Accumulations & collections

419 Collection in 100+ hagners with British Africa, Thematics inc Olympics & Ships then Australia Decimals, inc MUH Framas to $1, PNG Year sets (7 diff) 1966-80 (cost vendor $70) & assorted unchecked mess. NZ 1984-85 Year albums. PNG collection 1952-94 in Seven Seas hingeless album with approx 750 diff, mostly MUH inc QEII £1 & Birds to 10/- Total SG cat around £700. Plus Collectors duplicates in 5 large s/books & some literature. 2 medium/large cartons. (few 1000). $250 $350

420 Collector's clean-out New Zealand Seven Seas hingeless album 1953-82 (retail $150) with sparse MUH contents inc odd Health M/Sheet & Lighthouses sets (4, retail $80), plus 1960 Pic set to £1 U. Pre-decimal commem FDC (90) inc Health Camp cds (13). Nauru 1995 WWII Peace & Christmas M/Sheets MUH (10 of ea, FV $220). Australia 18c QEII Lettercards bundle of 50 fresh UN & other Postal Stationery inc KGV 1d green Die III Postal cards (10). 1980s commem PSEs (110) with Pic/Special cancels & FDC (130) with commem/Pic sets or singles. British Commonwealth 1978 QEII Coronation M/Sheets (20 diff) MUH. Latvia 1998 FDC collection (90+). Olympics 1984 Los Angeles maxi card collection in printed album, plus 1996 Pics (3000) in packs of 30. Norfolk Is blks of 4 collection (70) 1947-67 inc Ball Bay (10), 1966 opts to $1, 1967 Ships to $1 & 1969 Birds to $1, all fresh MUH, plus more. Medium carton. (1000s). $400 $500

421 Consignment remains inc thematic Collection in 6 albums with Fungi (270), Sheep inc Rams & Goats (340), Australian Christmas (280) & Birds (1450) in final 3 volumes. Wide variety. (total 2340). Another 39 cards/covers & over 50 M/Sheets. Some MUH/CTO, mostly G-FU. Also GB (440) 1950s-80s inc QEII to £5 & assorted Pics & Commems, G-FU. Plus NZ 1989 Year album. (2800). $60 $100

422 Consignment remains inc thick heavy 1950s "Monarch" loose leaf album inc British Cwlth QEII Coronation (58 diff), Austria (400+) inc Occupations, Officials & Postage Dues. Ceylon (60) inc KGVI to 10R postally U. GB & Greece, Italy from late 1800s, Spain & Switzerland -sl mixed G-FU condition (many 100s). World odds in 5 albums inc Canada, Norfolk Is from 1947 Ball Bay to 1978 Girl Guides & misc British Cwlth. USA 1930s-50s FFC (30, retail $200). Australia FDC/PSE collection -accumulation (400) to early 1980s inc pre-dec FDC (40) -noted 1937 KGVI 1d, 2d Die I, 1959 Animals set of 6 to 1/2 & Flowers (5) inc scarce 2/3 white paper. 1980s maxicard collection (110) inc comp sets in FDC album, plus unsorted PSE/FDC (250) in plastic bags. Latvia 2001-02 FDC (50). Overall mainly G-FU, some M stamps, plus around 500 covers/cards. Medium carton. $350 $450

423 Covers: WWII POW Mail (10) inc Stalag XVIIIC, MEF Egypt, Posen & Strasburg. 1940s Censor & other Mail (100) inc Gibraltar-Australia, Alexandria-Bombay, Barcelona-Munich, Paris-Graz, 1940 Allied "Active Service" env "written in Hungarian" to Palestine, Thessaloniki-Vienna, Alexandria-Toronto, Lima-Toronto, plus a variety of "Red Cross" censor covers & much more! Some 21st Century Military Mail. Mostly fine, see website. (120). $100 $150

