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 #1573 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers 1931-58 balance of a consignment, with flights and few Zeppelin covers or cards, including Germany Polar Flight 1m on cover to Leningrad, Brazil Zeppelin card, Arctic Exploration items, with 1958 cover carried on board USS Nautilus, during the first transit under the North Pole, another cover with "Polar Ice Cap Cruise" cachet (first Submarine to surface at the North Pole in 1958), 1952 Project Ski jump I and II (two cards with appropriate Ice Island North Pole and other markings while setting up Drifting Ice Stations), a cover canceled Barrow, Alaska, flown from Patuxent, via Port Barrow to the Arctic Sea, various earlier items, Iceland 1936 cover from Swedish-Islandic Vatnajokul (glacier) expedition, U.S. Army training flight covers, 1931 Japanese (Yoshihara) polar Trans-Pacific attempt, illustrated picture postcard, 1901-3 Swedish Antarctic labels, 1958 $2,000 Share certificate for "Compania Argentina de Pesca" (South Georgia), 1910 envelope recovered from "Yucatan" steamer at Goose Island, Alaska and few  | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1574 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers 1925-90 African Countries, collection of 1,300+ first flights, many on pages with descriptions, originating in Nigeria, Belgium, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Madagascar, Algeria, Morocco, Togo, French East Africa, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroun, Kenya, South Africa, Northern Rhodesia, South West Africa, Zanzibar, Gold Coast, Mauritania, Nyasaland Protectorate, Southern Rhodesia, Tangiers, Somalia, Mozambique Company, Egypt, Chad, French Sudan, Ethiopia, Tunisia, with airlines such as Sabena, Air France, Air Afrique, Misr Airways Ltd., Imperial Airways, Union Airways, Interflug, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, TAP, as well as several Concorde first flights, a few Sanabria listed stamps and better frankings, fine-v.f. and truly a fascinating lot | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #1575 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers 1946-80 European Countries, collection of 2,000+ Trans-Atlantic first flight covers, mostly on pages with write-ups identifying airlines, origins, destinations, dates and Sieger numbers, Airline Companies include Sabena, Luxembourg Airlines, Polish Airlines, Deutsche Lufthansa, SAS, Aeroflot, Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie, Austrian Airlines, British European Airways, KLM, Iberia, Air France, Interflug, Finnair, Alitalia, JAT, Olympic, Swissair, DNL, TAP, Aer Lingus, Tabso, a few better include 1959 First Official Missile Mail from Vienna, 1959 First Helicopter flight from Stockholm, 1949 Berlin Airlift cover, 1952 Glider Championship cover, with luggage stickers, maps, schedules, photos, picture postcards, a true labor of love with enormous potential, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1576 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers 1945-80 Latin America, 700+ South-Atlantic first flights, covers on pages with descriptions, various Airlines include Avianca, National Airlines, BOAC, Pan Am, Cubana, American Airlines, Western Airlines, Eastern Airlines, KLM, CMA, Aeronaves, Braniff, Delta, BWIA, ALM, with first flight to Caribbean, Central & South America, with picture postcards, correspondence, photos, signed covers, a tremendous collection with material sure to entice the savvy dealer or collector, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1577 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY Flight Covers 1947-90 European Airlines, 300+ first flight covers on pages, includes 1949, Sep 21 Air France Paris to New Caledonia, 1947 Jun 4 Sabena Brussels to New York, 1957 Oct 6 Sabena Finland to Montreal, 1958 Aer Lingus New York to Shannon, 1975 Jul 3 Interflug Berlin to Havana, 1979 May 2 YIA New York to Amsterdam, 1978 Jun 9 AUA Vienna to Toronto, with newspaper clippings, correspondence, photos, autographs, luggage stickers and tags, picture postcards, aerogrammes, timetables, etc. | Price Realized $450.00 |
