Lots 35 - 38, Catalogue of Auction #94 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
WORLDWIDE AIR POST STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY
 
Alaouites and Latakia
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
35    C1-4
1925 (March 26-27), cover from Kerdaha to Deir ez-Zur via Aleppo, violet handstamp "Poste Par Avion", franked by four stamps with "Avion" overprints over Alaouites surcharges, transit and arrival ds on reverse, slight vertical folds, still F/VF, Est. $250- $300
(Ph)
150.00
36    C17-19, C21
1929 (July 2-3), Pioneer Flight Beirut - Athens, registered cover from Latakia to Athens, franked by 7 values (3 - on reverse) with Alaouites overprints or surcharges on Syrian stamps, including 4 with additional black or red Airplane overprint, Athens "3.7.29" arrival and all appropriate markings, F/VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
37    C17-18
1931 (August 29-30), Pioneer Flight Beirut - Naples, pre- printed cover from Tartus to Braunschweig, franked by two Alaouites air post stamps and uprated by 6 values with "Lattaquie" overprints on Syrian stamps, Beirut transit and arrival ds on reverse, mostly VF, Est. $100- $150
(Ph)
75.00
38    C1/6
1931 (November 13), Pioneer Flight Beirut - Berlin, pre- printed cover from Tartus to Braunschweig, franked by 6 values with "Lattaquie" overprints, including 5 air post stamps, Beirut transit on reverse, mostly VF, Est. $100- $150
(Ph)
75.00

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