Lots 137 - 145, Catalogue of Auction #94 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
WORLDWIDE AIR POST STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY
 
Lebanon
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
137    C9-12
1925 (March 12), Pioneer Flight registered pre- printed cover from Beirut to Cairo, franked by 4 air post values, arrival "20.MR.25" ds, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
138    104, C21-24
1929 (June 6), Air France First Flight cover Beirut - Marseille, franked by six stamps (one - on reverse), including complete set with red Airplane overprint, two- line boxed confirmation marking in violet, F/VF, Est. $150 -$200
(Ph)
100.00
139 **/*   C37a, b, d
1929-30, blue surcharge 50c on 75c brown orange, three stamps with varieties: Airplane inverted, French and Arabic surcharge inverted and Airplane doubled, full OG, NH (2) or LH, VF, SG #152b, c, d, £510 as hinged, Est. $250-$300
(Ph)
150.00
140    C39-40, C44
1931 (May 23-25), Pioneer Flight pre-printed cover from Beirut to Braunschweig via Rome, Naples and Berlin, franked by five adhesives, including 3 air post values, appropriate markings, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
141 **   C97-100, C100 var
1945, Airplane, Cedar and Waterfall, 25p-300p, complete set of four, in addition stamp of 300p printed on gum side with full design offset on front, full OG, NH, VF, SG #294/97, var, Est. $100-$150
(Ph)
75.00
142  C97-100
1945, Airplane, Cedar and Waterfall, 25p-100p, imperforated proofs on yellowish thickened paper, complete set of four in vertical or horizontal pairs, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $250-$300
(Ph)
150.00
143 **   C179, C182 imp, var
1953, Douglas DC-4, 25p blue and 100p dark brown, two horizontal imperforated pairs, 25p has design printed on gum side, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
144 **/*   C16/122
     Selection of Air Post stamps
1926-53, 24 mint stamps, 9 from early Airplane overprints/surcharges, including No. C38 and 6 stamps with varieties, 2 complete sets and 4 imperforated errors, full OG, NH or LH (7), mostly VF, Est. $300-$400
(Ph)
200.00
145    
     Group of 9 Pioneer Flight covers
1932-39, Beirut-Naples, addressed to Turin (1932); 3 Beirut-Athens of 1934, addressed to Vienna, 22 stamps franking, to Leipzig, franked by stamp with double Airplane (no guarantee)and to Czechoslovakia; then Orient Express to Vienna (1935), Beirut-Damascus-Marseille via Tunisia (1938), others to Warsaw, Berlin and Bucharest, minor flaws possible, still F/VF, Est. $400-$500
(Ph)
250.00

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