Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
August 9-10, 2022
Cherrystone is pleased to present our Summer auction taking place on August 9-10, 2022, featuring Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. This sale contains 1,283 lots, with notable United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, numerous European countries, with Austria, Belgium, France & Colonies, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Colonies, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Switzerland. From Asia there are selections of China, Laos and Vietnam. South American countries are also well represented, with a good showing of Inverted Centers from all parts of the globe. There and numerous flight covers and large lots and collections. Please note there are no printed catalogues for this auction.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #8510 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers 1927 (1 July) 2nd Demonstration Flight by a "Moth", cover and postal card, each with red descriptive cachet ("this letter was carried over the city of Calcutta and its environs by the famous D.H. "G-E.B.M.O., the diminutive aeroplane which won the King's Cup in 1926, and made the historic flight from London to Delhi in 1926-27") the former franked with 1a George V, canceled Calcutta, with a Moth cachet and initialed by W.H Vetch (the pilot), the latter franked with 1/2a George V, with red descriptive cachet and Moth in violet, initiated by E.L Widdicombe, signed on back by Stephen Smith, hinge remnants on back, v.f., accompanied by two small photographs of the airplane, 276 covers and 49 cards carried  | Price Realized $230.00 |
