Auction #94 WORLDWIDE AIR POST STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

MULTIPLES OF AIR POST SEMI-OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1927, Western Canada Airways Service, (10c) black and rose, complete sheet of 50 (light fold along 7th horizontal row, all NH), Yukon Airways, 25c dark blue, two vertical strips of 5 (formerly complete strip of 10 (9 stamps - NH), British Columbia Airways, 5c ultra, two sheets of 50 (NH/hinged (5) or unused no gum), some folds or edge separations, mainly F/VF, C.v. about $1,600, Est. $500-$600

1932 (May 19-26), Pioneer Flight pre-printed cover from St. John's to Scotland, franked by 50c and $1 of the Pictorial issue, received in Ayr on May 26, returned to sender on June 16, with Glasgow transit (17.JU.32) and North Sydney June 25 arrival marking, F/VF and well traveled item, Est. $100-$150

1929, Curtiss Jenny over the Great Wall, 10c-90c, complete set of five with ''Funny Propeller'' cancellation and two Pioneer Flight covers by C.N.A.C. Nanking - Shanghai (1929) and Canton - Wuchow (1931), each one franked by two stamps, including No.C6, in addition air label Terra Asia, mostly VF, Est. $300-$400

1931 (June 6), C.N.A.C. Pioneer Flight cover on line Tientsin - Beijing, then via Siberia to Europe, addressed to Great Britain, franked by seven stamps of the 2nd Peking printing, including three of $1 values, tied by special flight circular markings, bearing red Berlin Zentral Luftpostamt transit handstamp, vertical fold, still F/VF and rare franking, Est. $500-$600

1930 (July 9-10), Spitsbergen Flight pre-printed cover from Danzig to Hammerfest (Norway), franked by three Air Post values, green Flight cachet, arrival ds on reverse, mostly VF, Sieger #73, €450, Est. $250-$300

TEMPORARY ICE - AIRMAIL SERVICE POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION: 1940-42, 19 flown covers, some nicely illustrated with map and flight itinerary, each one well described on stockpages, delivered by Danish Air Forces or German military airplanes, properly franked by air post stamps, bearing all appropriate markings, VF and rarely offered Collection, ex-Otto Luening, Est. $800-$1,000

SPECIALIZED COLLECTION: 1920-23, 36 mint stamps, including complete set of #C4-8, ''key'' stamps have the A. Teetsov perforation (expertized by him) with extra red 20m/5m+5m, others - mainly black surcharge 10m on imperforated 5m+5m, representing plate varieties of basic stamps and surcharges, neatly identified on stockpages, full/large part of OG, NH or LH/hinged, mostly VF, C.v. $1,650++, Est. $600-$800

1909 (August 22-29), Great Aviation Week at Champagne, two postcards, first one representing Hubert Latham and his Airplane ''Antoinette'', the other one - Biplane Curtiss, both are used, first one is bearing official vignette, all mounted on page from a Collection with story of competitions during this Aviation week, minor soiling, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200

1927 (June 12), Balloon Flight from La Wantzenau to Strasbourg, leaflet with the Flight details franked by two semi-postal stamps and bearing three specially issued labels (two on reverse), light impression of blue flight cachet and all appropriate markings, mostly VF, Est. $250-$300

1931 (January 17-27), two Air Orient First Flight covers to Saigon (then French Indo-China), sent from Paris or Marseille, franked by three or two stamps and bearing black or violet confirmation marking respectively, both with slight folds away from the stamps, mostly F/VF, Est. $250-$300

1939 (May 23), First Flight stationery postcard 70c lilac to NY World's Fair, sent from Paris via Marseille, uprated by two blocks of four (one is on reverse commemorate France's participation in the Exhibition), all appropriate markings and arrival ''May. 27.39'' ds, minor corner imperfections, still F/VF, Est. $100-$150