Rare stamps and covers (June 2014)

Lithuania 1935 Vaitkus Flight Cover

The 1935 flight registered cover No 660 carried on the second transatlantic flight from New York to Kaunas by a Lithuanian-American aviator Felix Waitkus (Feliksas Vaitkus). Franked with Mi 404. Similar cover No 731 addressed to ALTASS in Chicago, recently sold for $800.

eBay listing – Ended: June 29, 2014. Sold: $771 (17 bids)

Lithuania 1938 postal stationery variety

Lithuania 1938 35 cent brown carmine postal stationery card, view of hill of crosses, LPS 29, Mi P25-5, H&G 25. The short “i” in LIETUVA variety.

eBay listing – Ended: June 25, 2014. Sold: $76 (3 bids)

Lithuania 1921 imperforate pair Mi 96U

An imperforate pair of the 1921 First Definitive Issue, 2 Auksinai, Mi 96U.

eBay listing – Ended Jun 20, 2014. Sold: $20 (10 bids)

Lithuania 1940 Recovery of Vilnius issue

The Lithuania stamp set Mi 443-Mi445 was issued to celebrate the recovery of Vilnius. The imperforate set is scarce Multiples are rare! Only 800, 200 and 800 stamps were issues, respectively.

eBay listing – Ended: June 21, 2014. Did not sell: $199

Lithuania 1921 Second Air post Issue

80sk of the second air post issue, vertical pair, imperforate between, Mi 112.

eBay listing – Ended: June 12, 2014. Sold: $145 (11 bids)

Lithuania 1940 Russian Occupation

10c green, red overprint inverted, horizontal pair, only 100 printed.

Cherrystone Auctions – Ended: June 21, 2015. Sold: $350

Lithuania 1919 Second Kaunas Issue

50sk, imperforate sheet of 20, interesting variety on position 10.

Cherrystone Auctions – Ended: June 21, 2015. Unsold: $700

Lithuania 1923 New Currency Issue

An imperforate vertical pair of the 1923 First New Currency Issue, 25 cents, Mi 213.

eBay listing – Ended Jun 07, 2014. Sold: $99 (BIN)

Brazil 1932 Graf Zeppelin cover to Lithuania

Airmail cover to an unusual destination for Zeppelin mail. Brazil 1932 (March 23) cover from Sao Paulo to Kaunas, carried on the Graf Zeppelin 1 South America flight from Recife to Friedrichshafen (rcv. March 29), several other partial strikes of dispatch cds.

eBay listing – Ended Jun 01, 2014. Sold: $255 (28 bids)