Sale 118: The Fall Sale

Lot 1092    

Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, top arrow, blue "top" and double plate no. strip of five, approaching the "fast plane" variety, used with 1918 16¢ green, top arrow block of four (C2) and tied by "Los Angeles Cal." ovals and "Los Angeles Cal. Aug. 25, 1929" duplex on Graf Zeppelin cacheted cover to Newark N.J., Friedrichschafen and Lakehurst backstamps, two rightmost stamps lightly creased prior to use, Very Fine, a colorful usage.
Scott No. C3    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $425

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Lot 1093    

Airmail, 1930, 65¢ Graf Zeppelin, left margin block with plate #20077 tied on flown Zeppelin cover, tied by "New York, N.Y. Varick Sta. Apr. 30, 1930" duplex cancels, Very Fine and choice with a well centered block.
Scott No. C13    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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Lot 1094    

Airmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, well centered, tied by "Washington D.C., Apr 19, 1930" first day of issue duplex postmarks on 1¢ Jefferson postal card, purple U.S. and red German flight cachets, green Lakehurst, N.J. round flight postmark, Very Fine.
Scott No. C14; $900    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $210

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Lot 1095    

Airmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, deep color and wide margins, tied by "Varick St. Sta., N.Y., Apr 24, 1930" slogan machine postmark on fresh flight cover, purple U.S. and red German flight cachets, transit backstamps, Extremely Fine; with 2010 M.E.P.S.I. certificate.
Scott No. C14    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $220

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Lot 1096    

Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, tied by "Washington D.C., Apr 19, 1930" First Day of Issue slogan machine cancel on fresh round flight cover, perfect strikes of purple U.S. and red German flight cachets, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. C15; $1,000    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $575

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Lot 1097    

Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, deep color, tied by "Varick St. Sta. N.Y., Apr 30, 1930" slogan machine postmark on fresh flight cover, purple U.S. and red German flight cachets, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. C15    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $240

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Lot 1098    

Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, tied by "New York, N.Y., Varick St. Sta., Apr 23, 1930" duplex in combination with Airmail 1928, 5¢ Beacon, top margin plate number single (C11) on 1¢ green entire, purple U.S. cachet and red German flight cachet canceling 1927, 1¢ green, corner margin plate block of 4 (632) on reverse, additionally tied by green Lakehurst postmark, Very Fine.
Scott No. C15    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $500

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Lot 1099    

1925 San Francisco to Hawaii Nonstop Flight, August 31, first flight cover franked with 2¢ definitive tied by "San Diego, Cal., U.S. Nav. Air Sta., Aug 22, 1925" duplex to the Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor, purple "United States, First Flight, Hawaiian Islands" and "This letter given service on, first trip Naval planes from, San Francisco, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, August, 1925" cachet handstamp in purple, Very Fine (no photo).
AAMC No. 1033a    Estimate $150 - 200.



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Realized: $200

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Lot 1100    

Registry Exchange Label, El Paso, TX, printed name with Gothic letter "R", registry label with manuscript "4404" number on 1885 registered 2¢ entire (U278) from Stockton, Cal. to Mexico City, Mexico bearing 1¢ gray blue + 2¢ red brown, strip of five and single (206+210), all cancelled by matching corks, purple "West Stockton, California, Jun 13" origin cds, purple "Missent, to San Francisco" two-line handstamp, San Francisco (6.14) and El Paso (6.20) backstamps, Union Postal Mexico (6.23) cds and Paso del Norto framed registry handstamp, apparently returned to sender as U.S. Dead Letter Office (11.3) backstamp present; reduced slightly at left, stamp faults, F.-V.F.
Scott No. FX-EP1a    Estimate $300 - 400.

THIS IS THE EARLIEST OF 47 EL PASO REGISTRY LABELS RECORDED, ONE OF ONLY 11 GOTHIC LETTER "R" TYPES.

Realized: $250

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Lot 1101    

Offices in China, 1919, 8¢ on 4¢ brown, in combination with Offices in China, 1919, 2¢ on 1¢ green + 4¢ on 2¢ rose + 6¢ on 3¢ violet (K1-K3) on cover to San Francisco, Cal., all tied by "U.S. Pos. Service, Shanghai, China, Jul 22, 1920" duplex postmarks, with additional Offices issues of Britain, Russia, France & Japan as well as a China ½¢ Junk issue, "Astor House, Shanghai" corner card on backflap and private chop handstamp on front, Very Fine.
Scott No. K4    Estimate $250 - 350.

Realized: $450

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