424 Covers: World 1850s-2000 inc Aden 1937 Coronation set covers to England, India & Switzerland, Baden 3Kr black on green on folded wrapper, Belgium 1862 letter franked 20c, France 1879 to USA, Nth German 1870 cover, 1928 GB airmail to Estonia, 1941 Soruth printed Soap Factory cover, Italy 1917 & 1920 Air opts on airmail covers (cat €150 ea on cover), Colombia 1923 Scadta cover, Middle East inc Bahrain, Egypt 3m red Xmas seal on cover, Iran 1906 franked imperf 2ch strip of 3, plus 1931 local & 1967 PPC to USA, Palestine inc German PO wrapper with Jerusalem cds, 1923 bilingual printed merchants cover, 1954 opts on Egypt (6) to New Zealand, Saudi Arabia (6) 1953-66 airmail to Italy, USA or Germany, Syria 1946 (2) & Yemen 1981 stampless registered Official to USA. Then Ethiopia 1960s-2000 mainly commercial mail (25), Italy 1920 & 1926 Express covers, Philippines 1930s FFC (2), Tibet (3), modern Tunisia (7), bundle of Postal Stationery Australian states, Ned Indies, Brazil, Japan WWI Field Posts, 1918-19 US Forces in Europe soldier covers (2), Swiss soldier stamp covers (2), UN Forces mail 1958 Gaza to Norway, 1965 Pakistan to Canada & 1992 Iraq War to Canada, & much more. Majority is pre 1940. Mostly F-VF. (190). $300 $500

425 Covers: Antarctic Byrd Expeditions 1930-35 with range of diff "Little America" covers with diff pmks, cachets, perf & imperf Byrd stamps & M/Sheets, commemorative USA pmks & pictorial covers, plus later expedition covers for 1946-7 Operation Highjump, 1959 "USS Atka" at McMurdo Sound, 1962 Ross Shelf Survey & 1963 Operation Deep Freeze, a few related silk covers or gold foil stamp covers. Finally a range of original Press photos with original text slips on reverse as sent to newspapers, many dated 1930-35, plus a few later ex archives etc -sizes from 180x120mm to 290x200mm. (33 covers, 17 photos). $250 $400

426 Covers: Antarctic, mostly Australia inc ANARE 1947 Heard Id (2), 1948 registered Macquarie Id franked Hermes 1/6 McCracken imprint pr, 1949 Heard & Macquarie, 1954 with colour labels, 1954 card from Mawson Base, 1954 registered Mawson to Canada, various 1954 ANARE 3½d FDC inc various Heard Id, 1957 Davis Base covers inc "Vestfold Hills" h/s. Then AAT stamps inc 1959 set of 4 on Davis FDC, various 1963-64 Relief Expedition covers with Penguin labels etc. Plus NZ inc Ross Dependency Scott Base covers (4) & Campbell Id covers 1952-66 (7) inc reg with QEII 2/6, another reg with large pictorial h/s cachet in violet. Also 1955 Tristan da Cunha with Gough Id cds, 1971 Sth Africa, Argentina 1959 & 1964 covers, Norway 1902 Nordkap PPC to USA & 1924 Trans-polar Flight small PC to USA. British Expedition 1907 cds on piece with negative seal "Brit Ant Exp" crown h/s & 1910 cds in red on another piece. Finally Belgium 1957 Expedition single, M/Sheet single & M/S (2) on 4 diff pictorial covers -SG cat £320+ off cover. Almost all F-VF. (62). $250 $400

427 Covers: Asia 1890s-1930s (plus some later) inc Aden 1937 Coronation FDC (2), China 1960s-90s Military Freepost covers (3), India 1927 Royal Air Force Display - Stack & Leete cover, 1932 air to Egypt, 1894 Gwalior opt envelope, Jaipur cover & Saurashtra Postcard. Indochina 1930 reg to India, Japan 1890s foreign rate Post Cards to Trieste with colour views on reverse (2) plus other early cards (6), Kenya 1931 air with "Sudan Air Mail" cds, Malaya 1937 FFC Penang-Singapore, Neth Indies, Nepal, Thailand Ubol-Bangkok 1924 FFC, some 1950s-90s (12), plus bundle of Antarctic covers inc Argentina, Chile, Australia & NZ -mostly 1950s-60s. Mostly F-VF. (60). $180 $300

