Sale 1026 — United States Stamps and Postal History, CSA, General Foreign
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 27-28 June, 2012
Category — Air Post and Pioneer Flights thru Back-of-Book on Cover
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1898
1936 (Oct. 8), Around the World Promotional Flight. Oversize cover bearing 96c U.S. postage plus $4.20 of Hong Kong Postage, carried via Graf Zeppelin and plane from Jacksonville Fla. around the world, appropriate cachets, copy of typed promotional letter by Claude Nolan, some toning and slight wear, still Very Fine, scarce, carried to London and then to Hong Kong, then by boat to Manila, plane to San Francisco then to destination, very few are known
E. 200-300
250