U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #840
LITHUANIA Air Post
1924 20c yellow, without watermark, used with additional franking on registered cover from Raseiniai (23.5.25) to Germany, with Leipzig arrival pmk on back. The stamp has been lifted for inspection (signed Herbert Bloch) and re-hinged in place, v.f. As such, this is believed to be one of only two (!) known covers bearing this rare stamp (of which only 200 were issued). The unwatermarked varieties of 20c (also of 60c) occurred because of a defective process in the manufacture of the watermarked paper. Only a small section of some of the sheets had the watermark fading out. It has been established that there is always a trace of the watermarks, although they may be impossible to detect (Mi.220Y)
Envelope
Catalog #C32var
Unsold
Lot #841
LITHUANIA Air Post
1926 Swallow Carrying a letter, perforated and gummed essays, 20c yellow green, gray green and brown, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f. (Lithuanian Handbook EC36,36a,36b)
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Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #842
LITHUANIA Air Post
1926 Swallow Carrying a letter, perf. and imperforate essays with gum, value tablet blank, 20c brown, set of two, h.r., v.f., rare (Lithuanian Handbook EC36h,36i)
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Unsold
Lot #843
LITHUANIA Air Post
1926 Swallow Carrying a letter, perforated and gummed essays, value tablet blank, 20c yellow green, gray green and brown, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f. (Lithuanian Handbook EC36e,36f,36g)
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Unsold
Lot #844
LITHUANIA Air Post
1926 Swallow carrying a letter, 60c blue & black, center inverted, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Mi.245K)
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Catalog #C39c
Catalog Value EUR 300
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #845
LITHUANIA Air Post
1926 Swallow carrying a letter, 60c blue & black, center inverted, block of four, lightly hinged at top, bottom stamps n.h., tiny marginal reinforcement, v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks, rare block (Mi.245K)
Box */**
Catalog #C39c
Catalog Value EUR 1,200
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #846
LITHUANIA Air Post
1930 Issue, three varieties (all in blocks of four), including 60c imperf. vertically between, 1L gray color omitted (missing planes) and 1L with transposed heads, mostly n.h., v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #C45-46var
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #847
LITHUANIA Air Post
1930 1L brown red, lilac, black, variety missing planes (gray lilac omitted), n.h., v.f., rare (Lithuanian Handbook C45c)
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Catalog #C46var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #848
LITHUANIA Air Post
1933 rare original photograph of the Committee of Greater New York sponsoring the Darius-Girenas Transatlantic flight, in front of the orange Belanca plane "Lituanica" at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, taken a week before the take-off on July 15th (at extreme left is A.Mazeika, who initiated the issuance of the special flight benefitting stamps; both pilots are to the right or left of the plane at center)
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #849
LITHUANIA Air Post
1933 5c, 10c, 40c, 60c, 1L and 2L set of six imperf. sheetlets, each position 100 (printed in reverse), n.h., v.f.
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Catalog #C71/78
Unsold
Lot #850
LITHUANIA Air Post
1936 F.Vaitkus Issue, set of three bottom sheet margin vertical pairs, each signed by Vaitkus in the margin, l.h., v.f.
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Catalog #C85-87
Price Realized
$250.00

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