U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
April 25-26, 2012
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 | Lot #621 COLOMBIA Flight Covers 1928 (October 20) First Flight (Scadta Survey) flight from Barranquilla to Paita, Peru, some faults, otherwise v.f., with appropriate markings
Catalog #Muller 48 | Price Realized $150.00
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 | Lot #622 COLOMBIA Flight Covers 1929 Interrupted Mail, May 16 - Junkers F-13 "Choco", two covers, one with a special label, another with "Star" cachet (cover with enclosure, which is an invitation to Alicia Trujillo's wedding to Fred Kessler, the legendary air mail dealer), fine-v.f., the latter with Alex Rendon cert. When taking off at Girardot, the "Choco" was crowded into the river bank by a river steamer and turned over in the water. The soaked mail was returned to Bogotďż˝. Most covers, having lost their stamps, received an official printed notice, which could be used instead of stamps when re-mailing the cover, either in its damaged state, or with the letter put into a new envelope. Only four recorded covers with the star handstamp, with copy of Debby Friedman's article regarding these items
Catalog #Kessler 78,78a | Price Realized $1,600.00
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 | Lot #623 COLOMBIA Flight Covers 1930 flown cover from Cali to Argentina, mixed franking with a stamp from Canal Zone, with Cristobal 27.2.30 transit and Buenos Aires 10.3.30. arrival pmk, fine and scarce Scadta cover from Colombia
| Price Realized $450.00
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 | Lot #624 COLOMBIA Flight Covers 1930 flown cover from Cali to Panama, mixed franking with stamps from Canal Zone, with Cristobal 21.10.30 arrival pmk, fine and scarce Scadta cover from Colombia
| Price Realized $230.00
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