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Title: The History and Romance of Air Mail Stamps

Author: Emil Bruechig

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY AND ROMANCE OF AIR MAIL STAMPS ***

The History and Romance of

Air Mail Stamps

By Emil Bruechig

EMIL BRUECHIG

522 FIFTH AVENUE

NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.

CABLE ADDRESS: “BRUECHIG,” N. Y.

COPYRIGHT 1936

BY

EMIL BRUECHIG

The history of the flying machine reaches back as far as the earliest of man’s written records of his thoughts and ambitions. And one can only surmise how long ago it must have been, in the dim unchronicled past, when the idea of human flight first suggested itself to our ancestors.

¶ The ancient mythology of the Greeks reveals an interest in this problem. The philosophers who lived when Rome was ruler of the world, and the alchemists of the middle ages have left time-stained parchments of their thoughts and theories about artificial flight.

¶ And even today, after centuries of trial and error have brought an intangible dream to a streamlined actuality, the glamour and marvel of aviation still grips the minds of men. Hardly any device which humanity has fashioned has taken so lengthy a time to accomplish and, after being achieved, has been able to hold its place in the sun—in war and in peace.

¶ For it was war that brought the rapid development of the airplane into a machine that is serving man so capably as a peace-time vehicle. Bringing serum to the critically ill; winging food to flooded and snow-bound areas; transporting people over thousands of miles in a single day; and speeding up the wheels of commerce with its mail carriers; these are but a few of the almost magical feats which aviation has made possible.

¶ And, better than volumes of words could describe, one will find this vast panorama of man’s struggle for mastery over the air pictured in glowing colors and realistic scenes on the hundreds of air mail stamps which have been issued by almost all countries of the world.

¶ There is a tale of danger and daring behind each square of tinted paper, a pulse-quickening story of crossing fever-ridden jungles, battling treacherous, snow-clad mountain peaks, and risking the mocking death of desert wastes.

¶ It takes no great stretch of the imagination to visualize the magnitude and grace of the Zeppelins as pictured on the German air mail stamps. From afar, one seems to hear the deep-throated roar of the great engines and the whistle of the wind as it strums along the wires. The great “Graf,” air-traveler supreme, is flying before your eyes!

¶ One needs no trip to the Mediterranean to see the blue of its waters and the gold of its sun. The Grecian issue with an indescribable delicacy of line and color suffices. The ruins of the Acropolis, perched on their hilly site, before a background of cloud-studded skies, seem but a step away.

¶ But to single out stamps here and there does not do full justice to this theme—the myriad perfection of air mail stamps as a pictorial record of a great triumph must be viewed in a more methodical manner, and more broadly, as a grand mural of many events.

¶ Beginning with the fabulous flight of Daedalus and his son Icarus, on wings made of wax and feathers, we can follow the story of aviation on air mail stamps. We see the Roman philosopher, Virgil, on an Italian adhesive, gazing at a gliding eagle and remarking prophetically, “I assign limits neither to the extent nor the duration of the empire.”

¶ Even Leonardo Da Vinci, while creating paintings of undying fame, must have spent many an hour musing on the possibilities of flight by artificial means. His ideas were so detailed that he drew a plan of a glider which, although never constructed in wood and fabric, embodies several fundamental features of aero-dynamics.

¶ The progress of aviation was rutted in this theoretical stage, however, for hundreds of years. Many problems, some of them still unthought of, had to be overcome before controlled flight was a reality.

¶ Ballooning, of course, had developed steadily after the epochal success of the Montgolfier brothers in 1783. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, Alberto Santos-Dumont began experimenting with dirigibles. His early attempts were made with non-rigid balloons, and we can see one of this Brazilian’s ships circling the Eiffel Tower of Paris, on a stamp issued by his native land.

¶ The event pictured took place on October 19, 1901, before a group of officials of the French Aero Club who were there to award a prize of 100,000 francs if Santos-Dumont could successfully fly from the Aero Club Park to the Eiffel Tower and return. Several previous attempts had resulted in failure, but this day the craft made the first lap of the journey without mishap.

¶ At a fairly high altitude the balloon rounded the tower at its very tip, but as soon as the nose pointed homeward, a strong wind struck it, slowing the motor to such an extent that it almost stopped. For the moment Santos-Dumont was between the devil and the deep blue sea. If he loosened his control from the steering lever to adjust the carburetor, the balloon might swing wild. But the fates were kind that day—his ship sailed on as he tinkered with the spark and brought his sputtering motor back to a healthy roar.

