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234146 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C1 x10 (two pairs and a 6-block, all VF), 170 (VF), and 184 (F-VF) on 2 June 1932 airmail COVER FRONT ONLY to the U.S. with air label and notation "Via Air Mail / Oslo-London". The fourth C1 from the left has Facit-listed variety #160v1 "ME on left side connected". Though just a front, this is a spectacular item with high-value franking. If the stamps were simply removed from the paper, they would individually sell for about $200, not counting a premium for the #C1 6-block. While first flight covers bearing #C1 are fairly standard items, 10-C1-stamp frankings such as this are quite exceptional. |
270.00 |
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235916 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C1 3-strip [1928 10 aur Christian X with Airplane Overprint] (F-VF) on 2 June 1928 combination FIRST DAY COVER and FIRST FLIGHT COVER. Not only is this a first flight cover, it is the FIRST ICELANDIC INLAND AIRMAIL FLIGHT! Some literature (for example, Facit) states that the stamp was issued 31 May. However, Luning explains that while some records show that date, no examples used earlier than 2 June have ever been found and states that 2 June is considered the first day of issue. Facit does not list any FDCs before 1929, but Luning does list C1 on FDC as 2 June. While there are many later similar-looking first flights between various towns, this 2 June canceled Reykjavik to Akureryi flight (actually flown on 4 June, with 4 June arrival backstamp, due to bad weather) is the very first in the long history of inland Icelandic aviation. [The return flight was not so lucky; the airplane, the "Sulan" was brought down by engine trouble and arrived back in Reykjavik being towed by a fishing boat!] Wonderful example. |
250.00 |
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235396 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C4-8 on 1 June 1930 registered first day cover to England. #C4 is Fine centered, the others are all VF. The break-up value of the stamps off cover is $450! Facit 2011 FDC value is SEK 4000 = $580 [7/2011]. Very fresh and attractive. Seldom offered FDC, but an important issue of interest to many thematic collectors. |
495.00 |
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235898 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C9, C10 [1931 30 aur, 1 kr ZEPPELIN Overprints] (F-VF) on 30 June 1931 registered post card to Belgium (Baldvin Palsson), with usual green triangular handstamp and Friedrichshafen machine receiver. If the stamps were removed from the cover, they would sell for $288 [1/2012] with this centering. Correct franking for a post card. Very fresh and attractive. |
325.00 |
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235899 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C9, C10 [1931 30 aur, 1 kr ZEPPELIN Overprints] (VF, Fine+) on 30 June 1931 registered post card to Germany (Heinrich Keimel), with usual green triangular handstamp and Friedrichshafen machine receiver. If the stamps were removed from the cover, they would sell for $310 [1/2012] with this centering. Correct franking for a post card. Very fresh and attractive. |
325.00 |
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235900 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C9, C11 [1931 30 aur, 2 kr ZEPPELIN Overprints] (F-VF) on 30 June 1931 registered envelope to Germany (Sieger), with usual green triangular handstamp and Friedrichshafen machine receiver. If the stamps were removed from the cover, they would sell for $288 [1/2012] with this centering. Correct franking for an envelope. Very fresh and attractive. |
325.00 |
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235901 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C15, C16a, C17-20 [1934 Airmail Scenes] (VF) on 5 December 1934 registered (label on reverse) airmail cover to AALBORG, Denmark, with receiving postmark. If removed from the cover, the stamps would sell for over $100! A very pretty, neat little cover. |
140.00 |
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235902 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C15, C17-20, 219 [1934 10, 25, 50 aur, 1, 2 kr Airmail Scenes and 5 aur Fish] (VF) on 12 November 1945 registered airmail cover TO CANADA. Though the sender was a well-known stamp dealer, this cover, addressed to a person at a bank, could very reasonably be a totally commercial use (and if not, then it is still a commercial philatelic use). If this was a philatelic cover, the dealer would have used a 20 aur Airmail to complete the set instead of the 5 aur Fish. The rate is exactly correct for a 15 gram registered airmail cover at this time (60 aur surface to 20g, 60 aur registration, 90 aur per 5g air surcharge). The stamps on the cover would sell for about $90 [1/2012]. A very unusual use. |
170.00 |
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229388 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C29, 219, 249 (VF) on 1951 airmail business size cover to the U.S. |
14.00 |
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235903 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C29 [1952 3.30 kr Airmail (Oræfajökull Mountain, Vatnajökull Glacier] (VF) on Superb ca.1952 (cancel unclear) airmail cover to the U.S. The 3.30 rate was correct for a 10 gram airmail letter to the U.S. from 23 March 1950 through 30 September 1953 (and there was no later 3.30 rate), thus this stamp only had a solo use rate period of 2 May 1952 through 30 September 1953. |
24.00 |