Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Flight Cover Collections continued...

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2361

Flight cover lot of about 100 covers, better items include #C2 on first flight, #C1-3 on one cover to Switzerland, various other first flight covers, catapult mail, rocket mail, airport dedications, crash covers, a few first day covers, etc., generally fine-very fine.

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $550.00
Closing..Jun-12, 09:00 AM

2362

Fascinating Aeronautic collateral collection of 35 items relating to flying and air mail, ranges from the pioneer period as early as 1912 to the 1930's, and involves many luminaries in flight such as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Admiral Byrd and many others, includes a dozen contemporaneous photographs of famous fliers, many from newsreels produced for media use of current events, also nine magazines, menus, flight schedules and air show programs including 1912 Aero Club of America Bulletin, six covers including June 3, 1918 early government flight by Lt. Vannelle from New York to Boston, also several Zeppelin related items including one very attractive booklet for the 1929 Round-the-World flight, die-cut in the shape of the Graf Zeppelin and containing poetry regarding the flight, throughout on a number items (though not all) are signatures of questionable authenticity of famous people of the time including the aerounatical related figures as well as Presidents of the United States and famous inventors, all the collateral is genuine and contemporaneous and is being sold for its historical interest, examine.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,700.00
Closing..Jun-12, 09:00 AM

First Day Cover Collections

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2363

Commemorative cover accumulation of over 800 covers, about half of these are WWII patriotics or covers with naval ship cancels, we note some hand-drawn and hand-colored cachets including some rather attractive covers by Gladys Adler, also some Byrd Little America covers and others, largely fine-very fine and well worth examining.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,300.00
Closing..Jun-12, 09:00 AM

2364

FDC

First Day Cover collection of several hundred, with nearly all from the late 1920's to the early 1940's, with better stamps including #C4, C5 and the Washington Bicentennial set on one cacheted cover, complete set of Presidentials on individual covers, plus better cachets, cities and unusual usages throughout, nearly all fine-very fine.

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,100.00
Closing..Jun-12, 09:00 AM

2365

FDC

First Day Cover collection/accumulation of over 400 covers, mostly better issues before 1940, includes some early cacheted covers of the 1920's and 1930's with commemoratives as well as some uncacheted covers, we note a 2c White Plains souvenir sheet on large Edward C. Worden FDC (edge faults to the cover not affecting the souvenir sheet), also includes better regular issues including two uncacheted FDC's each of the 1931 11c-25c Rotary Press definitives, the 17c and 25c are both Washington postings on July 27, 1931, also a stock of eight matched sets of Famous Americans cplt. with frankings ranging from singles up to plate blocks, all with matching cachets, condition varies including a few with edge faults or slight aging, but large portion are fine-very fine; a nice lot of better items.

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Closing..Jun-12, 09:00 AM

2366

FDC

First Day Cover collection/accumulation of over 400 mostly better with the largest portion being from the 1930's, plus some earlier and later, most are cacheted except for some early issues, many issues such as the Army-Navy series are collected by cachet collecting as many different cachets as possible, we note better items including 1932 Washington Bicentennial set on one cover plus single covers and February 22 Birthday covers, also a 13c Harrison (#622) North Bend FDC, and air post China Clipper issues on cacheted covers including all three values on individual covers and 20c and 50c on one cover, plus more, condition is quite clean with few exceptions, mostly fine-very fine.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $850.00
Closing..Jun-12, 09:00 AM

2367

FDC

First Day Cover large accumulation of probably 5,000 covers, mostly from the 1950's through the 1980's, a few earlier, virtually all are cacheted and a large portion are unaddressed, some are in albums and others are neatly organized in boxes, includes some proofcards, souvenir pages and other related items, useful duplication, generally fine-very fine; due to the weight involved (about 350 pounds), this lot will only be available for viewing in our Dallas office.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $575.00
Closing..Jun-12, 09:00 AM

2368

FDC

First Day Cover accumulation of about 5,000 neatly arranged in plastic tubs, a few early items, really starts in the 1950's and goes well into the 1980's, the vast majority are cacheted, about 80% are addressed with peelable address labels, usually no more than five or six of kind (sometimes different cachets or plate blocks), generally fine-very fine.

