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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #3496
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History Flight Covers
1930s-42 collection of many hundreds in three cartons (banker's boxes), many with descriptions and in plastic pochettes, with Survey Flights, early FAMs, around-the-world covers, Pan-Am early Revenue covers, many to Amon Carter, various Clipper flights to China, Philippines, Guam, Honolulu, Midway, Wake, New Zealand, Souwa, Guadalcanal, Australia (A.J. Swails flights), Hong Kong, India, French Indochina, many crew or Captain (Musick, Nixon, Sulliwan, Noonan) signed, multi-country combination frankings, Crosby photo- cachets, U.S. Squadron flights, U.S.S. Kingfisher survey expedition covers, postmaster covers, Ross & Rowe covers, wrappers and some commercial mail, also Paquebots, Steamship lines, Foreign First Flights (Canada, Portugal, France, Netherlands), Turn-Around covers, some returned unclaimed (due to the outbreak of WWII), censored mail from Hawaii to mainland, additional group of Hawaii flights, memorabilia, foreign Clipper flights to USA, various Airlines flight schedules, labels, newspaper clippin
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Price Realized
$4,750.00

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