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ASDA 2008 Mega Event Auction

U.S. Covers - Airmail Flights to 1913 Parcel Post Postage Due Issue

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1171		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930 Graf Zeppelin Complete on 3 Flight Covers, #C13-C15, 65¢ on card, $1.30 and $2.60 on covers, various South America flights, cachets in violet and red, Lakehurst or Friedrichshafen receiving cancels on reverse, $1.30 with light horiz. crease, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,175. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1172		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930 Graf Zeppelin Complete on South America Flight Covers, #C13-C15, 65¢ on card, $1.30 and $2.60 on covers, flight cachets in red and violet, mailed in April to June 1930, Lakehurst receiving cancels in green on reverse of covers, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,175. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1173		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930 Graf Zeppelin Complete on South America Flight Covers, #C13-C15, 65¢ with $2.60, and $1.30 on 2 covers, flight cachets in red and violet, mailed in May 1930, Lakehurst receiving cancels in green, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,175. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1174		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930 Graf Zeppelin Complete on South America Flight Covers, #C13-C15, Very fine (particularly $2.60) set, tied on individual covers, $1.30 cover with slight fault at bottom, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,175. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1175		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, 65¢, $1.30 on South America Flight, #C13-C14, 3 values tied by Varick St. Sta. Apr 30, 1930 cancel, flight cachets in red and violet, Lakehurst receiving cancel on reverse in green, couple soiled perf tips, Fine to Very Fine. Michel #66G €1,000+. Scott $735. Estimate $350-400. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1176		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, 65¢ on South America Flight, #C13, tied to card by Lakehurst May 30 1930 flag cancel, flight cachets in red and violet, New York receiving cancel in green, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $175. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 1177		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, 65¢ on South America Flight, #C13, Fine, tied on Lakehurst return to Friedrichshafen and back to N.Y., almost Very Fine. Michel #68Gd. Scott $175. Estimate $100-140. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 1178		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, $1.30 on South America Flight, #C14, tied to card by Lakehurst May 30 1930 flag cancel, flight cachets in red and violet, New York receiving cancel in green on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $400. Estimate $300-325. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1179		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, $1.30 on South America Flight, #C14, tied by New York May 31 1930 duplex, flight cachets in red and violet, Friedrichshafen 6.6.30 receiving cancel on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $400. Estimate $300-325. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1180		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, $1.30 on South America Flight, #C14, tied by Lakehurst May 30, 1930 cancel, flight cachet in violet, Sevilla 5 Jun 30 and New York Jun 16 1930 receiving cancel (in green) on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Michel #67Ge €600. Scott $400. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 1181		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, $1.30 on South America Flight, #C14, tied by Lakehurst May 30, 1930 cancel, flight cachet in violet, Friedrichshafen 6 6 30 and New York Jun 16 1930 receiving cancel (in green) on reverse, few soiled perf tips, Fine to Very Fine. Michel #68Ge €350. Scott $400. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 1182		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, $1.30 on South America Flight, #C14, tied by Brooklyn May 31 1930 duplex to 5¢ stationery envelope, flight cachets in red and violet, Friedrichshafen 6.6.30 receiving cancel on reverse, Fine. Michel #68G3. Scott $400. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 1183		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, $2.60 on South America Flight, #C15, tied to card by Washington, DC Apr 19 1930 cancel, flight cachets in red and violet, Lakehurst receiving cancel in green on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $600. Estimate $400-425. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1184		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, $2.60 on South America Flight, #C15, tied by Varick St. Sta. Apr 29, 1930 cancel, flight cachets in red and violet, Lakehurst receiving cancel on reverse in green, couple soiled perf tips, Fine to Very Fine. Michel #66G €1,000. Scott $600. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1185		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1930, $2.60 on South America Flight, #C15, tied by Varick St. Sta. Apr 26 1930 cancel, flight cachets in red and violet, Lakehurst May 31 1930 receiving cancel on reverse, Very Fine. Michel #66Gc €1,000. Scott $600. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 1186		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1933, 50¢ Zeppelin Group, #C18, 17 covers consisting of single (13 with and without cachets), one pair, and 1 block of 4, all Century of Progress flight, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1187		U.S.; Airmail Flight Covers, 1938, 6¢ Eagle Two Handpainted Covers, #C23, 2 addressed to Corp. Ehmann (artist?), both showing commercial airliners, dated 1941, 1 with slight faults top left, both attractive. Estimate $70-100. View details and photo	Realized $92
Lot 1188		U.S.; Airmail Military Covers, 1944-45, 6¢ Transport, "R.F." Overprint, #CM2, type b on pair of 6¢ transport issue, from cruiser "Georges" to U.S., faint Navale h.s. and ship cancel, censor tape and h.s. in blue, lovely piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 1189		U.S.; Offices in China Covers, 1912, 2¢, 10¢ Registered to U.S., #F1, both tied by U.S. Postal Agency R.D. Shanghai, China oval cancel in black (June 24 1912 cancel on reverse), to Birmingham, Ala., San Francisco July 15 transit and July 20, 1912 receiving cancels on reverse, light crease on 10¢, lovely and scarce usage of registry stamp, Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1190		U.S.; Offices in China Covers, 1918, 2¢, 5¢ Registered to U.S., tied by oval Shanghai Postal Agency cancels in black, San Francisco transit and New York 2-22 1918 receiving cancels on reverse, bit of edge wear, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1191		U.S.; Offices in China Covers, 1918, 3¢ Censored to U.S., tied by U.S. Shanghai, China, June 5 1918 duplex cancel, to San Francisco, Cal., censor #1340 on tape, on "Grand Hotel Kalee Shanghai" envelope, edge wrinkles, unusual usage, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 1192		U.S.; Parcel Post Postage Due Covers, 1913, 1¢, 5¢ from Australia, #JQ1, JQ3, 1d George V tied by Croydon 3 JE 15 N.S.W. cancel, New York Jun 27 1915 Due 6 cents cancels, nice piece, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $189+. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 1193		U.S.; Parcel Post Postage Due Covers, 1913, 10¢ from Australia, #JQ4, 2½d "Roo" canceled 7 AU 14 T.P.O. No. 2 West, N.S.W., Chicago Sep 16 F.D. cancel, with Due 10 cents, bit of edge wear, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $650. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $230

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