Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #156 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1938 (10 July) Howard Hughes Record Around the World Flight, the aviation epic of the year. Howard Hughes and a crew flew a Lockheed 14 and the flight took 91 hours, with stops in Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks (Minn.) and back to New York. A specially prepared legal-size airmail cover, franked with U.S., French and Russian adhesives, with corresponding handstamped cachet, addressed to Lakeland, Florida, with New York July 10 and July 14 cds, fine-v.f.  Catalog #AAMC TO1307 | Price Realized $500.00 |
