U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 7-8, 2021
Welcome to our December 7-8 sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. This 1,554 lot sale begins with United States, with 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. European countries are well represented, with a good showing of Great Britain & British Commonwealth. South America is highlighted by classic Colombia. Other noteworthy areas include the late Roy Koczarski's award-wining collection of Poland, plus Russia, with an unused Number One. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and cover lots. Scans of most of the lots are available on our website and additional scans are being added daily
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1122 POLAND Flight Covers 1929 (2 Mar) two flown covers from Warszawa to Lwow, each attractively franked with a combination of Air Post and L.O.P.P. labels, fine-v.f.  | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1123 POLAND Flight Covers 1929 (8 July) first flight cover from Katowice to Venice, corresponding cachet, transit (Vienna) and arrival pmk, some toning | Unsold |
 | Lot #1124 POLAND Flight Covers 1931 (20 July) first flight from Sofia (Bulgaria) to Gdynia, v.f., with 21.7 Warszawa transit and 22.7.31 Danzig arrival pmks, returned to sender, v.f., only five (!) carried | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1125 POLAND Flight Covers 1931 (20 July) first flight from Sofia (Bulgaria) to Warszawa, v.f., with 21.7 arrival pmk, charged 10gr postage due (deemed unnecessary, hence "Uniewazniono" (cancelled) hs applied), only five (!) carried | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1126 POLAND Flight Covers 1934 (27 June) cover with U.S. and Polish franking, special cachet and signed by both Adamowicz brothers, v.f., also with a news photo of the NR 797-W plane. On June 28, Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz took off from Floyd Bennett Field in NYC and landed in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. The next day, they took off from there for a Trans-Atlantic trip. Through mechanical problems, leaking engine and heavy rainstorm, they managed to reach Europe (near Caen in France). The next day, after repairing a landing gear, they took off to Paris, then to Germany, where they were forced to land due to fuel leaks. On July 2, the brothers arrived in Warsaw, Poland, treated as heroes. The Adamowicz brothers were possibly the first amateur pilots in the world to fly a plane across the Atlantic | Unsold |
 | Lot #1127 POLAND Flight Covers 1936-37 first flight covers from Warszawa to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, each with corresponding cachets and arrival pmks, v.f., signed Gryzewski | Unsold |
 | Lot #1128 POLAND Flight Covers 1939 Balloon Flights, 28 May, 11th Contest for Col. A. Wankowicz Cup, five covers, each with a different Balloon cachet, "Sanok", "Syrena", "Moscice", "Mestwin" and "Gryf", addressed to Gdynia, with Postage Due handstamped on arrival, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
