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 #3205 POLAND Flight Covers 1870 (Oct 20) specially prepared folded letter from Paris, franked with 80c Laureated, tied by "Paris, R. Bonaparte Oct 20" cds, with corresponding postmark alongside, addressed to Tuszow (Dept. Lublin), with printed "par Ballon Monte", boxed "P.D." (paid to destination) v.f. balloon ("Le Garibaldi") used during the Siege of Paris to Poland, signed Roger Calves  | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #3206 POLAND Flight Covers 1922 (Oct 5) first flight Warszawa-Lwow, cover franked with 50M, boxed "Poste Aerienne" and variety of other markings, cover crashed and was subsequently immersed in water, hence address illegible, fine (Fi.16d, Zl 2,000) | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3207 POLAND Flight Covers 1929 (22 May) Poznan flight cover to Warszawa, with special Exhibition label, v.f. | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #3208 POLAND Flight Covers 1934 (1 May) two first flight covers Warszawa to Berlin, v.f., with special cachets and arrival pmks | Unsold |
 | Lot #3209 POLAND Flight Covers 1935 (1 Feb) special flight Warszawa to Rio, franked on back (one stamp missing), red "Deutscher-Postflug Europa Sudamerika" cachet, cover faults, but with arrival markings, ex-Grabowski | Unsold |
 | Lot #3210 POLAND Flight Covers 1935 (31 May) Lufthansa flight Warszawa to Rio, franked with 15gr and 7x55gr surcharge, with Berlin transit (1 June) and arrival (5 June) markings on back, minor flaws, fine, one of only two known, ex-Grabowski | Unsold |
