Specialized U.S. Collections, Air Post, Foreign Stamps & Covers continued...

**Air Post and Flight Covers (Scott C1-C11, Byrd, Roessler)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
5051		6c-24c 1918-23 Air Post (C1-C6). Singles, used with Nos. C9-C11, 569 and 570, tied by "Richmond Hill N.Y." oval handstamps on Zeppelin flight cover addressed to Richmond Hill, purple "First Round-the-World U.S. Air Mail" cachet, "Via Graf Zeppelin Lakehurst-Lakehurst" docketing, Lakehurst backstamp (Aug. 29, 1929), trivial wrinkling, Very Fine and colorful usage (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
5052		6c-24c 1918-23 Air Post (C1-C6). Blocks of four of Nos. C1-C3, used with Nos. 537, 571, C2, C5, C6 and C8 and tied by "New York City City Hall Sta. Aug. 6, 1929" duplexes on cacheted Zeppelin flight cover addressed to New York, Lakehurst backstamp (Aug. 29, 1929), trivial edgewear, Very Fine and colorful usage (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
5053		6c-24c 1918 Air Post (C1-C3). Over 20 covers, C1 Dec. 17 and 18, 1918 usages (Dec. 16 was first flight), four C2 July 15 First Flights (two legal-size, one to FDR), C3 May 15 First Flight, C1 block of four and single C3 tied by boxed "Guam, Guam", 1933 registered use to Los Angeles, two C2 used with three different "EU" Scadta machine overprinted stamps, Guatemala 5q Orange registered use to U.S. with C2 for Air Mail postage from New Orleans port of entry to Pennsylvania (forwarded to New Jersey), very mixed condition, still much Fine and better (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
5054		6c Orange, 16c Green, 1918 Air Post (C1-C2). Two registered covers, first is horizontal pair (natural s.e. right), latter single, all tied by Postal Agency Shanghai China double ovals (blurry strikes as usually seen), C1 with nice corner card, C2 with seldom seen purple boxed "Supposed Liable To United States Customs Duties", 1919 and 1920 usages respectively, C2 cover light creases, very scarce lot, these Air Post stamps probably just paid the ordinary postage and registry rates and did not receive air mail service (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
5055		16c Green, 1918 Air Post (C2). Nicely centered, tiny scuff, on beautiful multicolor soldier's mail framed with holly leaves and berries and mistletoe (?), patriotic shield and crest, tied by "U.S. Military Express Postal Service" double circle with interior date of Oct, 25, 1918, purple censor's handstamp, light creasing and bottom right corner rounded, also incl. No. C3 on cover addressed to a U.S. Military Mechanic in France, tied by "Postal Express Service" double circle with interior date of Jan. 10, 1919, this evidently is a "hand back" souvenir as there are no other markings on the cover, very scarce lot nonetheless (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
5056		8c-24c 1923 Air Post (C4-C6). Complete set of Worden First Day Covers, all with appropriate Washington D.C. slogan machine cancels, Fine-Very Fine, exceptionally nice for these (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,750.00 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
5057		8c-24c 1923 Air Post (C4-C6). Blocks of four, used with Nos. 537, 570, 571 and C10 on cover to Lancaster Pa., purple "First Round-the-World U.S. Air Mail" cachet, stamps cancelled or tied by "Lancaster Aug. 6, 1929" datestamps, Lakehurst and Lancaster backstamps (Aug. 29), fresh and Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
5058		8c-24c 1923 Air Post (C4-C6). Couple dozen covers, incl. pair C5 with 4c Martha Washington to Baghdad "Mesopotamia", by air Philadelphia-New York, then by the "Mauretania", nice range of backstamps (1926), matched set of three tiny covers from Barrow, Alaska, C4 and three C5 on 1c Postal Card (1928 LZ127 Zeppelin flight), France-U.S. and Canada-U.S. mixed frankings, special flights and more, virtually all Fine-Very Fine Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
5059		8c Dark Green, 1923 Air Post (C4). Two, block of four and single respectively, both tied by "Washington, D.C. Aug. 15, 1923" machine cancel on First Day covers to Columbus O. and Washington D.C., first with Shoreham Hotel corner card and addressed to George Linn, second with National Research Council corner card, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	800.00 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
5060		24c Carmine, 1923 Air Post (C6). Tied by "Washington D.C. Aug. 21, 1923" duplex on First Day cover to Syracuse N.Y., "Washington D.C. Aug. 21, 1923 Register or Insure Valuable Mail" slogan machine cancel on back, fresh and Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	750.00 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
5061		10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane (C10a). Without tab, used on First Day cover and tied by "Cleveland (Midwestern Philatelic Station) Ohio May 26, 1928" duplex handstamps to Chicago, attractive Shield, Eagle and Airplane cachet, green show cachet featuring Lindbergh's airplane "The Spirit of St. Louis", top stamp with small faults at top, Very Fine appearance, scarce with the green show cachet (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	800.00 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction

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