428 Covers: Australia & Pacific 1920s-80s inc Australia 1921 franked Kangaroo 3d pr, KGV 1d red & 2d orange registered to Austria, WWII Military mail (4), censored, 1934 Aust-NZ "boomerang" FFC (2), 1955 Sydney-Amsterdam via polar route FFC, 1956 GB 2½d with British FPO Christmas Id cds, 1957-59 Australia used from Cocos Is (3), Gilbert & Ellice 1928 to NSW, 1946 commercial registered franked 5d, multi franked KGVI covers to 1/- or 2/- to USA or GB. 1957 "First British Megaton Trial cover from Christmas Id, German Marshall Is 10pf Postcard UN, New Zealand range inc FFC 1931 Auckland-Invercargill, 1934 Trans-Tasman (2) franked opt 7d, 1937 NZ-USA (3), 1940 NZ-New Caledonia-Canton Id-Hawaii FFC franked Arms 2/6, plus 1954 QEII set to 10/- on cover, PNG 1998-2000 air covers (4) at K1 rate to USA or Germany, 1938 Pitcairn Id pictorial cover, Solomons 1995 stampless official cover, Tonga Tin Can Mail (2), 1963 stampless Official, bundle of 1970s-80s FDC (30) for Samoa, Solomons Tokelau & Tuvalu. Plus other odds. Mostly F-VF. (100). $300 $500

429 Covers: Aviation-Concorde 1969-2003 flight covers to all over the world, with GB frankings (86), France (61), USA (29), plus other (73) inc Antigua, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Central Africa, Cyprus, Czech, Egypt, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Kenya 1975 Trials, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaya, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela & Zambia. Plus related odds inc large colour photos, British Airways on board promotional folder with photos, postcards etc. F-VF. Fantastic collection. Appear all diff. (220 covers). $500 $800

430 Covers: Balance of consignment inc modern expeditions with 1969 Operation Raleigh Blue Nile (12), 1977 Drake round the world (16), 1984-88 Raleigh round world (35) & 1987 Jade Venture Tibet (13) -all signed. WWI Military PPC (18) mostly U from Austrian or German Fieldposts, bundle of mostly modern (85) inc PPC. Then stamps inc Gilbert & Ellice collection 1937-77 (240), Australia MUH recent (FV $65) inc $10 M/Sheet, India 1937 Jamboree Rocket Mail labels sheets of 9 in blue or red, Australia 1970 Cook M/S opt for Tullamarine Airport M & CTO, or 1977 Jubilee opt (retail $100), plus loose odds (300) inc Denmark 1925 Airs 10o, 15o & 25o M (SG cat £120), Dodecanese Is 1933 Balbo triptych U (£110), German Samoa Yachts (7) to 10pf M, Fiji 1940 Postage Due set MUH (£140), Gilbert & Ellice 1940 Due set M (£180), GB QV 4d reds (7), Greece 1926 Air set M (£98), Iceland 1928 Plane opt set M (£76), & 1930 Bird 10a triangle U (£42), Nova Scotia QV (6) M&U, NSW 1856 QV Registered U (£180), Poland PO Levant opt M (2 sets -only one 50f, cat £1000) "as is", Sth Australia QV roulettes (2), West Australia Swan 1d black imperf U (£275) & more. Mostly F-VF. (200+ covers & cards, 500+ stamps). $300 $600

431 Covers: Carton lot with Australia 1980s FDC/PSE (approx 650) in 3 albums & loose in bags -minor duplication, plenty of Pic/thematic pmks. Latvia Year 2000 pictorial & commem covers (50). Poland postal cards 1955-86 approx 900 all diff -most with views or pictorial designs VF UN, STC Mi €2000 = A$3000 for the Poland alone. Minor duplication in the Australian section. Individual retail would be huge! (1600) $300 $400

