David Feldman All World & Collections Including Rarities of the World December 11-12 2019

301 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Geneva, December 11-12, 2019 Spitzbergen 41176 F 1907-13, Correspondence of 42 picture postcards to Austria at the time of Walter Wellman and Melvin Vaniman’s attempt to reach the North Pole by airship, two with Spitzbergen Polar Post stamps, most sent from Norway (Hamerfest and Troms in particular) and all postcards depicting this region, interesting lot, possibly worth translating the messages 550 Norwegian Missionary Society in Madagascar 41177 C MI1 1894-95 5 vari black on white, mint, good to large margins, some toning & other small defects, a scarce issue 300 Poland 41178 F / 298 1801 Wrapper from the Polish Legion during the Napoleonic Wars with “Chef de l’Etat Major / de la 1er Leg. Polonaise” hs in black at left, sent to Regio, a rarity of the Polish Legion 800 41179 F / 298 1808 (Aug 20) Entire from Warsaw to France with clear “No. 43 / GRANDE-ARMÉE” hs in red, very fine and scarce Napoleonic Field Post in Poland, signed Lamy 500 41180 F / 298 1944 (Aug 12) Envelope carried by Boy Scouts during the Warsaw Uprising with violet “POCTZA / Pfadfinderlilie / HARCERSKA” type 4 hs (in use between Aug 10th-31st), “12 SRP 1941” ds and pagination stamp “03549” by the insurgent Post Office, cachet weak cover faded with some abrasions, very scarce, cert. Petriuk (2017) 700 Poland Post of the Poland Corps 41181 CC C 1946 Polish Corps Post stamps, group on four small stockcards, incl. Sassone 1A-3A mint nh (2), Sass. 9-12 mint nh, Sass. 13 mint nh (2), Sass. 17c 2z imperf. between marginal block of four, and Sass. 21ba 60c block misperf. fine group 550 Poland Collections 41182 C F 1935-68 Specialized POLISH GLIDER MAIL collection neatly mounted on 64 exhibition pages, beginning with the early “Ustjanova” flights (both 1935 and 1936), unusual items include 1958 “Bocian” flight vignettes, perforated and imperforate plus proofs, 1958 “Bocian” flights with both blue and the more rare red vignettes, noted also prof of the 1962”Bocian” vignette, plus 136 covers and cards including 1954 Lezno flights, 1954 Lisie Katey flights, etc., very fine 200 - 300 Portugal 41183 F / 298 1811 Entire from Paris to the “Armée Despagne” in Sulamanca, Spain, with “p” in triangle hs, reverse with “No 1. DÉB / ARM. DE PORTUGAL” hs in red, very fine and fresh, a very rare field post marking from the Napoleonic Wars in Spain and Portugal, cert. Roumet (2016) 800