918 First Trip" datestamp on oversize over to Steubenville
O., some wear incl. edge tears, Fine
(Image) |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2251 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Tied by "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila. Phila.
May 15, 1918 First Trip" datestamp on cover to New York, receiving
backstamp, fresh and Very Fine (Image) |
500.00
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2252 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Stamp approaching the "fast plane" variety, tied by
"Washington D.C." oval, purple Air Mail, Service Wash. N.Y. Phila.
Washington May 15, 1918 First Trip" datestamp on cover to Long Island N.Y.,
receiving backstamp, fresh and Very Fine
(Image) |
450.00
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2253 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Tied by "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila.
Washington May 15 1918 First Trip" and bars circular datestamp on legal
size cover to New York City, purple straight line handstamp "Aerial
Mail---Via New York", Aerial League of America printed corner card, stamp
has some cover wrinkles or light creases, otherwise Fine, scarce First
Flight cover (Image) |
750.00
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2254 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Tied by well-struck "Boston Mass. June 8, 1918"
cachet on 1c entire to New York (AAMC 105), June 11 receiving backstamp,
Very Fine (Image) |
300.00
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2255 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Approaching the "fast plane" variety, tied by
"Boston-to-New York" three-line handstamp on cacheted June 8, Boston,
Mass.-New York First Trip cover (AAMC 105) to Islip N.Y., Very Fine (Image) |
E. 200-300
SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2256 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Top arrow, blue "top" and double plate no. strip of
five, approaching the "fast plane" variety, used with top arrow block of
four of 16c Green (C2) and tied by "Los Angeles Cal." ovals and "Los
Angeles Cal. Aug. 25, 1929" duplex on cacheted cover to Newark N.J.,
Friedrichschafen and Lakehurst backstamps, two rightmost stamps lightly
creased prior to use, Very Fine, colorful usage
(Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2257 |
|
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue,
1918 Air Post (C3). Used with France 5c and 30c stamps which are
tied by "Bordeaux Gare St. Jean May 20, 1926" circular datestamps on air
post cover to San Francisco Cal., the 24c Air Post stamp cancelled on
arrival and used to pay the airmail fee, Very Fine, rare usage, the French
stamps paid the fee for sending via surface mail to the United States (Image) |
E. 750-1,000
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2258 |
|
 16c Green, 1918 Air Post
(C2). Tied by "New York July 15, 1918" pmk. on first day of rate
change cover to Philadelphia, with three-line slogan on back reading
"Send a latter by airplane, especially to one 'over there', it will be a
real treat", fresh and Very Fine example of this rare date, which was the
day of the rate change to 16c (Image) |
800.00
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
