Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
July 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our July 9-10, 2024 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,554 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including selections from the philatelic stock of Larry Brassler, with a solid selections of United States, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, as well as Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Other areas are well represented, with China, Japan, Korea and Pakistan. As always, the sale contains 190+ large lots and collections, with individual country albums, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and much more. The sale will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #760 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JAMAICA Flight Covers 1931 (19 Nov) Pan-American flight cover from Kingston to Barranquilla, Colombia, franked with three different stamps, tied by departure cds, with arrival (22 Nov) pmk on back, signed by the pilot "C.A. Lindbergh," also "B.L. Rowe" (the co-pilot), plus another unidentified signature, fine and rare first flight cover (the first Pan American plane to be called a "Clipper", the S-40 grew out of Juan Trippe and Charles Lindbergh's desire for a strong, sturdy, high-capacity four-engine transport to serve as an ocean liner of the air. Originally conceived in late 1928, the S-40 made its first test flight in April of 1931. On October 10, 1931, First Lady Lou Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover, christened the first S-40 "American Clipper" with a bottle of Caribbean water (since Prohibition law still made alcohol illegal in the United States). On November 19, 1931, the American Clipper made its first passenger flight to Cristobal in Canal Zone, via Kingston, Jamaica and Barranquilla, Colombia. Pan-American technical advisor Charles Lindbergh was in command of the flight as far as Barranquilla, with Basil Rowe as co-pilot)  | Price Realized $900.00 |
