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 (Foreign Flight Covers: Gibralter to Vatican)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5183
1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Vatican City to Wooster, Ohio via Akron (Sieger 238). Seven different Vatican City stamps on front, six different Italian Air Post stamps on back, tied by October 13, 1933 Vatican City and Milan circular datestamps respectively on registered cacheted cover, purple Akron, Ohio Registered Oct. 25, 1933 and Wooster, Ohio Registered Oct. 26, 1933 backstamps, Very Fine, very few known, ex Belinkoff
E. 750-1,000
2,000