¶ On he sailed, over the Bois, then over the throngs at the Auteuil race-track while precious minutes were ticking on. He had to complete the voyage in a half hour and only a few moments remained of this allotted time.

¶ The dirigible wobbled, it swung up and then down, the engine wheezed and coughed—but Santos-Dumont kept his eyes fixed on the goal. The cheers of the crowd rose into the air and then died to a whisper as nerves became rigid with suspense. It wasn’t a question whether he would make it, now, but whether he would do it on time. For the minutes were flying faster than the ship—at last he passed over Longchamps, the Seine was crossed, and finally Santos-Dumont sailed by over the heads of the French Aero Club officials. The line had been crossed—and the flight completed in twenty-nine minutes and thirty seconds!

¶ Another countryman of this successful aeronaut was Augusto Severo who built a much larger balloon than had ever been attempted up to that time. “The Pax” which has been illustrated on an air stamp crashed, however, dashing Severo and his mechanic to a horrible death. The unfortunate airman struck the earth with such terrific force that the bones of his feet were forced through the soles of his boots.

¶ To Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, though, goes the greatest honors for bringing this type of aircraft to a really practical development. After a hectic, military life during which he served the Union cause in the Civil War under the immortal Lincoln, he retired to dream about the vision that had lived with him since youth. To build rigid balloons, to put a skeleton of metal under a hood of fabric was his contribution to this science.

¶ Count Zeppelin was 61 years of age when his first great airliner was finished, a ship over 400 feet long and 38 feet in diameter. This was by far the largest dirigible ever built up to that time, and thousands of people flocked to witness its first flight in July, 1899. Journalists, peasants, scientists, men and women of all ages and interests came to see this huge sausage-shaped balloon navigate through space.

¶ The morning of that epochal day was clear and bright, as bright as the feverish glint in Zeppelin’s eyes, as, with poorly-concealed excitement, he tested ropes and wires, and examined the hundred-and-one vital parts of the L. Z. 1. The great crowds that surged about the lake stood in hushed awe as he came out of the hangar after the inspection was completed, and reverently bowed his head in silent prayer. A few moments later, the roar of two powerful motors went echoing over the waters of Lake Constance, and slowly the dirigible glided from the cavernous depths of its hangar. And then, with a serene indifference, the L. Z. 1 floated upward, higher, higher into the full glare of the sun.

¶ While wave after wave of full-throated cheers announced to the world a triumphant achievement, the airship traveled three and a half miles. Seventeen minutes later, it descended safely at Immenstadt.

¶ The air mail stamps existing today bear witness to the importance of this accomplishment. Dozens of them picture the great Zeppelins from their early beginnings to their present state of perfection. Tableaus depicting them over the polar regions, and topping the crags of mountain ranges, and even in the process of construction form a visual history of the balloon.

¶ And now the Wright brothers come to the fore! After years of patient experimenting, these humble bicycle builders from Dayton, Ohio, launched a ’plane powered with a gasoline engine upon a startled world. On the bleak sands of Kitty Hawk, Orville and Wilbur Wright had seen their efforts crowned with success. Aviation had taken its biggest step forward.

¶ The Wright ’plane’s successful performance, which is shown on a two-cent U. S. stamp of 1928, gave new impetus to this branch of aeronautics.

¶ And Santos-Dumont, apparently forsaking the lighter-than-air vessels that had occupied his earlier years, followed the trail blazed by these two Americans. In 1906 he perfected a biplane glider which rose from water and flew. This flight which was staged in Paris, the scene of most of the Brazilian’s experiments, was the first official European ascension of a heavier-than-air craft.

¶ Flying, by this time, had become a more practical affair. With the elemental principles understood and conquered, minor improvements were developed as a result of ever-widening experience. In the summer of 1909, Bleriot crossed the English Channel in a frail monoplane and received an ovation almost as great as that accorded Lindbergh for his daring feat.

¶ But before Lindbergh could take a ’plane from New York to Paris in one triumphant jump, years had to pass, years of war that spread havoc and desolation throughout the world. But from the embers of that conflagration one thing, at least, emerged with greater glory. While guns and ammunition were dumped in the sea, and warships scrapped, the airplane rose in the eyes of the world to a new height of importance.

