U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 13-14, 2021
Our April 13-14, 2021 Auction will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,067 lot sale features United States and Foreign countries. The sale begins with over 400 lots of high quality U.S. singles including many rarities and graded items. The Foreign section includes Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, China and South and Central American countries as well as an outstanding selection of the Treasures of Israel Philately, offered for sale at auction for the first time. Featured are the 1948 sheets of Doar Ivri, perf. and imperf. as well as uncut sheets of 300 of the First Festivals issue and the Postage Dues sets. In addition, this sale includes a strong selection of 200+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
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 | Lot #635 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN TERRITORY - Newfoundland Air Post 1919 Caribou 3c brown overprinted "'FIRST / TRANS- / ATLANTIC / AIR POST / April, 1919", the so-called "Hawker", lightly hinged, well centered for this, signed on back by the postmaster "J.A.R." (J.A.Robinson), also Giulio Bolaffi etc., fresh and fine example of this Air Post rarity (the stamp was overprinted for use on mail carried by Harry Hawker and Kenneth Mackenzie Grieve on their proposed non-stop flight across the Atlantic in a Sopwith biplane. The aircraft came down in the sea but the men were rescued and the plane salvaged. Only 200 stamps were overprinted, of which 95 were used on letters, 11 were given as presentation copies, 76 were sold in aid of the Marine Disasters Fund, the remaining 18 were apparently damaged and destroyed) * Catalog #C1 Catalog Value $ 25,000 | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
