The Carl Kilgas Collection of China
Part Three
November 29, 2023

Part III of the Carl A. Kilgas collection of China, with 385 lots will be sold on November 29th, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. on CherrystoneLIVE, at our Teaneck, New Jersey Galleries. Please note this is an online sale only - there is no printed catalog.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2320
CHINA Air Post Flight Covers
1929 (9 July) flown cover from Nanking to Shanghai, special chop tying the 15c adhesive, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2321
CHINA Air Post Flight Covers
1931 (7 Mar) Hankow to Shanghai flight, with 16 March arrival pmk, special rectangular cachet, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2322
CHINA Air Post Flight Covers
1931 registered and flown Eurasia Aviation Company cover Shanghai to Berlin, with embossed seal on backflap, franked on both sides, including the complete set of Curtiss Jenny, routing indicated by pen "Shanghai-Manchoulie, Irkutsk-Moscow, Moscow-Berlin", with 11.6.31 arrival pmk, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C6-10
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #2323
CHINA Air Post Flight Covers
1933 (29 Dec) "First Air Mail China-Europe Northwest Route via Tihwa, Sinkiang", flown from Shanghai (canceled 29.12.21), Tihwa (June 5, 1933), Tancheng (June 22), Berlin (July 5), registered from there to USA, hand-colored cachet, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2324
CHINA Air Post Flight Covers
1936 (31 Oct) registered and flown cover from Canton to San Bernardino, franked with the complete set of five, various markings including a rectangular cachet on reverse, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2325
CHINA Air Post Flight Covers
1937 (10 Apr) first flight Canton to Fort Bayard (Kwangchowan), addressed to Hong Kong, held up due to bad weather missing Hanoi connection to Europe, with special cachet and Indochina franking, mail finally dispatched by Steamer to Haiphong and by train to Hanoi, with Hong Kong arrival pmks
Envelope
Unsold

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