Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

Worldwide Air Post, Foreign Stamps and Covers continued...

**Foreign Flights**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
2101		AUSTRALIA, 1914, Jul. 16-18 -- First Official Australian Aerial Mail, Melbourne-Sydney (AAMC 2). 1p Kangaroo tied by Jul. 16 purple double oval flight datestamp on souvenir card to Melbourne, Sydney Jul. 18 datestamp, corner creases and small tear at top, otherwise Very Fine, scarce example of Australia's first official airmail, AAMC $200.00 (Image)	E. 200-300	375.00
2102		CANADA, 1919, Oct. 9 -- "Handley Page" Flight, Parrsboro N.S. to Greenport N.Y. (AAMC 22 var). Roessler cover with purple handstamped cachets, Canada 3c Geo. V tied by Parrsboro N.S. Oct. 9, 1919 datestamp, this is the correct date of origin for the rare flight covers, but the absence of the special straightline cachet and Greenport receiving datestamp indicate this was either not flown or possibly was part of the original mail before the forced landing at Parrsboro -- AAMC for flown cover is $1,500.00 (Image)	E. 200-300	160.00
2103		Canadian Pioneer and Semi-Official Flight Covers. 48, wide range of flights and special frankings incl. Laurentide, Elliott, Elliott-Fairchild, Patricia Airways, Western Canada, Commercial Airways, Cherry Red and Canadian Airways, better incl. AAMC Nos. 20, 54, 70a and 90b, a few Roessler bogus covers, most are flown and Very Fine	E. 500-750	1,250.00
2104		CHINA, 1928, Dec. 18 -- First Aerial Trip, Shanghai-Canton (AAMC 7). Flown cover to Canton with China 1c and 3c franking tied by Shanghai Dec. 18 circular datestamp, purple handstamped cachets, Canton receiving backstamp, climatic toning, otherwise Very Fine, scarce (Image)	E. 200-300	190.00
2105		1924, Sep. 12 -- Special Flight by DePinedo between Shanghai and Kagoshima. Flown cover with purple "First Airmail/China-Japan" framed handstamp and China 3c on 4c Junk tied by Sep. 12 circular datestamp, Very Fine, DePinedo flew round-trip from Rome to Japan in just under seven months, the Italian Consul in Shanghai arranged for 70 letters to be carried from Shanghai to Kagoshima, but the official who received the mail bag forgot to deliver the letters, only 52 of the 70 carried were recovered (Image)	E. 750-1,000	800.00
2106		1930, Jan. 16 -- Canton to Hong Kong via Wuchow. Flown cover with China 15c and 4c Junk tied by Canton circular datestamp with year-date error ("16.1.20" instead of "16.1.31"), "Kwangtung Airmails" handstamped cachet, Canton, Wuchow and Hong Kong backstamps (the latter correctly dated Jan. 17, 1931), toned around perfs, 15c small tear, otherwise Very Fine, scarce and unusual (Image)	E. 400-500	210.00
2107		GREAT BRITAIN, 1907, Oct. 14, International Balloon Flight (AAMC 5). Souvenir postal card, flown without stamp but 2d postage due assessed on arrival in Sussex, England, "Tosse (Sweden) 14.10.1907" circular datestamp, Very Fine, AAMC states "Although many thousands of cards were prepared and dropped, flown cards are very scarce" (Image)	E. 150-200	170.00
2108		1911, Sep. 9-16, Official Coronation Aerial Post, London-Windsor (AAMC 8a). Five souvenir postcards and three covers, all with printed cachet in variety of colors, Sep. 9 (First Day), Sep. 13 and Sep. 16 special flight datestamps, Very Fine group (Image)	E. 500-750	1,100.00
2109		1910, Aug. 17 -- First Aeroplane Mail in Great Britain (AAMC 7). Printed flight card with red overprint on back, G.B. -1/p Geo. V tied by machine cancel, additional datestamp, Aug. 26 and 27 dates (the flight was delayed due to bad weather), creases and tears around edges, otherwise Fine, scarce and historic, AAMC $175.00 (Image)	E. 100-150	210.00
2110		LUNDY ISLAND, Flight Covers. Seven flight covers with mixed frankings, incl. Sep. 1935 cover with Atlantic Coast Air Services -1/2p Black on Red Label with Inverted "T", Very Fine (Image)	E. 300-400	375.00
2111		MANCHUKUO, 1932, Nov. 9 -- Manchukuo-Japan Flight (AAMC 1). Four-stamp franking tied by purple flight cachet handstamps on back of cover, opened and partly cut away, faint waterstain, otherwise Fine and scarce, AAMC $200.00 (Image)	E. 100-150	260.00

