U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 8-9, 2019

We are pleased to kick off the New Year with our January 8-9 sale, with 1,678 lots, including additional offerings of the Heinz Gappe (H.G.I. Company) inventory of Flight and Zeppelin covers of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order. Heinz was well known to Aero philatelists, having been active in this field since the 1960s and amassing a wonderful holding of this ever-popular and exciting area. There are selections of attractive United States, rarities from Albania, Austria, France, Germany and Colonies, Italy and Colonies, Russia, Saar, Scandinavian countries and Switzerland. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, featuring a strong selection of Batum, booklet from India with set of Gandhi stamps overprinted specimen and lots more. As always, our sale includes selections of better South America, with Colombia Air Post, Asia and rest of the world. We conclude with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers, mostly offered intact. This entire sale is online at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. Please check with us often, as additional scans are continuously uploaded. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #626
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands Ship Mail
1900 (13 Sep) Hong Kong 1c picture postcard franked with 5pf green, tied by Saipan Marianen cds, sent via Sydney and transferred to a vessel of the Australian mainline for further transmission to Bremenhaven, with a good strike of "Deutsche Seepost Neu-Guinea Zweigline (Hong Kong)" and arrival pmk below, some overall toning, otherwise a fine card from Saipan (the Neu-Guinea Zweigline postal ship Munchen served from August 17 to December 15, 1900, with only two voyages containing mail, service suspended due to unprofitability)
Envelope
Price Realized
$550.00

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