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Lot# : 1177 USA
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1931: Rocket experiment at Struthers/Ohio, envelope (few stains) showing red cartoon, franked with a block of four Red Cross 2 c. black and red (Scott No. 702) cancelled "Poland - JUL 1 1931", on reverse Chief pilot's own signature 'Robert Williamson', a rare rocket mail item Ellington-Zwisler = $ 350/Hopferwieser Nr. MA-02 = € 3'500.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1178 USA
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1932: First Experimental Rocket Flight Struthers-Akron on April 30th, official illustrated envelope bearing private Air label 'Miniature-Airways' and US postage 2 c. carmine (Scott No. 634) cancelled "Struthers APR 30" and addressed to Nutley, New Jersey, pilot's signatures and Polish arrival postmark on reverse, a rare pioneer item Ellington-Zwisler = $ 300/Hopferwieser Nr. MSA-03 = € 2'500.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1179 USA
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1935: First American Rocket Flight Experiment at Astoria/NY by William S. Sykora on September 22nd., Registererd envelope from first firing bearing rocket label in dark blue as well as US postage 14 c. blue and 3 c. purple (Scott Nos. 565+773), addressed to Brooklyn and showing additional L2 'Rocket And Mail- Damaged By Explosion', a rare item - only 28 damaged pieces recovered (out of 250) Ellington-Zwisler = $ 750/Hopferwieser = nicht katalogisiert.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1180 USA
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1935: First American Mail Rocket Flight Experiment at Astoria/NY by William S. Sykora on September 22nd, lot one postal stationery item 3 c. and two envelopes, all bearing carmine rocket label and the latter also US postage 3 c. purple (Scott No. 773) cancelled "Brooklyn - SEP 23", two item showing additional L2 'Rocket And Mail - Damaged By Explosion' Ellington-Zwisler = $ 475/Hopferwieser = nicht katalogisiert.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1181 USA
1 / 91936: Rocket experiments USA - Mexico by Keith E. Rumbel, lot both labels in unused blocks of four and six related envelopes, furthermore seven modern space covers of 1959/66, few labels and some documents, in good condition and arranged on album pages.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 1182 USA
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1961/66: Lot 15 envelopes referring to various US Space Missions, 14 of them bearing original signatures of astronauts as Neil Armstrong, Dave Scott, Alan B. Shepard, Frank Borman, James Lovell, Leroy Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, Walter M. Schirra and some others, good condition and arranged on album pages.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 1183 USA
1 / 241936/60: Small selection stamps, labels, cards, covers and documents related to the various American rocket experiments and rocket launches pre to the final moon landing, incl. some better items, good to mixed condition and housed in two albums and in a small box.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2124 USA
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1847: 10 c. black, ample to large margins all round, tied by red circular grid cancel to 1849 outer letter sheet, with red "EASTPORT APR 1 Me" cds. in red alongside, mailed to Boston. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2003).1 / 1Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 2125 USA
1 / 11847/51: 5 c. red-brown on bluish, 10 c. black on bluish and 1851 3 c. orange-brown Type 1; used examples of fine appearance with good margins all round, minor imperfections with wrinkle on the 10 c., the first issue cancelled by circular red grid handstamps, the 3 c. by New Orleans cds. Certs. Moorhouse (2005) for two Scott = $ 1'300+.1 / 1Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 2126 USA
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1861/62: Patriotic envelope bearing 1 c. blue, scissor separated at left with portion of adjoining stamp, 3 c. rose and 12 c. black (2) cancelled by circular PAID handstamps in black on 1863 cover to Vienna, Austria carried on the Cunard Steamer "Africa" (and not the 'Asia' as endorsed), with circular 'BOSTON BR. PKT. / 7 PAID / APR. 22' in red on front and on reverse, thence via Belgium with framed AACHEN / FRANCO transit in redand reverse with Vienna arrival (May 8) and five further datestamps as the Post Office searched for the addressee. A few minor imperfections due to journey and handling but a most attractive and rare usage.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 5,500 CHFLot# : 2127 USA
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U.S. Postal Agency in China 1921 (Jan 21): 30 c. on 15 c. tied by “U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, China, R.D.” oval registry handstamp on registered cover to Rotterdam, some toning, purple “U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, China, Sta. A, Registered Jan. 29, 1921” double-circle datestamp on reverse, New York registry transit cancel, also arrival backstamp (March 8, 1921). Fine, a very rare usage.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 2128 USA
