U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 29-30, 2021

Our Summer Sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE on June 29-30, 2021. This 1,525 lot sale features United States and Worldwide countries, including the Mark Hegman collection and several other important properties from all over the world. We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany & their respective Colonies, comprehensive Italian Area, Poland, Russia with rare numeral dot cancels and Offices in China. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. There is noteworthy Colombia with 1920 Scadta vignettes, other South and Central America, selections of Ethiopia, China, and the rest of the world. The auction concludes with close to 200 large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. We continue to provide additional images of lots and collections up until the auction dates.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #146
United States Air Post Zeppelin Flights
1930 (May 6) legal size envelope for G.M.Hart, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. franked with $1.30 and $2.60 Zeppelin adhesives, with Europe-Pan-America Round Trip flight cachet and "This Article Made the Complete Round Trip Via Graf Zeppelin", Friedrichshafen and New York pmks on back, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C14,15
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #147
United States Air Post Zeppelin Flights
1937 Round the world "Airplane plus Zeppelin" cover endorsed "By Trans-Pacific Route to Hong Kong, thence by fastest route to Frankfurt, thence by Zeppelin to the United States". Actually the cover "almost made it" to be flown on the ill-fated Hindenburg 1st flight (in Frankfurt on April 29), but got delayed in processing, and thus avoided destruction, eventually arriving in the United States in June 1937, attractive United States, Hong Kong (Jubilee set) and German franking and appropriate cancels
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

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