Sale 1332 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 8-10 October, 2024
Category — Other Air Post
6c-24c 1918 Air Post (C1-C3). Centerline blocks of four, bright colors, 6c bottom right stamp light crease, Fine-Very Fine set of position blocks
10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane, Tab at Bottom (C10a var). Position A, original gum, middle stamp Mint N.H.
FINE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT LINDBERGH AIR POST ISSUE WITH THE TAB AT BOTTOM. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN.
There was strong public demand for the Lindbergh issue in booklet form, so the Post Office decided to issue this with six stamps per booklet. They were first placed on sale on May 26, 1928. The discovery of the inverted pane was first made in 1938 and a half-dozen or fewer have since been discovered. According to a letter from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (reproduced in the Bureau Specialist), they state that it is possible that the pane of inverted stamps may have originated from a sheet that became reversed during processing (cutting apart into the individual panes), and would have been assembled with the panes in reverse unless discovered before final assembly.
With 2024 P.F. certificate.
65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Mint N.H., fresh colors, 65c with choice centering, $1.30 and $2.65 each with a short perf, overall a Very Fine set
65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Mint N.H., each well-centered and with rich colors, Very Fine set, each with 1999 P.F. certificate
65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Original gum, top two values h.r., Very Fine
65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Original gum, lightly hinged (possibly Mint N.H. but we are being extra cautious), rich colors, Very Fine set, Scott value as hinged
$1.30 Brown, Graf Zeppelin (C14). Mint N.H., bright color and detailed impression, Extremely Fine
$2.60 Graf Zeppelin, Postal Counterfeit (C15-CF1). With gum on back, clearly inferior printing with "Graf Zeppelin" on ship indistinct, Fine and scarce, these were made to defraud collectors but the Postal Inspection Service did make an effort to remove them from dealers
6c Dark Blue & Carmine, Air Post, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (C23a). Mint N.H., with imperforate selvage at bottom, rich colors, uncommonly fresh, Very Fine and choice, Scott value as hinged
6c Transport, Horizontal Pair, Imperforate Between (C25b). With bottom narrow selvage, original gum, without the blue crayon rejection mark that affects so many, small h.r., well-centered, Very Fine, Datz states only 20 pairs are known, with 1965 P.F. certificate
15c Plane over New York, Horizontal Pair, Imperforate Between (C35a). Original gum, lightly hinged, bright color, usual Fine centering, rare, Datz states only 20 pairs are known and "all known pairs are poorly centered", ex Hewitt, with 1982 P.F. certificate