Lot 379 Newfoundland #C12a 1932 $1.50 on $1.00 Blue Dornier DO-X Air Mail with Inverted Red Surcharge, mint lightly hinged, very fine. The stamp has a few unobtrusive expert and owner signatures and handstamps on back. Of the 8,000 surcharged stamps issued, it is believed that about 52 had an inverted surcharge (thirteen blocks of four). A lovely example of this world rarity, rarely offered and accompanied by a 1972 Royal Philatelic Society certificate. Rsv. $16,000. Unitrade CV$30,000.
Dornier DO-X
Lot 744, Newfoundland 1932 Dornier DO-X flight cover, St. John’s to New York
Lot 744 Newfoundland #C12 1932 Dornier DO-X Flight Cover, mailed St John’s on MAY.19.1932 (slogan machine) to Brooklyn, New York (no receiver on back) and endorsed “Trans-Atlantic Airmail (West to East) per Dornier “DO-X” with a prominent return address of St John’s. Most covers from this flight were mailed to England, with a few going to Germany, Spain or Portugal, but we do not recall seeing any others addressed to New York. An article in the May/June 1988 Newfie Newsletter by Bertram Warr explains that on May 19, 1932 the plane had been repaired in New York City and left there for Germany, via Dildo Arm NL, then Holyrood NL (for refueling). There was therefore a connection between St John’s and New York on that day, but “the other way around.” An interesting and very fine cover with only a few light wrinkles and erased pencil writing. Estimate C$350.
Lot 896 — Newfoundland 1932 DO-X with inverted surcharge, MNH
Lot 896 Newfoundland #C12a 1932 $1.50 on $1.00 blue Dornier DO-X Air Mail with Inverted Surcharge, mint lightly hinged, very fine. The stamp has a few expert and owner signatures and handstamps on back. A lovely example of this world rarity and accompanied by a 1972 Royal Philatelic Society certificate. Unitrade CV$30,000.