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $325.00
Closing..Jun-12, 09:00 AM

Aden

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2369

19a

#19a, 1949 "1 Rupee" surcharge on 1/- U.P.U., surcharge omitted, right sheet-margin single, bright color, o.g., lightly hinged with just the faintest trace of hinge staining, very fine; quite likely only one sheet failed to receive the surcharge; signed Sanabria (S.G. #19a; £1,400). (Image)

$1,000.00

SOLD for $575.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

Antigua

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2370

#64, 1922 £1 Violet and black on red, used, well centered and fresh, light c.d.s. postmark, very fine; not easy to find in this premium used condition (S.G. #61; £275). (Image)

$300.00

SOLD for $210.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

Azores

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2371

#1, 1868 5r Black imperforate, unused, ample to mostly large margins all around, fresh color, traces of o.g., very fine; a rare stamp that is seldom offered at auction; signed Champion and others, and accompanied by a 1999 APS certificate. (Image)

$3,150.00

SOLD for $2,500.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

Bahamas

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2372

#1, 1859 1p Dull lake, top right corner margin block of 24 (6x4), strong rich color, full clean o.g., majority of stamps never hinged, very fine and attractive showpiece; 1951 Friedl certificate (S.G. #2; for hinged £1,200+). (Image)

for hinged $1,200.00+

SOLD for $1,050.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

2373

#26, 1883 "Fourpence" handstamp on 6p violet, strong rich color, large part o.g., fresh and fine (S.G. #45; £550). (Image)

$575.00

SOLD for $350.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

2374

#32, 1884 £1 Brown, unusually well centered, sumptuously rich color and a sharp detailed impression on fresh paper, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; an especially choice example of this high value; 1980 RPS certificate (S.G. #57; £275). (Image)

$300.00

SOLD for $220.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

Barbados

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2375

56b

#56b, 1880 1/- Dull mauve, highly select mint example, incredibly well centered for this always difficult issue, brilliantly fresh color and paper, full clean o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine (S.G. #83; £400). (Image)

$350.00

SOLD for $270.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

2376

112a

#112a, 1907 2 1/2p Indigo and black , exceptionally well centered, strong color in the rare shade, bright white paper, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; a particularly handsome example of this rarely offered stamp; accompanied by the normal stamp for comparison (S.G. #162a; £700). (Image)

$750.00

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

Belgium

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2377

Q60

#Q60, 1915 5Fr Plum railway stamp, exceedingly fresh, with bright vibrant color, well centered, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; a highly desirable example of this very rare high value of which only 200 stamps were overprinted; signed Champion and others, and accompanied by a 2003 Van der Linden certificate (Michel #E57; €4,000). (Image)

$3,500.00

SOLD for $2,700.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

19th Century Issues

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2378

S.G. #1P, 5P

S.G. #1P, 5P, 1865-73 1p Rose red and 5p yellow buff, imperforate plate proofs on unwatermarked and ungummed white paper, horizontal right sheet-margin pair of the 1p and block of four of the 3p, each stamp with "Cancelled" overprint, fine-very fine (Scott #1P, 3P). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $525.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

2379

S.G. #1/29

S.G. #1/29, 1865-1883 1p to 1/- Queen Victoria issues mint group of seven pairs and four blocks, with pairs of #1, 10, 10a, 11, 24, 25 and 28a, blocks of four of #7 (plate no. 1 block), 24a, 28 and 29 (plate no. 31 block), fresh colors, all with full o.g., several stamps never hinged, #10 and 10a pairs are affected by slight gum foxing, fine-very fine lot (Scott #1/25). (Image)

S.G. £1,110+

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

2380

S.G. #1

S.G. #1, 1p Rose red, mint bottom sheet-margin block of four with current number "29", intense deep color, full o.g., never hinged, fine centering and a scarce early block (Scott #1; for hinged $320.00+). (Image)

for hinged £360+

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Jun-12, 11:30 AM

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