Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
September 24-25
Our September 24-25, 2024 auction features solid selections of United States (including further material from the Larry Brasler stock), Canada, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, as well as Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland. There is an old-world collection of Mixed Frankings and Redirected Mail, formed by a European gentleman, with an extraordinary selection of combination usages. Other areas areas are well represented, with China, Japan and Korea. As always, the sale contains 160+ large lots and collections, with individual country albums, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and much more. The sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #927 ISRAEL Air Post 1955 (27 July) flown cover (somewhat defective) from Vienna to Tel Aviv, with three-line cachet in Hebrew: "This piece of mail survived from El-Al airplane which was shot down over Bulgaria on 27.7.55", with the original envelope in which the recovered mail was forwarded, both attractively presented on two exhibit pages (El-Al Flight 402 was an international passenger flight from London to Tel Aviv, via Vienna and Istanbul. On 27 July 1955, the flight strayed into Bulgarian airspace and was attacked by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters, crashing near Petrich. All 7 crew and 51 passengers on board the airliner were killed)  | Price Realized $350.00 |