¶ For the war had wrought a great change in this device—no longer were ’planes but the playthings of a few, but servants that could serve a world!

¶ Today we can see on the air mail stamps of Spain, of Brazil, and the African Congo, portraits of the early craft—and by turning a few leaves of the album, can view the wartime “devils of the air”—the D. H. 4’s, the Curtiss “Jennies,” and the deadly Fokkers.

¶ Soon after the great conflict had ended, the hundreds of daring airmen who found themselves footloose, began to gamble their lives against a new element. Where formerly they had defied machine-gun bullets, they now pitted their skill against the hazards of sea and jungle.

¶ The London “Daily Mail” had offered a handsome prize of ten thousand pounds for the first successful dash across the Atlantic Ocean. Having this as a powerful incentive, two intrepid flyers, Major Harry G. Hawker and Commander K. Mackenzie Grieve, were striving to be the first to span this dangerous trail with a non-stop flight.

¶ On the morning of Sunday, May 18, 1919, while the populace of Newfoundland’s capital were sunk in slumber, these two men trundled forth their frail Sopwith biplane and launched it over the turbulent sea, a desert of water that would menace them for thousands of miles. According to available records, they soon had the ill fortune to be caught in a series of storms. In Hawker’s own story of the flight, he states that after these will-o-the-wisp squalls had been overcome, the cooling system began to clog. In a few moments, the temperature of the water spurted to the boiling point.

¶ By diving quickly several times, Hawker managed to free the flow momentarily, but this expedient soon proved useless as the trouble became more acute. With its cooling agency crippled, the engine balked. Hawker declared that when the motor had gone dead, they suffered some nerve-racking seconds as the sea came toward them at a smashing speed.

¶ But Grieve climbed to the forward part of the ship, near the gasoline tank, and furiously worked to bring life back to the stilled engine. Despite Hawker’s best efforts to check the fall, they were dropping steadily and, according to his statement, were but twenty feet above the sea when the cylinders spluttered. Only ten feet when the motor took up its full load again.

¶ Knowing that their only hope was to sight a vessel, they searched frantically for one through the gathering dusk. At last when things seemed rather bleak, a Danish freighter, the “Mary,” was espied by the anxious airmen and after twelve hundred arduous miles of flying, they landed to be rescued by this good Samaritan of the sea.

¶ Soon after, another team of aviators, Alcock and Brown, took off from the same soil, and sixteen hours from Newfoundland, they were circling over Clifden, on the west coast of Ireland. Many a son of Erin’s Sabbath peace was rudely shattered as this great Vickers-Vimy bomber came droning out of the sky to bury its nose deep in an Irish bog. The “Daily Mail” prize of ten thousand pounds was theirs, and an appropriate trophy, commemorating this feat, was also presented to Alcock and Brown.

¶ Others still followed the path of the North Atlantic, even though the incentive of the prize money had been removed. Admiral Sir Mark Kerr, Captain Boyd, Chamberlain and Levine, and De Pinedo were but a few of those who followed in the wake of the triumphant Alcock.

¶ All these pioneering flights, with their attendant narratives of death and danger, are recorded on the air mail stamps of Newfoundland. The ’planes they used, and the routes the fliers followed are pictured for all time on these mute bits of postal paper.

¶ After Lindbergh had made his Atlantic voyage, he hopped off on his famous Pan-American tour. And as he flew from country to country, he left behind a trail of philatelic mementos of this venture. Costa Rica, Panama, and Cuba, to mention but a few countries, issued special stamps to honor his visits.

¶ Exploration, too, has been immeasurably aided by the airplane and one case in point is the Amundsen-Ellsworth expedition of 1925, a polar trip which has been chronicled by a Norwegian set of air mail stamps.

¶ Their journey started on the afternoon of May 21, 1925, when two Dornier-Wal flying-boats rose from the waters of Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, and headed for the North Pole. With motors roaring in unison, the flight got under way auspiciously.

¶ After traversing six hundred miles, the navigators calculated that their position should be directly above the North Pole, but a strong wind had been blowing, which had driven them unawares over a hundred miles off their course.

¶ In landing their ships, however, through the jagged fissures of open ice, both ’planes were damaged. Amundsen, Ellsworth and the crew realized that their only hope of salvation lay in repairing at least one of the ships. A couple of weeks passed before this task was accomplished, and only completed in that length of time through almost superhuman endeavor.

