1920 (20 Apr) first flight postcard from Athens to Rome, franked with a defective pair of 5L green, tied by a four-line handstamp, very rare, signed Colla
Estimate: $1500
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers
We are pleased to present our November 29-30 sale, with 1,504 lots, including part one of the Heinz Gappe (HGI Company) inventory of Flight and Zeppelin covers of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order.
Heinz was well known to Aerophilatelists, having been active in this field since the 1960s and amassed a wonderful holding of this ever-popular and exciting area.
There are selections of attractive United States, Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia. Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, with many interesting flight covers.
As always, the sale includes selections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world. The sale concludes with 165+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers, including groups of the ex-Gappe stock.
The entire sale is online at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. Please check with us often, as additional scans are continuously uploaded.
A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
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Lot #806 - GREECE Flight Covers
Lot #807 - GREECE Flight Covers
1931 (20 Oct) first flight cover from Athens to Haifa, boxed "Inauguration of Rapid England-India Air route via Athens-Castelrosso-Haifa-Baghdad" cachet, attractive cachet, with Haifa arrival pmk
Estimate: $150
Lot #808 - GREECE Flight Covers
1932 (6 Aug) first flight cover from Athens to Zanzibar, with a three-line cachet in blue "First Airmail Greece-Zanzibar by Imperial Airways & Nairobi - Daressalaam Feeder Service", 13 August arrival pmk on black, little toning on back, signed F.Drossos
Estimate: $150
Lot #809 - GREECE Flight Covers
1932 (19 April) first flight cover, registered from Athens to Calcutta, India, via Limassol, Cyprus, with Port Said transit and Calcutta arrival pmks
Estimate: $150
Lot #810 - GREECE Flight Covers
1933 (12 Dec) first flight cover from Athens to Singapore, v.f., with arrival pmk, only 77 carried
Estimate: $150
Lot #811 - GREECE Flight Covers
1933 (4 July) first flight cover from Athens to Jodhpur, India, v.f., with arrival markings
Estimate: $150
Lot #812 - GREECE Flight Covers
1933 (4 July) first flight cover from Athens to Allahabad, India, with "Karachi-Calcutta" transit cachet and arrival markings, less than 20 flown
Estimate: $150
Lot #813 - GREECE Flight Covers
1934 (10 Dec) first flight cover, registered to Camooveal, Queensland, with arrival pmk, sent back to Athens, with Darwin, Brisbane and other Australian markings, arriving back to Athens on 7th March, 1935, fine
Estimate: $150
Lot #814 - GREECE Flight Covers
1934 (3 Dec) first flight cover (backflap missing), via Imperial Airways to Lahore, India, with "Karachi-Lahore" arrival markings, only 40 flown
Estimate: $150
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