Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
July 11-12, 2023

Cherrystone's Summer Auction will be take place July 10-11, 2023. There are numerous highlights, including United States, with an intact "Roosevelt Album", a collection of Crash & Disaster mail formed be the late Zvi Aloni (contributor to the American Air Mail Catalogue) and portions of Carl A. Kilgas' collections of China, Taiwan, PRC and Korea. There are substantial showings of Italy and Italian Colonies, Central and South America, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, plus hundreds of Large Lots and Collections offered intact and more. This is a public auction, with live internet bidding via CherrystoneLIVE

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1345
FRANCE Flight Covers
1929 (10 Dec) Paris to Indochina flight cover addressed to Saigon, Bourget Aviation registry label, handstamped "Courrier Accidente", with 29 Jan 1930 arrival pmk. The plane crashed into a sandhill in a storm on the Tunis-Benghazi leg, killing all on board. The wreckage was found on 23rd December and part of the salvaged mail was returned to Marseilles and forwarded after application of a corresponding cachet, ex-Aloni
Envelope
Price Realized
$160.00

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