¶ To effect a take-off, a smooth plateau of ice had to be found and small scouting parties discovered a large floe for this purpose, but it was a half mile from their ’plane. And between that broad field of ice and the Dornier-Wal, there rose a high ridge, and a bit further on, a deep chasm gouged across the trail.

¶ But to this handful of men, necessity was a taskmaster that bade them conquer all the hazards that an angry Arctic hurled against them. With nothing but primitive tools, Amundsen’s party hacked a passage through the fifteen-foot thickness of the ice-ridge, a passage wide enough to accommodate the great wing-span of their craft.

¶ At last, all perils were overcome and the crew piled into the ship, dumping every unnecessary article from the ’plane to lighten the load. The motors were started. With a surge the ship moved forward—it bumped—it swayed—it traveled 300 meters—then 400—and at last it tore itself from the ice and flew!

¶ That evening the adventurers were picked up by a cruising steamer and returned safely to their homeland—leaving another Arctic adventure behind them.

¶ And so we can see, in a never-ending panorama, the story of flight on air mail stamps. Twenty-eight hundred stamps have been issued, approximately, and one by one they add color and zest to this adventurous story.

¶ The round-the-world trampings of the “Graf” Zeppelin, the never-ending stream of long-distance flights, the break-neck air races at Cleveland, the wanderings of the DO-X, and the gigantic air armada of Balbo—all are chronicled on air mail stamps. And even while they portray the struggles of the past, they also prophesy still greater triumphs for the future.

¶ The thousands of air mail collectors, drawn from all walks of life including Emperors, Presidents, and leaders of industry, bear witness to the fascination of this hobby. Besides being an interesting avocation, however, the collecting of mint air mail stamps excels most gilt-edged securities when considered from a purely investment point of view.

¶ This might seem to be a rash statement, but the history of the past few years has irrefutably proven it to be true. While statistics are usually dry-as-dust things, let us examine a few. They will, in this case, prove as exciting to the collector as his air stamps themselves.

¶ First, consider the age-old economic law of supply and demand. In the case at hand, we find the demand for stamps so deep-seated and secure that it literally stretches from the cradle to the grave. From the business transacted by government agencies and the multitude of dealers in philatelic merchandise, authorities have estimated that five out of every hundred people, both here and abroad, are stamp collectors. Such a computation means, that in the United States alone, well over 5,000,000 people pursue this hobby.

¶ There are scores of philatelic publications, both weekly and monthly, which boast appreciable circulations paid for by popular subscription. By the “movie” newsreels publicizing new stamp issues, and metropolitan newspapers featuring a regular column on this subject, one can easily realize that this vast network for the dissemination of stamp information must reach a tremendous audience. And this Gargantuan following was not built in a day, a year, or a decade. No, for well over a half-century has gone into its making.

¶ This hobby was almost as firmly established before the dawn of the gas-lit nineties as it is today. Its vast army of adherents prove that stamp collecting is no fad, no fleeting joy-of-the-moment, but that it can be rightfully called the universal hobby.

¶ Placed squarely against the problem of demand is the question of supply. It is, of course, simple economics to understand that when the demand for something is greater than the supply, the value rises accordingly. And the wider the difference between these two poles, the greater will be the appreciation in value.

¶ Unused air mail stamps fit such a situation admirably. For these special adhesives are seldom printed in large quantities. Because their use is limited, in the majority of cases, to prepaying matter carried by airplane, issues of stamps in lots of less than 100,000 copies are the rule, rather than the exception. Quite frequently, the smaller governments will confine a special issue to five or ten thousands copies—a fact which means that on this broad globe of ours only a handful of people can ever hope to own such a specimen, regardless of their wealth or position in life. And this number of possible possessors is materially lessened because of the fact that most specialists build their collections with blocks of four stamps of each issue as well as single copies.

¶ Looking back only three short years ago at the prices which air mail stamps commanded during the spring of 1933, the reader will quickly realize the soundness of the foregoing remarks. Ascribe it to what you will: their popularity, their intriguing history, or their limited supply—one principal fact will stand out. The simple fact that air mail stamps have, as a whole since this time, doubled in value, with many instances of issues which trebled and quadrupled their former price.

¶ For the purpose of illustration, we can choose a few air mail adhesives issued by our own government for no one could question the integrity behind the postal paper of the United States. The first triumvirate of values brought out in 1918 was in six, sixteen, and twenty-four cent denominations. During April of 1933, the market price for this set was $2.50. Today, it is offered at $4.00.

