AAMC 5a, 1911 St Louis Aviation Meet, postcard with nice strike of "Aeroplane Station No. 1 / St Louis Mo Aviation Field" Oct 5 1911 hand cancel tying 2c Carmine with perfin, Very Fine 1998 AAMC $150)
Spring Auction #3009
By: H. R. Harmer Inc
H. R. Harmer Inc Spring Auction #3009
Our May 2016 Sale with Thursday over 1300 lots featuring U.S. & Possessions stamps with specialized proofs & essays, postal history including Specialized Pan Americans, US FDCs with many handpainted and over 150 lots of Hawaiian Stationery and Postal Cards, Friday with British Commonwealth and Foreign stamps and postal history featuring Spanish Philippines, Russian Post Offices Abroad, Liberia, Tonga, Classic New Zealand, French Balloon Monte flights, , German and related, Saturday concludes with well over 1100 of our outstanding collections and accumulations bearing individual estimates from $100 to $40,000 or more.
Featuring the Consignments of over 170+ Vendors including:
Specialized Pan American Postal History
Collection of Hawaii Postal Stationery and Postal Cards
A Specialized Collection of US Proofs and Essays
The Don Peterson Spanish Philippines Collection
A Spectacular Collection of Russian Post Offices Abroad Covers
German WWII Propaganda Postcards
Quality Mint and Used U.S. Stamps with Rare Blue Papers
Session Information
Thursday - Session #1
Lot #1001-#1787 = United States, Confederate & Possessions Stamps
Lot #1788-#2318 = United States & Possessions Postal History
Friday - Session #2
Lot #3001-#3275 = British Commonwealth Stamps & Postal History
Lot #3276-Lot #4139 = Foreign Stamps & Postal History
Saturday - Session #3
Lot #5001-#5150 = U.S. COLLECTIONS and ACCUMULATIONS
Lot #5151-#5238 = U.S. Postal History
Lot #5239-#5264 = U.S., Possessions & Misc Collections
Lot #5265-#5436 = British Commonwealth Collections
Lot #5437-#6117 = Worldwide Coillections & Accumulations including Postal History
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Lot #2305 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers U.S. Government Flights
US Government Flights Collection, 34 1c postal cards (UX27) arranged in AAMS order and accompanied by useful assortment of annotations and some collateral material, includes AAMS 148, 148a, 151, 152a (3 diff dates), 153 and varieties (7), 162e, 165, 168 (3), 171 (2), etc., mostly F-VF; ex-Thrower (see online scans)
Lot #2306 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Lindbergh and Related
Lindbergh Related Covers, 4 different covers, each with "Lindbergh, El Espiritu de San Luis" corner cards and red Lindbergh in plane handstamp (special cancel for this flight only), the same covers as seen on Wikipedia, in the Smithsonian Collection, and on the TV show: Pawn Stars. After making his historic nonstop flight to Paris, Charles Lindbergh used his immense fame to help promote the use of the airmail service....
Lot #2307 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Transoceanic Record Flights
1932 Von Gronau Round The World Flight, Milwaukee to Minneapolis Leg, US UX27 with Minneapolis Aug 10 1932 machine cancel, nice strike of oval "Von Gronau/ "GRÖNLAND WAL/ Milwaukee-Minneapolis Aug, 10 1933" cachet, Very Fine and rare; ex-Thrower
Lot #2308 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Polar Flights
Admiral Byrd / Polar Covers Balance, 1926/60, 17 pieces incl: 1926 (May) cover with ms. "Via Byrds North Pole Air Mail" and Norwegian NY-ALESUND cds but corner bearing stamp torn away, on reverse USA 1933 Byrd 3c tied by LITTLE AMERICA ANTARCTICA duplexes dated 31 Jan 1934 and 30 Jan 1935 (a philatelic tragedy as 1926 Polar Flight covers are rare), also 16 c.1947-60 polar-related covers, mostly addressed to Byrd or his family...