1 / 151843/1988: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition, starting with four stampless envelopes, one small Valentine of 1851, seven envelopes 1862/69 to the same address in Dresden/Prussia (mixed quality), some high values as Omaha $ 1.-, Pan American exhibition 1901 in Buffalo 5 c. and 8 c. on registered envelope to Locarno, single stamps, pairs, blocs of four, coil stamps, colour shades, pre-cancelled items, airmails, souvenir sheets, booklets, modern combination sheets etc., mainly in good condition and nicely arranged in eight albums, the whole packed in a large removal box.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 2129 USA
1 / 61847/1982: Lot several hundred used stamps, incl. some better values as No.1, furthermore precancelled stamps, perfins, stationery clips stationery envelopes, various cancellations etc., mostly in good condition and housed in total 14 albums and stockbooks, the whole arranged in a large box.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 2130 USA
1 / 11870/2010: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused or mainly in mint condition, incl. single stamps, blocks of four, souvenir sheets, few full sheets and booklets, high face value and housed in three albums, in addition two stockbooks with used duplicats, all arranged in a box.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 350 CHFLot# : 2131 USA
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1926/60c.: Large album with unused in multiples, 1926 10 c. blue Airmail in Plate blocks of four or six unused, 1935 Trans-Pacific Airmail plate blocks, 1939 Airmail 30 c. blue in a plate block of six, 1960's Flag Issue in complete sheets, Philippines 1950's Miniature sheets and a few covers etc.rnStarting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 2132 USA
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1858/1960: Lot 126 lettersheets, envelopes. postcards and postal stationery items, the latter ones partly uprated, incl. six stampless items, diff. frankings and special cancellations, sent to various destinations in the USA and in Europe incl. Switzerland, good to mixed condition, neatly arranged in two albums with descriptions.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 2133 USA
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1874/1902: Four US inland stationery postcards used abroad incl. three 1874 cards 1 c. brown with additional 1 c. blue definitive, all tied by fancy mute handstamps, one sent to Switzerland with rare "NEW YORK PAID ALL / SEP 2 / VIA BREMEN" handstamp (Winter 255) in red, listed only from June to Aug. 1874, another two cards to Germany, one with "NEW YORK Br TRANSIT" in red, 1902 1 c. black stationery with 'Trans-Mississippi International Exhibition' print on reverse sent to Sta CRUZ DE TENERIFA (CANARIAS) via MADRID with US postage due '5 cents' and Spanish 'M / 0,10', in addition a French picture postcard franked with 10 c. stationery cut out, directed to Santa Cruz de Tenerife but 'MISSENT TO NEW YORK' and 'MISSENT, SANTA CRUZ, CAL.'Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 2134 USA
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1880/1990: Large accumulation of postal stationery items used and mainly unused, incl. envelopes of various sizes, cards and wrappers, beneath the official US mail also some items from private forwarders as Wells Fargo, Boyd's City Post, New Jersey Express Company and some others can be found, mostly in good condition and nicely arranged in total nine albums, the whole packed into a large removal box.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 2135 USA
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1886/1969: Group of 20 share certificates (Non-Valeurs) of diff. American Railway Companies, all with decorative illustrations as various steam locomotives and each with full decription in French and German attached, incl. 1886/87 Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Company of 100 shares printed by Franklin Bank Note Company in New York, 1890 Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, 1916 Pacific Railway Company, 1904 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, 1923 St. Joseph, South Bend & Southern Railroad Company, just to mention a view. Some folded and with 'Cancelled' markings as usual, but a most attractive offer, not only for railway collectors.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2137 USA
1 / 3Literature: The American Philatelist, issued by The American Philatelic Association, a fine run starting in 1887 (volume I) - 1893, 1901, 1904 - 1905, 1908 and 1912 - 1918, in addition the 1904 yearbook and the 1913 membership directory. The journals hardbound in 19 volumes and in very good shape.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not sold -
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