Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
September 12-13, 2023
Our September 12-13, 2023 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. There are 1,500 lots in the sale, which begins with United States and U.S. Possessions. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer Great Britain and British Commonwealth, European Countries and the rest of the world, with exceptional China, including Postal History and additional lots from the Carl A. Kilgas collection. There are further selections from the estate of Dr.Martin Stempien, a specialized collection of Greece and Samos, formed by Dr.Frederick Rogers, and a selection of reference material from Sergio Sismondo's estate, with many fascinating offerings. The auction concludes with nearly 250 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #72 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1928 (27 Apr) Bremen flyers arrival in New York, cacheted cover marking the first non-stop Europe–America flight (Capt. Kohl, Baron von Huenefeld and Maj. Fitzmaurice in Junkers W33 Bremen, forced landing at Greenly Island, Quebec). Signed by the flight navigator James Fitzmaurice of Ireland, by Herta Junkers, Hugo Junkers' eldest daughter and representative in US who personally spearheaded the efforts to rescue the aviators and then to fix and extract the plane, and by the New York City Mayor James Walker. A unique combination (Once the news of Bremen surviving the flight and crash-landing on a remote island near Labrador had reached New York, Herta Junkers flew to Quebec and took charge of the rescue and recovery operations. The accompanying magazine photo shows her first meeting with Fitzmaurice at Murray Bay (April 19, 1928)  | Price Realized $350.00 |