Lot #2309 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Polar Flights
1940 Covers to Adm Byrd at Little America, two covers with U.S.S. BEAR May 10 bkstp, each redirected to Byrd's residence in Boston, franked with 1938 3c Prexy tied by Torrington Conn duplex or 3c pair tied by ALBUQ. & LOS ANG. ... R.P. duplex, small flaws, Fine and scarce pair
Lot #2310 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Philippines Flights
Philippines 1920s/30s Flight Covers Group. fourteen incl 1926 Aparri-Manila (2 incl one signed by Gallarza), 1927 (Feb 21) Iloilo-Pulupandan, 1928 (Feb 4) Manila-San Jose, 1928 (Nov 16) Manila to USA via Hong Kong, 1929 (Apr 29) Manila-Lopez, 1932 (Jul 11) Aparri-Manila, 1932 (Aug 1) Iloilo-Manila return flight, 1932 (Sep 22) Stotsenburg-Lingayen, 1933 (Feb 3) Iloilo-Manila, 1933 (May 23) Manila-Iloilo, 19345 (Nov 1) Manila-...
Lot #2311 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers U.S. Zeppelin Flights
1930 South America Flight, US Dispatches, $1.30 Zeppelin (Scott C14) tied on 1c postal card (Scott UX27) by Varick St Sta Apr 23 1930 slogan machine cancel, appropriate German and US flight cachets, Lakehurst arrival cancel on face, Very Fine (Sieger 64B)
Lot #2312 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers U.S. Zeppelin Flights
1930 South America Flight, US Dispatches, 65c Zeppelin (Scott C13) tied on 1c postal card (Scott UX27) by Philadelphia May 31 1930 duplex cancels, appropriate German and US flight cachets, Friedrichshafen arrival cancel on face, card with a bit of wrinkling top left corner, Very Fine (Sieger 64F)
Lot #2313 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers U.S. Zeppelin Flights
Collection of Twelve 1928-1933 Graf Zeppelin Covers, one 1933 with C18 franking, rest are 1928 Z56 flights though one was "Too Late" and missed the flight, all on uprated UX27 1c postal cards, great variety of frankings, Very Fine.
Lot #2314 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Space Covers
Space Covers Assortment, approx 100 mostly early 1960s covers (few earlier or later; many cacheted) incl Feb 1962 pickup of Astronaut John Glenn, Apr 1962 Project Mercury Capsule Recovery, etc., mostly F-VF
Lot #2315 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Space Covers
1969 "Delayed in Quarantine..." Cacheted Cover, a cacheted cover not flown but with the 3-line "Delayed in Quarantine..." handstamp, addressed to Dr Edward Olling of the Future Products Office and signed by him on back side, Very Fine
Lot #2316 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Space Covers
Apollo 15 Flown ‘Phases of the Moon’ Cover, This cover was carried aboard the command module during the Apollo 15 moon mission. The cover has an affixed cachet which shows all 15 phases of the moon, an August 7, 1971 U.S.S. Okinawa postal cancellation and is signed in the lower left by Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin. Under the flap, the cover is number «301» and initialed by NASA»s general counsel S. Neil Hosenball. The cover is...
Lot #2317 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Space Covers
Space Cover Collection over 160 covers from about 1933-1980's, numerous countries including numerous Russia and Czechoslovakia, also Austria, Ascension, Wallis et Fortuna, French Southern Antarctica, United States, Canada and many more mostly Very Fine., large majority are FDCs, mostly F-VF
Lot #2318 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers Foreign DO-X Flights
1931 South America - USA Flights, Surinam Despatches, 3 covers; addressed to Antigua franked with 40c Do-X overprint issue; addressed to Haiti with 60c Do-X issue; addressed to Curacao with an ms "Via Trinidad" and franked with the entire set of Do-X Overprints (10c, 60c missing period after "Do" varieties), all with appropriate cancels, cachets and backstamps, Fine group.
Lot #5952 - United States and Foreign Airmail Covers WORLDWIDE AIRMAIL AND FLIGHT COVERS
US and WORLDWIDE FLIGHT COVERS GROUP. mostly pre-1950s US and possessions (useful Canal Zone) to 1970s with 100s of covers with first flights (domestic and international), events, clipper, some airmail FDC, autographs, Akron-Macon, space related, rates, etc., foreign covers from variety of nations incl (in no particular order) Australia, Caribbean area and Latin America, various European with colonies, Canada, UN, Brit...
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