Lot 524 United States #295, 327 1905 (February 4), Louisiana Purchase & Pan-American Exposition mixed franking, registered uprated stationery cover to Germany, 1c blue Columbian postal stationery cover, additionally franked with 10c red-brown Louisiana Purchase Exposition issue and 2c carmine & black Pan-American Exposition issue, tied by three black boxed Youngstown Registered handstamps and a violet Youngstown, Ohio double-circle cancel, with New York, N.Y. registration etiquette on front, New York (6 Feb) double-oval transit, and Munich (15 Feb) arrival markings, including two single-circle receiver cancels in blue and black, a visually striking mixed franking. (Sc. #295, 327). Sold for C$225.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 303, India Steamship Quetta cover Ceylon to London, sold for C$234
Lot 303 India #39 1880/1, 1a brown (x3) , cover to Rev. J.W. Hall aboard the Steamship “Quetta” at Point de Galle, Ceylon, strip tied by boldly-struck C-3 I (R.L. Type 17d), crossed-out and endorsed “Try Colombo”, “Steamship Left for London”, and “Left the Steamer / Refused”, the cover having been carried to London and then returned, multiple datestamps with ?IDAIPUR (13 Oct), OUTW BOMBAY (17 Oct), Galle (2- Oct and 9 Nov), Colombo (Nov 1-), Calcutta (5 Dec), London (28/29 Dec), DLO Bombay (20 Jun) and DLO Calcutta (29 Jun), opened on three sides for display, bottom fragile, typical faults as expected on such a well-traveled cover, a delightful item with tremendous visual appeal. Sold for C$200.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 550, Vatican City/Italy Graf Zeppelin flight picture postcard to Rome, sold for C$263
Lot 550 Vatican City #14, B1; Italy #C42. 1933 (May 27), Graf Zeppelin Flight, Vatican City despatch, picture postcard to Rome, franked 25c on 30c Crossed Keys and 25c+10c green semi-postal, each tied by “Città del Vaticano” c.d.s. (27 May), additionally franked with Italy 3L Zeppelin Flight adhesive, tied by Roma c.d.s. (29 May), blue “Posta Aerea / Italiana / Dirigible / Graf Zeppelin / 1933” handstamped cachet, reverse a photo of a pilot, postmarked with Roma / Crociera Zeppelin transit datestamp, scarce and very fine. (Vatican Sc. #14, B1; Italy Sc. #C42; Sieger #208Va). Sold for C$225.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 295, India 1867 mourning cover from Bangalore to Devon England, sold for C$468
Lot 295 India 1867, three 2a orange, tied to mourning cover from Bangalore to Devon by “BANGALORE AP 13 / M-13” datestamp, additionally cancelled in manuscript, endorsed “per Steamer via Brindisi”, to South Devon, England, with “OUTW BOMBAY ” (16 Apr) transit and Dartmouth c.d.s. backstamps, some creasing as typical of these flimsy envelopes, else fine. Sold for C$400.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 527, USA 1911 International Aviation Tournament postcard, sold for C$292
Lot 527 United States 1911 (September 30), International Aviation Tournament real photo postcard, depicting an early airplane titled “Brookins Starting”, franked with 2c red Washington issue, bearing a straight-line “Aerial Special Dispatch” marking and partial strike of “Aeroplane Station No. 1, Garden City Estates, N.Y.” circular cancel, addressed to New York, a scarce early aviation-related postcard. (AAMC #3a, $250). Sold for C$250.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.