Russian Local Post (Zemstvo); U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
February 8, 2012 and February 22-23, 2012

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2395
COLOMBIA Air Post
1920 Curtiss Aereo Plane & Motor Co. (Glen Curtiss started as a motorcycle manufacturer. Alexander Graham Bell lent financial assistance. The two inventors focused their ingenuity on the Curtiss motorcycle engine to power the first Curtiss airplane. Glen Curtiss, sometimes called the "Father of Aviation" opened his patent without compensation, truly advancing aviation) advertising labels, a spectacular group of 19 different, including eight which were converted into postage stamps (the other eleven were discarded because designs were not considered appropriate or not conveniently arranged for overprinting), each with sheet corner margin bearing both the "Curtiss" label and advertising slogans (such as "Time Flies: When will You?"), unused without gum as issued, v.f. (catalogue value for 18 labels only)
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Catalog #C2/10E
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$3,750.00

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