U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 5-6, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #689 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN TERRITORY - NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post 1919 Caribou 3c brown overprinted "'FIRST / TRANS- / ATLANTIC / AIR POST / April, 1919", the so-called "Hawker", lightly hinged, well centered for this, signed on back by the postmaster "J.A.R." (J.A.Robinson), also Giulio Bolaffi etc., fresh and v.f. example of this air post rarity (the stamp was overprinted for use on mail carried by Harry Hawker and Kenneth Mackenzie Grieve on their proposed non-stop flight across the Atlantic in a Sopwith biplane. The aircraft came down in the sea but the men were rescued and the plane salvaged. Only 200 stamps were overprinted, of which 95 were used on letters, 11 were given as presentation copies, 76 were sold in aid of the Marine Disasters Fund, the remaining 18 were apparently damaged and destroyed), * Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $27,500 | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #690 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN TERRITORY - NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post 1919-21 $1 on 15c scarlet and 35c red, 1 1/2mm spacing with period after "1921", n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #C2-3h Catalog Value $775 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #691 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN TERRITORY - NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post 1927 60c black overprinted in red "Air Mail De Pinedo 1927" (overprint shifted to left), well centered, used on cover from St. Johns (May 20) to England, endorsed "Per H Lieutenant De Pinedo, Flyer", Trepassey May 21 departure pmk at left, with "Roma Centro 22.VI.1927 Le Piu Belle Terme del Mondo Salsomaggiore Periodo Di Cura Marzo-Novembre" advertising slogan arrival pmk on reverse, minor toned spots, otherwise v.f., signed Sanabria, Kessler, Bolaffi, Colla, with certificates from last two. (This is one of about 225 covers with an overprinted Newfoundland 60c stamp flown on the transatlantic flight attempted by Marquis Francesco de Pinedo between Trepassey, Newfoundland, and Rome, Italy, via the Azores. De Pinedo left Newfoundland on May 23, 1927, but a shortage of fuel caused his plane to land in the ocean, 200 miles from the Azores. The plane was towed to the islands by a schooner, and Pinedo reached Rome about three weeks later)  Catalog #C4 Catalog Value $20,000 | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #692 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN TERRITORY - NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post 1930 50c on 36c olive green, "Miss Columbia", n.h., fine, signed Klein, with 1978 Royal certificate. This stamp derives its name from the monoplane "Miss Columbia", piloted by Capt. Errol Boyd & Lt. Harry Connor, which made the trip from Harbour Grace to Croydon Airport, London. Only 300 were issued and at least 100 were used, ** Catalog #C5 Catalog Value $13,750 | Price Realized $6,750.00 |
 | Lot #693 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN TERRITORY - NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post 1931-33 15c-$1 watermarked, also 1933 Labrador, plus 1937 commemoratives, all in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. sets,  **Catalog #233-243,C6-17 Catalog Value $2,284 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #694 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN TERRITORY - NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post 1933 Balbo Surcharge, $4.50 on 75c bister, lower right position, n.h., well centered, v.f., with 1996 Vincent Greene cert., ** Catalog #C18 Catalog Value $500 | Unsold |
