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 C18, 1933 Century of Progress Flight)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5117
Century of Progress Flight Covers, 1933. Six covers, two are ordinary cacheted C18 covers, others with 50c rate made up of stamps other than C18, incl. C7-C10 plus two with 10c Special Delivery E15 in various combinations, three to Canada, the highlight is 10c Lindbergh Booklet Pane of Three with slightly reduced tab to fit cover (C10a) and pair of ordinary C10 stamps, one of the E15 combinations has all four stamps tied by New York Oct. 2 1933 grid duplex circular datestamps (First Day for C18), Fine-Very Fine, non-C18 Century of Progress flown covers are far scarcer than those with the C18 stamp
E. 400-500
425