Ended on Monday, September 18, 2023 at 1:17 PM.

Lot # 685 Used to Isle of White: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown and 1935, King George

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Start of the sale:
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Item n°1863316557
Sale ends:
Monday, September 18, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Lot:
#685
Catalog:
Harmers International Fall 2023 Sale
Estimated price:
between $300.00 and $350.00

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Used to Isle of White: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown and 1935, King George V (photogravure), 3d violet tied on flown Registered Clipper envelope ,the New Zealand stamps are tied by AUCKLAND NZ 24DE37 c.d.s. strikes, plus Registry and Air mails labels and red boxed NEW ZEALAND USA FIRST AIR MAIL handstamp, two Great Britain stamps are tied by FRESHWATER BAY ISLE OF WHITE 23 JA38 strike paying the return postage to New Zealand, on reverse, San Francisco Jan 5 transit and weak handstamp. Ex J. Krubnick. (SG 450, 444 ) Est. Cash Val. $300 - 350 This was flown on the first official New Zealand airmail to the United States. The mail left Auckland for San Francisco on Pan American Airways’ Samoan Clipper (a Sikorsky S-42B flying boat commanded by Captain Ed Musick . The flight crossed the International Date Line and when Musick arrived in Pago Pago, American Samoa, where it was until 1 January before flying to an uninhabited atoll 1700 km south of Hawaii to meet a schooner with supplies. On 3 January, the Samoan Clipper arrived in Honolulu, where the mail was transferred to a Martin 130 flying boat to arrive in San Francisco on 6 January. On the return trip from Pago Pago on January 11th Musick’s plane reported an oil leak, the plane caught fire and exploded. There were no survivors. Perhaps a unique use of a Seahorse as a forwarder on a historically significant flight. Cover

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Lot # 685 Used to Isle of White: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown and 1935, King George

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