Foreign Flights

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

2101

AUSTRALIA, 1914, Jul. 16-18 -- First Official Australian Aerial Mail, Melbourne-Sydney (AAMC 2). 1p Kangaroo tied by Jul. 16 purple double oval flight datestamp on souvenir card to Melbourne, Sydney Jul. 18 datestamp, corner creases and small tear at top, otherwise Very Fine, scarce example of Australia's first official airmail, AAMC $200.00 (Image)

E. 200-300

375.00

2102

CANADA, 1919, Oct. 9 -- "Handley Page" Flight, Parrsboro N.S. to Greenport N.Y. (AAMC 22 var). Roessler cover with purple handstamped cachets, Canada 3c Geo. V tied by Parrsboro N.S. Oct. 9, 1919 datestamp, this is the correct date of origin for the rare flight covers, but the absence of the special straightline cachet and Greenport receiving datestamp indicate this was either not flown or possibly was part of the original mail before the forced landing at Parrsboro -- AAMC for flown cover is $1,500.00 (Image)

E. 200-300

160.00

2103

Canadian Pioneer and Semi-Official Flight Covers. 48, wide range of flights and special frankings incl. Laurentide, Elliott, Elliott-Fairchild, Patricia Airways, Western Canada, Commercial Airways, Cherry Red and Canadian Airways, better incl. AAMC Nos. 20, 54, 70a and 90b, a few Roessler bogus covers, most are flown and Very Fine

E. 500-750

1,250.00

2104

CHINA, 1928, Dec. 18 -- First Aerial Trip, Shanghai-Canton (AAMC 7). Flown cover to Canton with China 1c and 3c franking tied by Shanghai Dec. 18 circular datestamp, purple handstamped cachets, Canton receiving backstamp, climatic toning, otherwise Very Fine, scarce (Image)

E. 200-300

190.00

2105

1924, Sep. 12 -- Special Flight by DePinedo between Shanghai and Kagoshima. Flown cover with purple "First Airmail/China-Japan" framed handstamp and China 3c on 4c Junk tied by Sep. 12 circular datestamp, Very Fine, DePinedo flew round-trip from Rome to Japan in just under seven months, the Italian Consul in Shanghai arranged for 70 letters to be carried from Shanghai to Kagoshima, but the official who received the mail bag forgot to deliver the letters, only 52 of the 70 carried were recovered (Image)

E. 750-1,000

800.00

2106

1930, Jan. 16 -- Canton to Hong Kong via Wuchow. Flown cover with China 15c and 4c Junk tied by Canton circular datestamp with year-date error ("16.1.20" instead of "16.1.31"), "Kwangtung Airmails" handstamped cachet, Canton, Wuchow and Hong Kong backstamps (the latter correctly dated Jan. 17, 1931), toned around perfs, 15c small tear, otherwise Very Fine, scarce and unusual (Image)

E. 400-500

210.00

2107

GREAT BRITAIN, 1907, Oct. 14, International Balloon Flight (AAMC 5). Souvenir postal card, flown without stamp but 2d postage due assessed on arrival in Sussex, England, "Tosse (Sweden) 14.10.1907" circular datestamp, Very Fine, AAMC states "Although many thousands of cards were prepared and dropped, flown cards are very scarce" (Image)

E. 150-200

170.00

2108

1911, Sep. 9-16, Official Coronation Aerial Post, London-Windsor (AAMC 8a). Five souvenir postcards and three covers, all with printed cachet in variety of colors, Sep. 9 (First Day), Sep. 13 and Sep. 16 special flight datestamps, Very Fine group (Image)

E. 500-750

1,100.00

2109

1910, Aug. 17 -- First Aeroplane Mail in Great Britain (AAMC 7). Printed flight card with red overprint on back, G.B. -1/p Geo. V tied by machine cancel, additional datestamp, Aug. 26 and 27 dates (the flight was delayed due to bad weather), creases and tears around edges, otherwise Fine, scarce and historic, AAMC $175.00 (Image)

E. 100-150

210.00

2110

LUNDY ISLAND, Flight Covers. Seven flight covers with mixed frankings, incl. Sep. 1935 cover with Atlantic Coast Air Services -1/2p Black on Red Label with Inverted "T", Very Fine (Image)

E. 300-400

375.00

2111

MANCHUKUO, 1932, Nov. 9 -- Manchukuo-Japan Flight (AAMC 1). Four-stamp franking tied by purple flight cachet handstamps on back of cover, opened and partly cut away, faint waterstain, otherwise Fine and scarce, AAMC $200.00 (Image)

E. 100-150

260.00