U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 12-13, 2019
We are pleased to present our March 12-13, 2019 sale, with 1,577 lots, properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. There are selections of attractive United States (over 350 lots), Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Danzig, Saar, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented and as always, our sale includes selections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world. We conclude with 130+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #890 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1923-1942 four first flight covers, one via London to Paris, another (1932) Dublin, via Rotterdam to Berlin (special oval cachet), another Liverpool to Belfast and 1942 RAS flight from Belfast to Glasgow, fine lot  | Unsold |
 | Lot #891 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1924 (13 Mar) First flight card via London and Paris to Degersheim, Switzerland, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #892 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1929 (7 Aug) first flights Ireland to South Africa, six covers addressed to Pretoria, Mossel Bay, Bloemfontein, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, most with arrival pmks, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #893 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1929 (27 Dec) three first flight covers, two to Delhi, one to Jodhpur, India, the latter with "First Official Airmail Despatch from Gt Britain" cachet, also "By First Despatch on the Extension of Indian Airmail from Karachi to Jodhpur" direction, each cover with arrival (6/7 Jan 30) pmk on back, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #894 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1929 (28 Mar) first flight by Imperial Airways to Karachi, India, specially prepared envelope, v.f., with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #895 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1929 (28 Mar) first flight cover to Basra, Iraq, v.f., with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #896 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1929 (26 Aug) first air mail service Galway to London, group of 10 flown covers, each with appropriate cachet, mostly with 2p frankings, two mixed with additional English adhesives, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #897 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1932 Paquebot cover, by air to India, posted at Sea "Dun Laogh" 7 October cancel, Great Britain franking, with boxed "Karachi-Madras" First Air Mail cachet and arrival pmk on back, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #898 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1932 (18 Jan) Imperial Airways cacheted first flight cover to Mbeya, Tanganyika, with transit and arrival pmks, returned to sender, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #899 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1933 (20 Sep) first flight cover to Rangoon, with "First Air Mail Indian Trans-Continental and Imperial Airways Rangoon-Karachi-London" cachet, arrival pmks, fine and scarce | Unsold |
 | Lot #900 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1933 (8 Dec) first flight cover to Singapore, with arrival pmk (19 Dec), franked with British 1/2p green, tied by cds, "certified flown (under cover) return flight" endorsement and signed by Captain Smye, pilot, fine and rare dispatch, only 12 flown | Unsold |
 | Lot #901 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers 1947-49 duplicated selection of 38 first flight covers, many with Pan American World Airways First Air Mail Flights cachets, with Limerick to Calcutta (2), Karachi to Limerick (7), Shannon to Basra (3), Basra to Shannon (2), Calcutta to Shannon (3), Limerick to Calcutta, Karachi (4), Limerick to Ankara (2) and Ankara to Limerick (2), Limerick to Tokyo, Damascus (4), Damascus to Limerick (4), Boston to Shannon (4), fine-v.f. | Unsold |