432 Covers: Europe 1860s-1960s (almost all pre 1940) inc Andorra 1962 Rocket flight cover, Austria (12) inc WW1 Fieldposts, 1918 Crakow-Vienna flight covers ea franked Flugpost opt set, Belgium (4) 1878-96, Bohemia (2), Bulgaria 1927 Air cover, Czechoslovakia 1923 with Postage Due 100h opt, 1945 covers franked opt "CSP Jana Zizky", or "CSR USA" opts, Finland 1933 Air to Germany, & 1941 Red Cross set reg air censored to Switzerland, Eastern Karelia 1st set, France 1859 cover to London franked Napoleon 40c, 1910-11 Aviation PPC (3), France air covers (7) inc 1930 1Fr50 blue to USA, 1Fr50 red to Austria, 1932 Aero Exhibition PPC, 1934 to Austria, 1936 to Brazil & 1938 Metz Airshow with 4 labels, Greece 1931 reg air to England, Hungary 1920 "Legi Posta" opt set, 1924 Budapest-Vienna flight card, 1937 Balaton Air Rally card, Italy 1863 letter franked 15c blue, 1891 franked King 20c/50c, Papal States 1b on 1861 wrapper, Malta 1931 1st Airmail to Tripoli, Poland 1929 Bydgoszcz-Posnan FFC, 1939 Warsaw-Venice FFC, unaddressed Romania MViR opts inc inverted opt, Sweden, Switzerland (19) inc 1866 franked 10c blue, 1912 Pro Juventute 10c brown on illustrated card (loose stamp alone Mi cat €150), 1927 Brugg-Yverdon flight card, 1932 Internat Flight Meeting Zurich-Interlaken flight, 1937 Juventute M/S to Egypt, 1938 Zurich-Stockholm FFC, 1941 Fete FDC (Mi cat €200), 1946 Air to Sth Africa, 1955 Exhib M/S FDC (€140), plus others. 3 noted alone cat €490. Mostly F-VF. Interesting & valuable lot. (110). $700 $1300

433 Covers: French Antarctic 1958-86 almost all pictorial covers (many FDC) with 1958 Geophysical Year FDC, 1961 Charcot FDC -plus 4 more on various covers, 1956-60 Pictorials (22, -10 diff) on various covers, 1963 Crozet 5Fr & Quiet Sun set on special cover & strong range of diff stamps to 1986 inc 1971 Kerguelen Anniv gutter prs, 1973-4 Ship sets, various Capt Cook, 1980 De Gaulle (4), 1983 Air 25Fr, 1985 Air 30Fr etc. Lots of diff pmks, ship & expedition cachets, registered etc. Almost all diff cover or frankings. About 30 of the 1980s toned, o/w mostly F-VF. SG cat as stamps alone £3400. All diff. (114) $900 $1500

434 Covers: French Colonies & France 1919-50 Postal history Airmail & FFC inc France 1939 FFC to USA franked 12Fr25 or 12Fr50, plus intermediate to Azores with "Horta" b/s, 1933 Algeria Oran-Budapest FFC, 1937 Cameroon to France by Congo-France 1st flight, Indochina 1931 by air to France, Fr Morocco 1924 air to Italy, 1925? air to Switzerland & 1933 air to Paris. Senegal 1937 FFC Tambacounda-Bamako. Somali Coast 1929 FFC to Ethiopia. Fr Sudan 1937 FFC to Dakar. Tunisia 1919 franked Airmail opt 30c/35c, plus 1952 25th Anniv of 1st Airmail to France, 1950 Fr West Africa 25th Anniv Dakar-Casablanca flight, plus 1971 France-GB mail strike covers. All the FFC with cachets & b/s etc. Mostly F-VF. Interesting lot. (17). $180 $300

435 Covers: French Colonies inc Algeria 1926 fronts (2) registered to France, Gabon 1927 & 1932 fronts to France, India 1944 local cover franked France Libre opt 1c/1R blk of 4, Indochina 1931 & 1932 air to France, 1936 air to India, Morocco 1933 to Switzerland -air to Marseilles, Syria 1921 "AVION" opt set on envelope inc 1Pi/20c pr (SG £245 as loose stamps), Tunisia (10) inc 1927, 1928 air franked 3 diff air opts to France & redirected to England, 1937 to Austria, 1940 to Switzerland, 1945 (2) & 1951 all air to USA, & finally 1958 stampless endorsed "FM" (Frank Militaire) to Morocco. Fair-VF. (22). $200 $400

