Sale 1262 — United States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 26-28 July, 2022
Category — Air Post, Parcel Post
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
234
24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post (C3). Approaching "Fast Plane" with vignette shifted forward and a little upward, tied by "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila. Washington May 23 12 M 1918" postmark on cover to Boston, with purple special delivery fee handstamp, receiving backstamp (May 24), Very Fine, flown from Washington to New York, then by train to Boston, used during the early period when the new government service was operated by the U.S. military
E. 200-300
325