U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
October 16-17, 2018
Welcome to our October 16-17, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,627 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including Ernest Wheeler’s flight and space covers and autographs, additional selections from the Scouts of the World collection, Vito Bianco’s stock of Italian area and many others. There are solid selections of United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany & Italy, with their respective Colonies, also Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland; rarities from China and other Asian material. As always, the sale contains 150+ large lots and collections, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and more. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3089 JAPAN Flight Covers 1917 (28 Mar) picture postcard to France, bearing a violet cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise D'Aeronautique Au Japon - Le Chef de Mission", v.f. and rare card from the French Air Force unit in Japan during World War I  | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3090 JAPAN Flight Covers 1923 Scadta, large cover originating from Kobe, Japan, franked with 50c and 1peso (unoverprinted 1923 issue), used in combination with pair of 10c government stamps, cancelled in Barranquilla, April 17, 1928, cover creases and some toning, remarkable usage from Japan, ex-Friedman | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3091 JAPAN Flight Covers 1928 (3 Apr) First Flight Tokyo to Paris by Costes and Le Brix, stationery envelope of "The Imperial Hotel of Tokyo", violet "Raid : Tokyo a Paris" cachet, addressed to the pilot, v.f., with "Bourget Aviation 14.4.28" arrival pmk Catalog #Muller 22 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3092 JAPAN Flight Covers 1928 (3 Apr) First Flight Tokyo to Paris by Costes and Le Brix, stationery envelope of "The Imperial Hotel of Tokyo", violet "Raid : Tokyo a Paris" cachet, addressed to the pilot, v.f., with "Bourget Aviation 14.4.28" arrival pmk Catalog #Muller 22 | Price Realized $450.00 |