436 Covers & other material with Australian Decimal 1980s FDC array (300) loose & in near new FDC album, total retail over $300. Plus bundle of PSE (80) similar era. Also 1970 Cook M/Sheet with "Melbourne Airport" opt large cover (2 retail $100). Tasmania 1955-67 cheques (30) many with stamp duties attached. Germany Ersttagblatt (FD card) collection (100) 1993-95 (cat €120) in expensive album, Latvia 1999-2000 FDC (60) in lighthouse pgs. New Zealand FDC (80) with Pics to $5, Commem sets, Health & Lighthouses 1953-83 in loose album. USA FFC (30) wide range mid 1920s-60s -approx 500 covers in total. Also stamps with Olympic thematics (3000) in packets of 30. Norfolk Is pre-dec M collection near comp inc 1947 Ball Bay to 2/- & 1953 Pics to 5/- Brown Bridge. Australia decimal MUH gutter prs (18) inc 5c Soil-Medical. Plus Nauru 1996 Christmas sheetlets (20) fresh MUH, FV $260 (cat £360). Large carton. $350 $450

437 Covers: Germany 1860s-1960s inc Thurn & Taxis 3kr red on 1865 cover, 1850s stampless, 2gr eagle on 1873 cover, various 1900-1930s, WWI Fieldposts (19), 1931 Iposta blk of 4 from M/Sheet on cover with Exhib machine pmk (SG cat £600 as singles off cover), various WW1 & 2 Occupations inc Serbia 1st opt set on blank envelope (£1700) various Official, registered etc, 1939 opt on Danzig inc top 2 values, Colonies Post Cards in Cameroon (2), East Africa opts (5, inc 3 opts) New Guinea & Togo all fresh UN, post WW2 Allied Occup inc POW & censored, 1947 Dove 1Mk-3Mk on cover to USA, Cologne Cathedral set, 1949 Cycle Race set, Rhineland 1948 Ludwigshafen set (£160), Thuringia 1946 Bridges vertical gutter prs (Mi cat €140 as loose), Spremberg, Finsterwalde, various SBZ opts on 8 covers Then East Germany inc 1949 UPU, Postal Workers set & 1950 Ski set (£60), 1950 Bach set (£42), 1951 Youth set. West Germany inc 1949 UPU & 1950 Bach on card (£165) with Ukraine camp posts, 1949 Relief Fund set (£180), 1952 Relief set with Nuremberg Museum (£165), 1954 Relief set (£60), plus FDC (€170), 1959 Beethoven M/S (£70), Berlin opts, plus right clapper Bell set (£100), 1952 Olympic sets (3, £150), & much more. Mostly F-VF. The few mentioned alone cat £4000+. Interesting & valuable lot. (190). $700 $1300

438 Covers: Germany 1900-1970s Postal History inc 3 Zeppelin flight covers 1929 to USA franked 4RM Zeppelin, 1933 Swiss Fight postcard with on board cds (Sieger 206I cat €275), & 1936 Leipzig Fair flight card, plus 1931 Dornier "DOX" flight PPC (cost vendor $250), WWI Fieldpost cover with letter, 1942 POW Lettersheet, POs in Levant cover franked 5c/5pf Germania with Jerusalem 1910 cds, 1920s-30s covers & cards inc high frankings registered, 1937 Hitler M/Sheets on 2 covers, 1920s-30s airmails (10), 1946 Allied Occup Numerals Charity M/S perf & imperf VFU on envelopes (SG cat £625), 1970s registered fronts only (24), bundle of real photo PPC (mostly later reproductions) of early aircraft, some ships, Zeppelin view cards & other odds & ends. (126). $400 $800

439 Covers: Great Britain Royal Air Force 1922-39 nicely written up collection with 1922 Bagdad-Cairo Airmail cover, range of early photos & cards of early aircraft inc crashes, aircrews etc, covers to & from various RAF groups, plus lots of other pictures, cards etc (total 60 early cards, covers & photos, plus many later period). Plus general GB covers inc 1890 QV 6d embossed envelope (upper half only) & 5 other QV, KEVII (5), KGV (15) inc to Switzerland, Germany, India, Italy & Czechoslovakia, & by air to Argentina, Finland & India, 1952 Lundy Coronation FDC & other odds. Fair to mostly F-VF. (100+) $250 $400

