Lot
1446 
1938, $5 Presidential, used with 15¢ Transport (C28) pair and 25¢ Airmail (C38), tied by "Sturgis, Mich." duplex strikes on piece of package to Zurich, Switzerland, "Via Air Mail" label, pink Zurich two-line handstamp; some light stamp creases, a Very Fine and scarce $5 use on letter mail. Scott No. 834 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A SCARCE USE OF THE $5 PREXIE ON LETTER MAIL.
Package was prepaid 37-times the 15¢ per ½ ounce airmail letter rate to Switzerland. Rate was in effect until June 30, 1971.
Realized: $700
Lot
1447
1938, $5 Presidential, block of 15, tied by double oval cancels on reverse of parcel tag from San Francisco Cal. to Agana, Guam, "Air Mail" handstamp; some light creasing, Very Fine and use of large $5 block. Scott No. 834 Estimate $300 - 400.
Card prepaid $75 for probably rate of $50.75 air mail postage rated at 72.5-73 ounces at 35¢ per ½ ounce, $1.35 minimum registry and $22.90 supplementary fee, zone 7 for $14-$15 million indemnity. Registry fee time frame of June 6, 1945 through December 31, 1948.
Realized: $425
Lot
1448
1938, $5 Presidential, block of six, used with 1¢ Prexie (804), 25¢ Prexie (829) and $2 Prexie (833), all tied by dumb ovals on registered airmail parcel tag to New Zealand, purple "San Francisco, Calif. Reg. Sec. Rincon Annex, Nov 14, 1947" origin cds; card crease affects bottom $5 pair, otherwise Very Fine and scarce $5 use to foreign destination. Scott No. 834 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $400
Lot
1449
1939, 3¢ Presidential, horizontal coil, pair, tied by "New York, N.Y., Mar 17, 1945" machine cancel on cover to "Frank Perry, American Civilian Internee held by Japan in Zentsuzi War Prison Camp, Zentsuzi, Shikoku Island, Japan", from his wife in San Francisco endorsed "Via New York, N.Y.", censor tape at left with purple "11877, U.S. Censor" handstamp, Japanese blue censor handstamp with three Japanese characters reading Ken'etsuzumi (censored) and additional orange red oval censor mark of Wada; reduced slightly at right. Scott No. 842 Estimate $150 - 200.
Frank Perry was a civilian working on Guam when taken Prisoner. It was reported he was paralyzed from the waist down. He one of only three American prisoners in this camp.
Realized: $240
Lot
1450
1939, 4½¢ Presidential, horizontal coil, tied by "Portland Oreg." roller cancel on large-size manila cover to local address at triple the 1½¢ per 2 ounce third-class rate; horizontal crease and upper left corner nick, F.-V.F. and rare solo 4½¢ Prexie solo use. Scott No. 844 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $350
Lot
1451
1939, 10¢ Presidential, horizontal coil, tied by "Pelham N.Y., Oct 20, 1954" machine cancel on picture post card to Austria at the 10¢ air mail rate, Very Fine and rare coil use. Scott No. 847; $1,200 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PREXIE COIL ISSUE SOLO USAGES, THE 10¢ COIL PREPAYING THE 10¢ AIR MAIL POST CARD RATE.
Effective June 1, 1954, post cards could go by air mail at a separate rate of their own. The 10¢ rate was in effect through June 30, 1961.
Realized: $2,800
Lot
1452
1939, 10¢ Presidential, horizontal coil, tied by "New York, N.Y. Jun 24, 1939" machine cancel on FAM 18 first flight cover to St. Johns, Newfoundland, maroon "North Trans-Atlantic, first flight, f.a.m. 18" cachet handstamp, Botwood (6.27) arrival backstamp, Very Fine and scarce use of 10¢ Prexie coil. Scott No. 847 Estimate $200 - 300.
The 10¢ per ½ oz. FAM airmail rate to Newfoundland was effective from only Jun. 5, 1939 to Sep. 26, 1939.
