U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 18-19, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #592
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA Air Post
1919 First Aerial Post England-Australia - Ross-Smith vignette in dark blue, sheetlet with margins all around, n.h., slight marginal bend at upper left, v.f., signed Diena and Sorani. According to Eustis, 576 examples of the vignette were printed, of these 125 were destroyed and another 364 were used on mail; of the remaining 87 mint examples about 20 had their margins removed in anticipation of being used on mails and further 25 (ca) are held in institutional collections around the world, leaving only 42 or so sheetlets available to private collectors
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Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #593
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA Air Post
1929 3d green, booklet pane of four, also covers and glassine interleaf, n.h., v.f.,
Booklet
Catalog #C1a
Catalog Value $450
Price Realized
$300.00

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