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Auction: 171 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 312

Worldwide collection with airmail, specimen and variety interest, a select group of the unusual and esoteric, with USA material including an 1862 Confederate States War Department cover franked with pair of 5c Jefferson Davis to Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, a 1967-2003 Space Disaster cover, postmarked at Cocoa, Cape Canaveral, and the Kennedy Space Centre on the dates of the Apollo 1 fire, Challenger Tragedy, and shuttle Columbia tragedy, two items signed by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, a 1927 block of four 2c ICAO commemoratives, each signed by Graf Zeppelin Commander Dr. Eckener, an unused 5c 1847 Franklin with PSE certificate, a 1924 Trans-Polar Flight Expedition postcard to Norway, a selection of plate number singles, etc; worldwide highlights include better Newfoundland, with an unused 8d Scarlet vermilion Heraldic (SG #8) with Brandon certificate, and a 1932 “Wayzata” cancelled flight label block of four, inverted centers from the French Somali Coast, Peru, and Cuba, specimen overprints of Haiti, Tasmania and Liechtenstein on the 1931 Zeppelin issues, a selection of first flight covers, including Lindbergh, a group of stampless transatlantic and free frank letters of Great Britain, interesting British Commonwealth including a New Zealand Trans-Tasman Air Mail “Faith in Australia” (#C5), and British Forces in Egypt imperforate proof (#M1) blocks of four; as well as sets and singles from Sarawak, Mauritius, Zululand, Malaya, Rhodesia, and more; an eclectic group replete with fascinating items, ideal for a collector with an eye for the unusual.

Sold for
$3,750