U.S. & Worldwide Stamps; The Kaunas Collection Lithuania
May 8-9, 2013 and May 15, 2013

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1025
LATVIA Flight Covers
1925 (9 Jan) registered cover (opened for display), addressed to Dr.Hugo Eckener of the Zeppelin Company in Friedrichshafen, fine and unusual item
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1026
LATVIA Flight Covers
1927 (15 July) first flight Konigsberg-Moscow via Riga, two specially prepared cards, one to Berlin, the other to Moscow, with appropriate markings, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1027
LATVIA Flight Covers
1929-1940 balance of the Arnold Engel collection, 100+ covers and cards mounted and written-up on pages, different "Deruluft-Riga" (red and blue cachets) letters to Germany and to Moscow, flights to USA (North Atlantic Air Service), Argentina, Palestine (via "Lot"), France, Antigua (unusual), Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Cuba, Danzig, Poland, Lithuania, Austria, Brazil, Chile, England, one incoming Swissair flight from Zurich (1939); also from Liechtenstein, plus one from Stockholm (1937 Stockholm-Riga-Moscow flight), Latvia-Africa flights to Germany and others, some censor markings, many nice frankings, rate studies and more, generally fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1028
LATVIA Flight Covers
1932 incoming registered cover from Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, first official flight (Jan 25) to Libau, with arrival (18 Feb) on back, fine and undoubtedly scarce flight (via London and Berlin)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1029
LATVIA Flight Covers
1933 (26 June) first flight Karachi-Calcutta, Latvian acceptance, cacheted cover paying 235s from Riga, carried via Lufthansa to Berlin (27 June) and Istanbul, from there via Imperial Airways to India, with Jodhpur (8 July) arrival datestamp on back, imperceptible toning, v.f., one of only three known from Latvia
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1030
LATVIA Flight Covers
1933 (28 May) card from Riga to Basel, endorsed "Latvia-Africa," with Berlin (31 May) arrival cds and special handstamps, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1031
LATVIA Flight Covers
1933 (28 May) cover (opened at top and bottom) from Riga to Madrid, addressed to M.Galvez, "Premier vol Lettonie-Afrique" at top, fine-v.f. (without arrival markings)
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1032
LATVIA Flight Covers
1936 Incoming (17 Nov) cover from Majunga, Madagascar, flown via Paris to Riga, fine and scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1033
LATVIA Flight Covers
1937 (2 Aug) registered cover (opened for display), flown from Riga to Majunga, Madagascar, attractively franked on both sides (3.95 Lats postage), with Berlin and Paris transits and Tenerife arrival pmks, fine cover to an unusual destination
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

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