Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World including the Fred Blau Collection
March 3-4, 2020
We are pleased to announce our March 3-4, 2020 Auction, featuring the Fred Blau collection of Palestine Aerophilately and Military Mail, followed by United States and Possessions, with Dr.Ernesto Arosemena's Canal Zone, continuing with selections from Asia, Western European countries, South and Central America, Middle East, as well as extensive Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Poland with an exceptional collection of World War II Occupation proofs & essays, Russia, Vatican City, etc., and ending as usual with Large Lots and Collections. This is a live public auction taking place in our NYC Galleries as well as on CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #115 PALESTINE 1928-1937 Zeppelin Flights Zeppelin Flights 1929 First America Flight, registered cover from Jerusalem 18 May, 1929, addressed to Cleveland, Ohio, attractively franked with 10 different Mandate adhesives, canceled by oval Jerusalem departure pmks, mailed too late to be carried on the first 1929 attempt to cross the Atlantic (the airship was forced to make an emergency landing in Cuers, near Toulouse and later returned to its German base). In the meantime, this cover went by surface mail to USA, then to Friedrichshafen, where German 5M postage was added to pay for further transmission on the First America Flight back to Cleveland, with 5c U.S. adhesive (Aeronautics) on back for Air Mail Delivery from New York to Cleveland, fine and impressive combination cover from Jerusalem, probably the only known from Palestine on this flight  | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
