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

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Lot #1583
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers
1928 (14 May) Doisy & Carol Paris to Hanoi Flight, Calcutta-Rangoon leg, special card franked with 1/2a George V, tied by Calcutta May 14, 1928 cds, with "By Air" cachet overprinted in red "Plane Crashed at Akyab,16th May 1928", French consulate handstamp alongside, "A Postal Memento of Notable Flights Through India / Doisy and Carol" printed and overprinted at left, repeated and signed by Stephen Smith on reverse "Greetings from Calcutta", with French consulate handstamp alongside, v.f. Only 44 cards (and 77 covers) were carried on this flight which was intended to go to Hanoi but the plane crashed and was severely damaged in Akyab, ex-Zvi Aloni
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Price Realized
$550.00

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