440 Covers: Military 1914-18 (WWI) strong in USA Forces covers & cards from France (65) endorsed or h/s Soldier's or Officers mail inc printed Red Cross & YMCA types with lots of diff number circular or diamond eagle censor cachets in red, green, violet etc, lots of diff Army PO pmks inc "Express Service" types. Range of censored commercial covers mostly to USA from France (9), Brazil (2), Greece, Italy, Netherlands (2), Portugal (3), Spain, Switzerland (5) inc 2 stampless with Swiss "Liberty" cachets, & Tunisia, plus Internee cover Netherlands-USA. Does not appear to have been picked over. Better than average condition with many interesting usages. (95) $150 $250

441 Covers: Military & Censor Mail to mid 1960s (250+) inc Boer War (3). WWI (30) inc USA Forces in Paris, 1917 POW env to Copenhagen, German Field PO cards. Then mainly WWII with a very wide range of covers, Censor/Military markings, odd POW card & plenty of Field/Base PO pmks both Allied & Axis forces "Camp d'Evades Abelboden Suisse" to Scotland, RAF pre-printed env, USA "V…Mail" cover, 1940s Captured Japanese PPC & Civilian Mail. Usual mixed G-fine condition, needs careful inspection & evaluation. See website. (250+). $300 $500

442 Covers: Netherland Indies 1928-46 FFC with wide range of cachets & special pmks, mostly to or from Netherlands inc 1934 "Pander Postjager" flight card, MacRobertson Race covers (3) to Sydney, 1938 reversible aerogrammes for "28 June Opening" flight (3) -2 return to Holland, 1 to USA, 1937 DC3 Medan-Holland & Bandoeng-USA, Sept Soerabaja-Makasser, 1937 500th flight, 1938 3 July Java-Australia (2), August to Indochina, December Holland-Sth Africa return covers (2), 1946 Amsterdam-New York. Plus Curacao 1934 Holland-West Indies (2) & Suriname 1930 Paramaribo-Nickerie flight (3). Fair to mostly F-VF. All diff, excellent lot. (38). $500 $1000

443 Covers: Pacific region inc Cook Islands 1st set on 1895 registered cover (flts) cat £200 as loose stamps alone, Fiji 1964 FFC to Tonga, French Oceania 1947 FFC Papeete-Noumea, Gilbert & Ellice (11) with various KGVI frankings inc the 5/- on 2 covers, New Guinea 1919 NWPI opts cover, NZ WWI censored & WW2 censored with NZ stamps used from Egypt, Papua 1934 Protectorate 1d, 2d & 3d on individual pictorial FDC, Pitcairn 1940 Anniv cover, 1964 set to 8/- on cover front, plus some FDC. Mostly F-VF. (46). $200 $400

444 Covers: "The Official Collection of World Wildlife First Day Covers". Massive custom green album with illustrated FDC 1976-79 in 48 clear pgs with wide range of thematics inc Turtles, Dolphins, Crabs, Bats, Whales, Fish, Birds & African Big Cats. All fresh, clean comp collection. Huge original cost. (144). $60 $80

445 Covers: USA FFC & airmails inc 1918 Air covers franked Jenny 6c (2 covers), 16c (3) inc 2 for NY-Chicago 1st flight, & 24c NY-Boston, 1923 each value on air covers -these 2 issues alone Sc cat $450, 1930 Elgin Airfield extra long card, 1931 Cleveland Air Races cover, 1942 USA-Venezuela. Plus non-air covers inc 1870s-80s Taylor 5c blue & Webster 15c orange on cover to Germany, 1911 Treasury Dept penalty envelope, 1914 Postal Savings Dept envelope, WWI censored cover, WW2 Army Post covers (3) & a few more. Poor-VF. (29) $200 $400

