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 #2245
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES - Covers and Postal History Crash and Disaster Covers
1919-31 collection of 60+ crash covers, interrupted flight covers, collection of 60+ on pages, well described and in various stages of preservation, some badly damaged or burned, with many better items, starting with AAMC 190915 (only three reported), 1921 San Francisco "Airplane Fire", Aug.6 Elko, Nevada, 1923 Cochranton, Pa, 1925 First Naval Flight San Francisco to Honolulu, 1926 Bryan, Ohio (pilot Art Smith was killed when his plane crashed into a tree), etc., many extremely rare items, ex-Zvi Aloni (contributor to the "Interrupted Flight Covers" section of the American Air Mail Catalogue)
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Price Realized
$3,500.00

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