Sale 958 — 2008 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 7 June, 2008

Category — Air Post, including Inverted Jenny Position 21

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
714
c
Sale 958, Lot 714, Air Post, including Inverted Jenny Position 2165c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Rich colors and choice centering, tied by "Washington D.C. Apr. 19 2PM 1930" duplex cancels on flown cover to Washington D.C., usual cachets incl. "Lakehurst N.J. May 31, 1930" backstamp, signed by Postmaster General, also 2nd, 3rd and 4th Assistant Postmaster Generals, also autograph and printed return card of Arch Coleman, 1st Assistant Postmaster General, the cover is addressed to Mrs. Arch Coleman

AN ATTRACTIVE AND RARE FLOWN FIRST DAY COVER WITH A COMPLETE SET OF THE GRAF ZEPPELIN ISSUE. THIS CELEBRATED "COLEMAN" FIRST DAY COVER IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE GRAF ZEPPELIN FIRST DAY USAGES, BY VIRTUE OF THE SIGNATURES OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND OTHER POST OFFICE OFFICIALS.

This remarkable cover was held by the Coleman family until the early 1980's.

15,000
12,500