Sale 1003 — Specialized U.S. Collections, Air Post, Foreign Stamps & Covers
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 15-17 December, 2010
Category — Air Post and Flight Covers (Scott C1-C11, Byrd, Roessler)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5051
6c-24c 1918-23 Air Post (C1-C6). Singles, used with Nos. C9-C11, 569 and 570, tied by "Richmond Hill N.Y." oval handstamps on Zeppelin flight cover addressed to Richmond Hill, purple "First Round-the-World U.S. Air Mail" cachet, "Via Graf Zeppelin Lakehurst-Lakehurst" docketing, Lakehurst backstamp (Aug. 29, 1929), trivial wrinkling, Very Fine and colorful usage
E. 300-400
300
5052
6c-24c 1918-23 Air Post (C1-C6). Blocks of four of Nos. C1-C3, used with Nos. 537, 571, C2, C5, C6 and C8 and tied by "New York City City Hall Sta. Aug. 6, 1929" duplexes on cacheted Zeppelin flight cover addressed to New York, Lakehurst backstamp (Aug. 29, 1929), trivial edgewear, Very Fine and colorful usage
E. 1,500-2,000
1,000
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6c-24c 1918 Air Post (C1-C3). Over 20 covers, C1 Dec. 17 and 18, 1918 usages (Dec. 16 was first flight), four C2 July 15 First Flights (two legal-size, one to FDR), C3 May 15 First Flight, C1 block of four and single C3 tied by boxed "Guam, Guam", 1933 registered use to Los Angeles, two C2 used with three different "EU" Scadta machine overprinted stamps, Guatemala 5q Orange registered use to U.S. with C2 for Air Mail postage from New Orleans port of entry to Pennsylvania (forwarded to New Jersey), very mixed condition, still much Fine and better
E. 1,500-2,000
1,500
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6c Orange, 16c Green, 1918 Air Post (C1-C2). Two registered covers, first is horizontal pair (natural s.e. right), latter single, all tied by Postal Agency Shanghai China double ovals (blurry strikes as usually seen), C1 with nice corner card, C2 with seldom seen purple boxed "Supposed Liable To United States Customs Duties", 1919 and 1920 usages respectively, C2 cover light creases, very scarce lot, these Air Post stamps probably just paid the ordinary postage and registry rates and did not receive air mail service
E. 400-500
600
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16c Green, 1918 Air Post (C2). Nicely centered, tiny scuff, on beautiful multicolor soldier's mail framed with holly leaves and berries and mistletoe (?), patriotic shield and crest, tied by "U.S. Military Express Postal Service" double circle with interior date of Oct, 25, 1918, purple censor's handstamp, light creasing and bottom right corner rounded, also incl. No. C3 on cover addressed to a U.S. Military Mechanic in France, tied by "Postal Express Service" double circle with interior date of Jan. 10, 1919, this evidently is a "hand back" souvenir as there are no other markings on the cover, very scarce lot nonetheless
E. 300-400
350
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8c-24c 1923 Air Post (C4-C6). Complete set of Worden First Day Covers, all with appropriate Washington D.C. slogan machine cancels, Fine-Very Fine, exceptionally nice for these
1,750
650
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8c-24c 1923 Air Post (C4-C6). Blocks of four, used with Nos. 537, 570, 571 and C10 on cover to Lancaster Pa., purple "First Round-the-World U.S. Air Mail" cachet, stamps cancelled or tied by "Lancaster Aug. 6, 1929" datestamps, Lakehurst and Lancaster backstamps (Aug. 29), fresh and Very Fine
E. 500-750
750
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8c-24c 1923 Air Post (C4-C6). Couple dozen covers, incl. pair C5 with 4c Martha Washington to Baghdad "Mesopotamia", by air Philadelphia-New York, then by the "Mauretania", nice range of backstamps (1926), matched set of three tiny covers from Barrow, Alaska, C4 and three C5 on 1c Postal Card (1928 LZ127 Zeppelin flight), France-U.S. and Canada-U.S. mixed frankings, special flights and more, virtually all Fine-Very Fine
E. 500-750
600
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8c Dark Green, 1923 Air Post (C4). Two, block of four and single respectively, both tied by "Washington, D.C. Aug. 15, 1923" machine cancel on First Day covers to Columbus O. and Washington D.C., first with Shoreham Hotel corner card and addressed to George Linn, second with National Research Council corner card, Very Fine
800
275
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24c Carmine, 1923 Air Post (C6). Tied by "Washington D.C. Aug. 21, 1923" duplex on First Day cover to Syracuse N.Y., "Washington D.C. Aug. 21, 1923 Register or Insure Valuable Mail" slogan machine cancel on back, fresh and Very Fine
