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 #193 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1933 Darius-Girenas Trans-Atlantic flight cover franked with 3c Newburgh, tied by Brooklyn July 15 cds, with "Lituanica" and corresponding Lithuanian cachets, signed by Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas, Kaunas July 18 arrival pmk on back, v.f. (After taking off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York, Darius and Girenas successfully crossed the Atlantic, only to perish on July 17th in the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany (now Pszczelnik in Poland). The planned route was: New York- Newfoundland-Ireland-London-Amsterdam-Swinemunde-Konigsberg- Kaunas (a total of 7,186 km). Due to weather conditions over Ireland, they veered to the north and reached Germany via Scotland and the North Sea. In 37 hours and 11 minutes, until the moment of the crash, they had flown 6,411 km, just 636 km short of Kaunas)  | Unsold |
