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Lots 112 - 115,
Catalogue of Auction #101, August 21-22, 2024. Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
WORLDWIDE AIR POST STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
Ph
Net Price
RS
GREAT BRITAIN
RS
112  cover   1925, The Grettir Algarsson North Pole Expedition, specimen envelope carried from London to Liverpool on dirigible, which was supposed to fly from Svalbard (Spitsbergen) to North Pole (this flight did not take place because of lack of funding), pre-printed at the bottom with text and number 66, blue flight label and downward "Specimen" hs, mostly VF, placed on an Exhibition page with description in Russian, VF, Est. $150 -$200
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85.00
113  cover  206-07 1929 (May 15), pre-printed Pioneer Flight postcard on line London - Rotterdam - Berlin, franked by two values, red K.L.M. confirmation marking, pilot's sign on reverse, VF, Est. $100-$150
sold
114  cover  198 1934 (July 10), First Direct Dispatch from Broken Hill to Madagascar illustrated postcard ("The Golden Clipper"), franked by 9p olive green, Norwich machine cancellation, VF, Est. $100-$150
85.00
RS
Rocket Flights
RS
115  cover   1934, Gerhard Zucker Flights "Sussex-Downs" (June 6), "Scarp-Harris" (July 28) and "Isle of Wight" (December 19), altogether four covers, two of "Scarp-Harris" with reversal two-line marking "Damaged by First Explosion.. ", one of which is partly burnt at top left; three franked by King George V definitives, one has meter postage, each one with semi-official rocket stamps, three have G. Zucker signature at left, arranged on 3 pages from a Collection, mostly VF, Est. $600-$700
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sold

Lots 112 - 115,
Catalogue of Auction #101, August 21-22, 2024. Raritan Stamps, Inc