U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 10-11 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1580 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1919 Hawker, 3c red brown, bottom left corner margin single, traces of original gum and of "JAR" initials (which partially show through the perforations at upper right margin), fine and extremely rare positional piece. While only 76 unusedexamples are believed to exist, only a handful are known with margin, with 2002 BPA cert. A v.f. copy brought $26,400 (incl. buyer's premium) in our November 2005 sale (SG 142) * Catalog #C1 Catalog Value ^L15,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1581 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1919 Hawker, 3c red brown, bottom margin vertical pair, signed "JAR" on reverse, top stamp l.h., bottom stamp n.h., fine-v.f. Only 76 unused singlesare believed to exist, pairs are virtually unknown. A wonderful showpiece, with 2002 BPA cert. (SG 142) cat. value for hinged singles *\** Catalog #C1 Catalog Value ^L30,000++ | Price Realized $42,500.00 |
 | Lot #1582 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1921 35c red, block of 25, 18 stamps with "wide setting", balance with narrow, with varieties including with period and without, "1" of "1921" below "F" of "Halifax" (both settings), six stamps hinged, balancen.h., fine-v.f., with 1980 Diena cert. (without premium for block), ideal for a specialist as the block contains the full setting of 25  *\**Catalog #C3,3b,f,g-h,j Catalog Value 5,800+ | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1583 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1921 35c red, block of four, pos. 4-5,9-10, pos. 4 wide spacing with the "1" of "1921" under the "F" in "Halifax", pos.5 with narrow setting, also with "1" of "1921" below "F" of "Halifax", pos.9-10 wide settings,pos. 9 without period, all inverted and misplaced, original gum (h.r.), v.f. and extremely scarce showpiece (SG 148c,d,e,l) catalogued as four singles *Catalog #C3a,c,e,k Catalog Value ^L28,500+++ | Price Realized $30,000.00 |
 | Lot #1584 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1927 De Pinedo, the complete setting of the overprint "Air Mail De Pinedo 1927" in red, pane of 50, roughly perforated paper, with instructions on reverse in pencil and pen, also the printer's record of the overprinting of the De Pinedo stamps, dated May 1927, some creases and perf. separations, nevertheless a fine example of this unique proof sheet, used in the Stamp Forgery Trial in St. John's in 1934, illustrated in the 1953 "Newfoundland Air Mails" by C.H.Harmer PCatalog #C4P | Price Realized $47,500.00 |
 | Lot #1585 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1927 De Pinedo surcharge, 60c black, pos.34, well centered, h.r., v.f., no more than 66 unused examples exist (only 300 printed), perhaps one of the finest examples of this classic rarity, signed Sanabria, with2003 Sismondo cert. (SG 163) * Catalog #C4 Catalog Value ^L28,000+ | Price Realized $37,500.00 |
 | Lot #1586 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1931 50c green, horizontal pair imperf. between, with sheet margin at right, h.r., fresh and v.f., with 2003 Sismondo cert. * Catalog #C7a Catalog Value 900 | Price Realized $725.00 |
 | Lot #1587 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1932 D-OX Surcharge, well centered, h.r., owner's hs on reverse, v.f. (SG 221) * Catalog #C12 Catalog Value ^L225 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #1588 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1933 $4.50 Balbo surcharge, used on flown cover from St.John's via Shoal Harbour July 28, 33 to Rome, with appropriate "Crociera Aerea Del Decenniale Italia-North America" cachet and arrival pmks, littletoning, otherwise v.f.  Catalog #C18 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1589 Newfoundland Air Post Issues 1933 Balbo, supplementary flight cover, legal size envelope, signed on both sides by Balbo and the entire crew, addressed to Rome, with stop at Ortobello, Portugal, with Portuguese stamp added on arrival and tied by 9 August, 1933 arrival pmk, also Rome 12 Aug. 33 arrival, stamp tied by "Post Office Clarenville" machine hs, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and extremely rare, if not unique cover Catalog #C18 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
