Sale 84: Foreign Stamps and Covers

Lot 1874    

Liberia, 1936, 6¢ on 1¢-6¢ on 3¢ Airmail Issue Complete, full usual slightly dulled o.g., nicely centered throughout, bold colors, Very Fine, a choice set.
Scott No. C1-C3    $750.

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Lot 1875    

Liberia, 1936, 6¢ on 2¢ Violet, "Via Air Mail" Surcharge, Cockrill third printing (No. 8), top margin single with red "02401" number, tropicalized o.g., fresh with deep color, Very Fine, a beautiful example of this very rare 3¢ Provisional Trial Airmail overprint. Sanabria No. 6.
Scott No. C1 var.    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $260

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Lot 1876    

Liberia, 1936, 6¢ on 2¢ Violet, "Via Air Mail" Surcharge, Cockrill third printing (No. 8), tropicalized o.g., bright and fresh, Very Fine, a very rare 3¢ Provisional Trial Airmail overprint. Sanabria No. 6.
Scott No. C1    Estimate $400 - 600.

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Lot 1877    

Liberia, 1936, 6¢ on 2¢ Violet, "Vir Air Mail" Surcharge, Cockrill fourth printing (No. 9), tropicalized o.g., wonderfully rich color, fresh and attractively centered, Very Fine, a rare First Airmail Provisional Trial Overprint. Sanabria No. 7.
Scott No. C1 var.    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $220

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Lot 1878    

Liberia, 1936, 6¢ on 1¢ Airmail, double surcharge, one albino on reverse, front showing shift in surcharge and some additional surcharge offset, o.g., never hinged, fresh and Very Fine, very unusual.
Scott No. C1 var.; $250 for normal hinged    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $90

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Lot 1879    

Liberia, 1936, 6¢ on 3¢ bistre brown, surcharge inverted, top margin single with red "02481" number, tropicalized o.g. (selvage reinforced), Very Fine, a very rare inverted surcharge variety; signed Kessler and Sanabria.
Scott No. C2 var.    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $200

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Lot 1880    

Liberia, 1936, 6¢ on 1¢ Green, on Regular Issue Error, wax interleaving as always, very well centered for the issue, strong bright color, Very Fine, a lovely Liberian Airmail rarity with only ten copies discovered; with 1959 P.F. certificate, signed Kessler and accompanied by 1960 letter.
Scott No. C3m    $750.

Realized: $525

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Lot 1881    

Liberia, 1938 Air France Crash Cover to Amsterdam, Holland, 1938 Air France Crash Cover. To Amsterdam, Holland, franked with 1937, 6¢ green & black, strip of 8 + 3¢ violet & black (strip folded over cover and 3¢ on reverse) canceled by "Monrovia, Liberia, 19. III. 38" cds's, with purple "Correspondence Avion, retardee st deterioree, par suite de l'accident aerien, survenu le 23 Mars 1938" crash cachet handstamp; showing signs of wear from crash, Very Fine, a very rare crash cover originating in Liberia.
Scott No. 276+273    Estimate $200 - 300.

On March 23, 1938, the Air France mail plane struck a mountain peak of Cinq Croix in the Pyrenees turned over and rolled into a ravine. The recovered mail consisted of 4 sacks intact and 7 others broken open. This cover was apparently from the later.

Realized: $140

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Lot 1882 /   

Liberia, 1938, 1¢-$1 Airmail issues complete, imperforate, in pairs, o.g., mostly never hinged, all with full margins, some wrinkling affecting 1¢ & 2¢ values, still Very Fine, with only 48 of each value produced in imperforate form and usually being the "Proof" overprint.
Scott No. C4-C13 vars.    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $200

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Lot 1883    

Liberia, 1938, 1¢-$1 Airmail issues complete, imperforate, "Proof" overprint, in pairs, 4¢ value in orange and yellow, o.g., never hinged, all with full margins, Very Fine, with only 48 of each value produced in imperforate form and usually being this overprint.
Scott No. C4-C13 vars.    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $120

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