446 Covers: USA 1850s-1960s inc Civil War Patriotic envelopes with various illustrations inc 3 unused, 1860s used (4) inc with original letter, plus original types (27) used in 1960s for Civil War anniversaries, ca1850 Maine Law temperance beautiful printed envelope UN, early 1900s PPC of Civil War scenes (3), plus 2 leather postcards with pictorial reverses, early postal stationery cards (10), 1934-46 Naval covers inc atomic bomb tests Bikini Atoll, range of politician "signature frank" covers inc 1939 Wife of President Harrison, 1938 & 47 Wife of Coolidge, 1961 Harry Truman, plus range of h/s or printed signatures 1920s-1961 inc 1955-61 fronts only (11), 1924 inwards cover from Trinidad with 2c Postage Due with St Louis precancel, 1925 registered to Malta, plus various 1890s-1920. Fair to mostly F-VF. (100). $250 $400

447 Covers: USA 1912-47 FFC & airmail inc 1912 oversize PPC from Evansville Aviation Circus with special pmk, 1918 NY-Chicago FFC (2) franked 16c air -these 3 seen on ebay at $100+ ea, 1929 St Louis Endurance Flight Record use of 5c Air envelope, 1930 extra long PPC from Rockford Illinois. 1930 USA-Canal Zone-Venezuela, 1933 with thick contents & Postage Due 1c & 2c Glen Ridge precancels, 1934 Hawaii-USA (2 diff), "Emergency Mail Service via Airplane From Solomon Alaska", 1935 similar from Koyokuk Alaska, FFC Honolulu-Guam, San Francisco-Manila, Honolulu-Manila, Guam-San Francisco, 1937 FFC USA-China, USA-Macau, Guam-Macao, 1939 USA-Europe & return, 1940 Canton Id-New Caledonia & NZ, 1950 California Rocket Mail cover. Plus overseas frankings inc 1937 China-USA, Macau-USA, 1939 Canada-Ireland, 1940 New Cal-USA & 1941 New Cal-Fiji. Almost all F-VF. (32). $150 $250

448 Covers - Zeppelins, Airships & Dirigibles 1900s-30s Picture Postcards from early 1900s French to mid 1930s USA. Wide variety of types inc English/French pre-WWI Dirigibles, German Zeppelins early 1900s-1930s inc Count von Zeppelin "real photo", WWI Battle Scenes, noted "Aerial Bombardment", General Battle Scenes plus Field pmks on some reverses. German late 1920s-30s Commercial Zeppelin Flight Craft inc LZ 127-Graf Zeppelin, with a couple bearing Flight Cachets. Plus odd USA 1930s Airship cards. Mostly F-VF UN/U. Fantastic postcard lot! (220). $800 $1500

449 Covers - Catapult flight covers 1929-30 inc "Bremen Norddeutscher Lloyd" July 1929 large boxed cachet with USA or Germany frankings, circular "Cherbourg- Berlin" cachets with Germany (Aug) or USA (Oct) frankings, octagonal "New York 10 Septbr 1929" cachet & oval "New York 1 Oktober 1929" Germany frankings, & finally 1st Europa-New York & Europa-Southampton with Germany or USA franking, plus one prepared but not flown. Generally F-VF. (9). $200 $400

450 Croatia: 1941-45 NDH specialist mint collection, with normal issued almost comp inc 1941 1st & 2nd opt sets on Yugoslavia, 1941 Castles opt, 1942 Model Plane Expo perf & imperf M/Sheets, then commem sets, also M/Sheets, Officials, Postage Dues etc. Then good section of special sheetlets with 1942 Zagreb s/let of 8, 1944 Postal Workers set s/let of 9, 1944 Legion set imperf s/let of 20, 1944 Labor Front s/let of 9, 1945 Postal Workers s/let of 8. Then superb range of proofs & imperfs inc 1943 Famous Croats set 12 diff colour trials, 1943 Croatian Legion in Russia 33 diff proof colour trial prs etc. VF fresh MLH/MUH. Mi cat €2430+. Excellent collection. (300 + 11M/S + 16S/S). $600 $900

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