Realized: $800
Lot
1453
The 1938 Presidential Issue Exhibit Collection, exhibit balance of approximately 226 usages written up for exhibition on single and double pages, many better uses noted up to the $5 value including the coil issue, many better uses noted including solo uses, note 12¢ 817 solo use prepaying 2¢ local rate plus special delivery fee, 12¢ 817 solo on quadruple first class rate cover, 1¢ #804 prepaying 1¢ post card rate on 1945 report of hunting licensee with $1 Duck stamp; 2¢ on post card at the new 2¢ post card rate (Jan. 2 first business day of use); 2¢ #850 coil on cover at 3rd class single piece rate per 2 ounces; 7¢ #812 on motion picture package label; 17¢ #822 on package label fourth class use, 13¢ #818 on 4th class package piece; 11¢ #816 on 4th class package piece and another 11¢ solo on Champion Spark Plug tag; 22¢ #827 solo on 4th class parcel tag; 1¢ #804 pair w/3¢ Victory pair on March 26, 1944 first day of 8¢ domestic airmail rate use; two 5¢ #845 coil solo uses on 5¢ airmail covers; 5¢ #810 on Greek air lettersheet from APO 206 in Athens to APO 331 in Okinawa; 4¢ $808 on Jan. 1, 1949 first day of new air mail post card rate; $2 x7 on registered 1954 parcel tag at air parcel post; 10¢ #815 block of four paying 40¢ airmail rate on 1940 cover to Guam; 10¢ #815 (2) paying 20¢ possession to possession rate on 1946 cover from Guam to Hawaii; $5 #834 registered parcel tag usages including block of four use; 13¢ #818 solo use paying 3¢ first class plus 10¢ special delivery fee; 15¢ #820 paying special delivery fee on 1¢ postal card; 10¢ #815, 25¢ #829 on Special Service tag paying 35¢ special delivery fee; 5¢ #810 pair on Postal Form 3818 paying 10¢ fee to change terms of C.O.D.; 5¢ #810 on Dead Letter Office Return to Sender envelope paying 5¢ fee; 5¢ #810 paying 5¢ surface rate to an undercover address for Dutch Marines in London; 5¢ #810 for 5¢ surface rate on v-mail use to Natal; 8¢ #813 on 1954 UPU cover to Argentina; 9¢ #814 on triple weight surface cover to Canada; 1½¢ on printed matter use to Chile with S.S. John Bidwell handstamp after recovered when scrapped in 1960; $1 #832 (4) with 6¢ on parcel tag to Finland with Finland 25m for customs fee; 2 #833 (2) with 3¢ pair and 10¢ on parcel rag to Czechoslovakia; 10¢ #815 on 1946 airmail cover to Newfoundland; two Korean War uses of 15¢ #820 from APOs; 10¢ #815, 20¢ #820 on 1941 cover to G.B. APO in Middle East censored in Bermuda; 14¢ #819 with 1¢ to Tanganyika, East Africa for 5¢ surface rate plus 10¢ airmail from Cape Town (faulty); 50¢ #831 on 1945 trans-Pacific use on FAM 19 leg to New Zealand; 50¢ #831, 20¢ #820 on 1941 airmail cover to Jewish Internee in Internment Camp at Victoria, Australia; 15¢ #815 and 30¢ Airmail paying 45¢ rate on 1940 cover to Iran (rate valid only 1 year); 20¢ #820 (2) with 13¢ #818 on 1953 use of 2¢ postal card for 15¢ letter rate plus 40¢ international registry fee; 15¢ #815 for small packet customs fee on wrapper front from Switzerland to Alaska; $1 #832, 25¢ #829 on cover at 5-times 25¢ rate to Ceylon; 50¢ #831 on 1944 airmail cover to Belgian Congo; 50¢ #831 (5), 30¢ #830 and 5¢ on cover to South Africa at three-times the rare 95¢ rate by trans-Pacific route via Hong Kong (one 50¢ faulty); 30¢ #830, 2¢ #806 and 3¢ Victoria on 1946 cover from Guam to the US mainland; 1¢ #804b complete booklet pane paying 6¢ airmail rate; 10¢ #815 paying 10¢ Special Delivery fee on soldier's mail cover; 12¢ #817 (2), 3¢ 807b on registered cover to undercover address for atomic bomb project in Los Alamos; 7¢ #812 on circa Jan. 1953 penalty cover paying 7¢ return receipt fee (window env without enclosure; various solo registered uses on penalty covers including 18¢; 2¢ #806 on 1942 cover to internee at San Island Detention Camp in Hawaii; 4½¢ #809 solo use on piece for triple weight 3rd class mail; ½¢ Canal Zone on 1c entire for 1½¢ third class rate; 12¢ #817 solo on 1944 double-rate military mail use; 30¢ #830 on POW formula lettersheet back to his wife in Germany; and 10¢ #815 (2), 50¢ #831 and 10¢ #815 pair on 1942 cover at 70¢ airmail rate to Macao with red "Service Suspended, Returned to Sender" handstamps, etc etc; some faults, F.-V.F., a solid basis for an award-winning exhibit. Scott Nos. 803//834 Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
THE WONDERFUL BALANCE OF THE SCHLESINGER AWARD-WINNING EXHIBIT COLLECTION.
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Realized: $9,500