Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
November 12-13, 2019
Welcome to our November 12-13 Sale. In addition to our usual assortment of high quality Stamps and Covers, this auction features the stock of Broadway Stamp Company, started in 1931 by Max Sage. A legendary presence in the philatelic world, Broadway Stamp Company was the original United States agency for the 1935 British Commonwealth Silver Jubilee issue. A retail store, with locations on Fulton, West 47th and Nassau Streets and finally on West 54th Street, the company advertised and published numerous catalogues. After Max's death in 1973 (at the age of 77), his wife Margie and son Stan continued Broadway Stamp Co., selling to dealers and mail-order customers around the country. There are numerous lots of United States, British Commonwealth and South America, much of the material offered for here the first time in 45 years. Also included are additional properties, notably specialized Cuba, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia and others. There are numerous large lots and collections, many featuring the bulk inventory of Broadway Stamp Company.
Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #750 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1927 (14 Oct) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Berlin, attractively franked with 15k single and 3x10k (Airplane over Map of the World), fine-v.f., with appropriate flight cachet and arrival pmk (15 Oct) on back
Catalog #C10-11 | Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #751 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (4 May) registered first flight picture postcard franked on both sides, red "Leningrad-Berlin" first flight cachet, with Berlin arrival pmk, v.f.
| Price Realized $140.00
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 | Lot #752 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1932 Polar Year, set of two used on specially printed cover and card, used from Franz Josef Land via Archangelsk to Berlin, v.f.
Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $140.00
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 | Lot #753 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1932 Polar Year, set of two used on flown cover and card, used from Franz Josef Land via Archangelsk to Moscow, v.f., with arrival pmk
Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $140.00
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 | Lot #754 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1934 (20 Oct) registered cover from Moscow to Germany, attractively franked with 80k Transport Plane and 5k Balloon, with Berlin arrival pmk on back
| Price Realized $180.00
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 | Lot #755 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1934 (20 Oct) registered cover from Moscow to Germany, attractively franked with 20k surcharge, 15k and 30k Airship "Lenin", v.f., with Berlin arrival pmk on back
| Price Realized $230.00
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