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You are here: Home / Stamp Collecting / Rare Stamps and Covers / Rare stamps and covers (June 2013)

Rare stamps and covers (June 2013)

June 20, 2013 By Audrius Brazdeikis

Lithuania 1933 Darius – Girenas transatlantic flight cover

The official flight committee issued cover No 279 carried aboard the tragic “Lituanica” flight from New York to Kaunas. Lituanica was an Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane flown by American-Lithuanian pilots Stephen Darius and Stanley T. Girenas.

Lithuania 1933 Lituanica Darius Girenas

eBay listing – Ended: July 4, 2013. Sold: $810 (30 bids)

Lithuania 1930 horizontal pair imperforate between

The Grand Duke 500th Anniversary Air Post Issue – 60 cents, horizontal pair imperforate between (Mi 312, Sc C45 var).

Lithuania 1930 imperforate between

eBay listing – Ended: June 27, 2013. Sold: $67 (45 bids)

Lithuania 1920 National Assembly Special Issue

A very scarce used set of National Assembly Special Issue, set of five blocks of four. This issue was limited to 2,000 sets only. Some defective stamps found in checking this issue were removed and destroyed, which further reduced the total amount (e.g. quantity of 50 sk. stamp is only 1890). Unsold item from the Kaunas Collection (Cherrystone May 2013).

Lithuania 1922 special color issue

Cherrystone Auctions listing – Ended: July 10, 2013. Did not sell: $1800

Lithuania 1922 De Jure Issue

De Jure issue, 2auk blue & yellow brown, center inverted. Unsold item from the Kaunas Collection (Cherrystone May 2013).

Lithuania 1922 De Jure inverted center

Cherrystone Auctions listing – Ending: July 100, 2013. Currently: $230

Lithuania 1922 Kaunas Berlin

Early registered cover from Kaunas to Berlin, franked with stamps of the Second Air Post Issue.

Lithuania 1922 Kaunas Berlin registered Second Air Post issue

eBay listing – Ended: June 19, 2013. Sold: $71 (6 bids)

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