1882-1938 collection of 11 items, including "letters to immigrants", with 1882 and 1884 incoming covers from Sweden to Illinois and to Oregon, each charged "10 cents", with postage dues added; 1897 cover to Moscow, paying 6 cents and sent back to USA, with 8c postage due added; 1888 cover from Montreal to USA, charged 3 cents postage due; 1886 cover sent unfranked, with 2c stamp supplied by addressee (pink explanatory label added at...
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers
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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.
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Lot #83 - United States - Postage Dues
1903 (December) cover from Hong Kong to Hawaii, charged 5 cents postage due, with the addition of 2c and 3c adhesives, Honolulu arrival pmk on back, some faults, otherwise fine example of early use of postage dues in Hawaii
Estimate: $250
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