U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 15-16, 2020
Welcome to our December 15-16, 2020 Auction which will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. The sale has over 1,000 lots and features United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, covering all Reigns with many high values and sets from Aden to Zululand. Also featured is a section of 100 lots containing the Joe Taylor Postal History collection of Allied Intervention in Russia. The auction concludes with a strong selection of 120+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4656 EGYPT Flight Covers 1914 (22 Jan) Marc Pourpe flight, picture postcard (Omdurman Market) franked with 4m (defective) and tied by Heliopolis cds, addressed to England, message "Greetings by First Flight Aerial Post From the Sudan", with violet "Poste Aerienne Caire-Khartoum/L.N.A. Marc Pourpe 1913-14" cachet, fine and rare card, ex-Garrett (AAMC 4a) (Marc Pourpe took part in an early "Aviation Week" held in 1914, in Heliopolis, near Cairo from January 2 through 12, 1914. While there he made the first airmail flight in Egypt, flying the 1,250 miles from Cairo to Khartoum January 4-12th, with stops in Luxor, Wadi Halfa and Abu Hamed)  | Unsold |