750
225
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10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane (C10a). Without tab, used on First Day cover and tied by "Cleveland (Midwestern Philatelic Station) Ohio May 26, 1928" duplex handstamps to Chicago, attractive Shield, Eagle and Airplane cachet, green show cachet featuring Lindbergh's airplane "The Spirit of St. Louis", top stamp with small faults at top, Very Fine appearance, scarce with the green show cachet
800
425
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10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane (C10a). Tied by "Washington D.C. May 26, 1928" duplex cancels on First Day cover to Saginaw Mich., fresh and Very Fine
875
275
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10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane (C10a). On cover cancelled by purple "Cleveland (Midwestern Philatelic Sta.) Ohio May 26 1928" First Day cancel, No. 645 at top right similarly tied, also incl. booklet pane single tied by the same marking in green on cover with biplane, eagle and shield cachet with fancy purple airplane handstamp cachet, Fine lot, the C10a single not counted
800
325
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General Balbo Italian Squadron Flight, Chicago to New York Leg. Cover franked with $1.00 No. 571 and Air Post C8-C9, C12 and C10a Booklet Pane, all tied by Chicago Ill Jul. 18 1933 "Century of Progress" advertising machine cancel, grids of short bars and the attractive large Air Cruise cachet, New York July 20 receiving backstamp, Very Fine
E. 400-500
600
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5c Beacon (C11). Massive collection and accumulation of virtually all covers, partially mounted in five volumes, others in various envelopes, incl. First Flights, FAM's, Zeppelins, Special Events, Crash Cover, Memorial Airship Akron crash cover signed by three of the survivors (reportedly only ten prepared), 1929 "Yellowbird" Record Flight, and more, the unused stamps include some plate blocks plus an interesting page of vignette shifts, several are really severe and should be eagerly sought after by buyers of this collecting area, virtually all Fine-Very Fine, while far from being entirely mounted, this is easily the most comprehensive specialized offering of this stamp we have ever seen, impossible to duplicate
E. 2,000-3,000
4,000
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$2.00 Carmine & Black (547). Used with 50c and $1.00 1922 Issue and 5c Aeronautics, tied by New York Aug. 6, 1929 duplex on Graf Zeppelin round-the-world flight cover to Nickles in Washington D.C., purple cachet, Lakehurst N.J. special machine cancel on back, Very Fine, ex Martin, Scott Retail $250.00 for flown cover
E. 300-400
250
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1927, June 27 -- Byrd Transatlantic Flight (AAMC 1060). Congressional corner card cover to Paris, France, with original enclosure, "Official Business-Free" crossed out and with two 10c Special Delivery (E12) affixed over the "M.C." part of free frank, stamps uncancelled and no postal markings as is often the case, endorsed "Via U.S. Trans-Atlantic Air Mail First Flight Commander Byrd Pilot 'America'" and signed R.E. Byrd on front and back, Very Fine, this is one of the few pieces of mail from the "America" to retain its stamp after the plane was forced to touch down off the coast of France, lot includes photograph of "America"
E. 750-1,000
0
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1929, November 28, South Pole Byrd Antarctic Expedition (AAMC 1100). Violet cachet with black datestamp, 2c 1922 Issue tied by "S.S. City of New York Feb. 19, 1930" postmark to Raymond Fosdick in New York, addressed by and initialed by Byrd, probably not flown as there is no ms. certification as is usual, Very Fine and rare signed, accompanied by a biography of Fosdick
E. 200-300
225
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Roessler "Graf Zeppelin" Ovpt.. 1c Green (632) bearing Roessler cinderella overprint, used with 5c and $1.00 1922-25 Issue, tied by "Lakehurst N.J. Oct. 28, 1928" duplexes on cover with picture cachet depicting Graf Zeppelin flying over the Statue of Liberty, Friedrichshafen backstamp, the well-known Air Mail dealer A.C. Roessler applied this cinderella overprint and was charged by postal authorities with issuing counterfeit stamps, as a first offender he was given probation on the condition that he retire from the stamp business, he died a few years later in a mental institution, interesting item
E. 200-300
325
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