¶ The 1923 set, however, shows a much greater appreciation in value when percentage of increase is considered. On the date mentioned above, this issue sold for $1.25, and today commands at least $3.00 for fine specimens. And the famous “Graf Zeppelin” issue has soared from $10.00 in 1933 to a present-day figure which varies from $35.00 to $40.00 per set, depending upon condition.

¶ And to bring the reader still another amazing instance, we can refer to the special stamp printed in October, 1933, in commemoration of the Century of Progress flight made by the Graf Zeppelin. Just about two and a half years have passed since this fifty cent adhesive left the printing presses at the Bureau of Engraving. Today, copies of it are bringing $3.00, with many dealers unable to supply them at that price because of their scarcity and unabated demand.

¶ We could, without question, continue this parade of statistics through the entire list of air stamps issued by all countries of the world, but lack the space to make such a lengthy comparison. If, however, any reader has any lingering doubts, we invite him to make a complete check-up. To his amazement, we can foretell, he will find that our statements are conservative indeed.

¶ Of course, the racketeer, the bucket-shop, and the confidence-man, to mention but a few, are types of vicious parasites that fasten themselves on legitimate business, and prey on the unwary, doing as much harm to the honest merchant as to the swindled purchaser. And, we must admit, that the philatelic business is no exception to this rule.

¶ It is regrettable that while people know they cannot buy diamonds in a five-and-ten cent store, yet they will, time and again, be persuaded to buy philatelic merchandise from doubtful sources at “bargain” prices. A forgery is no bargain at any price as many a collector has learned to his embarrassment and dismay, when a counterfeit specimen is discovered in his album. And, strange as it may seem, these tricksters of the trade do not confine themselves to counterfeiting the rarities alone, but lend their shady talents to duplicating the low-priced issues also.

¶ When dealing with errors, especially, one must exercise care and judgment before purchasing. While genuine errors do make a collection distinctive and complete, yet they should only be acquired after an acknowledged specialist has guaranteed their authenticity.

¶ The House of Emil Bruechig can rightfully offer such a guarantee. Having served collectors in all parts of the globe for many years, and always maintaining a complete stock of air mail stamps, including many rarities and errors, we stand squarely behind every item we sell. As our old friends know, and our new friends will discover, their air mail stamps are always genuine and of superior quality, when they bear the insignia of:

BRUECHIG

The Guarantee of Satisfaction

EVOLUTION OF THE AIRPLANE

AIRPLANES OVER THE WORLD

DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIRIGIBLE

TWO FAMOUS TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHTS

NOTES

¶ All stamps listed in this price-list are identified by numbers from Scott’s Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, followed by the numbers from the Standard Catalogue of Air Post Stamps.

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¶ Specialists are invited to send us their want-lists, as we have a varied and large stock of errors and unique items which lack of space prevents listing in the following columns.

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¶All stamps listed are guaranteed to be genuine and of superior quality. Approval selections will gladly be sent to all persons either personally known to us, or those submitting recognized references.

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¶ Prices quoted are net, but a discount of 5% will be allowed on purchases ranging from $100.00 to $1,000.00. On purchases larger than this, a discount of 10% will be granted.

* * * * * * * *

¶ Remittances may be made by Money Order or personal check. Cash is sent at sender’s risk, and should always be registered. Postage charges are extra on purchases of less than one dollar.

Year

Scott Cat.

Airpost Cat.

Description

Single

Block

UNITED STATES

1918

1300

1

6¢ Orange

.75

3.75

1301

2

16¢ Green

3.00

15.00

1302

3

24¢ Carmine rose and blue

1.00

5.00

Set of three

4.25

20.00

1923

1303

4

8¢ Green

.25

1.25

1304

5

16¢ Blue

1.60

7.50

1305

6

24¢ Carmine

1.60

7.50

Set of three

3.25

16.00

1926-27

1306

7

10¢ Dark blue

.15

.75

1307

8

15¢ Olive brown

.25

1.25

1308

9

20¢ Yellow green

.30

1.50

Set of three

.65

3.25

1927

1309

10

10¢ Dark blue

.15

.75

1928

1310

11

5¢ Carmine and blue

.08

.35

649

12

2¢ Carmine rose

.06

.25

650

13

5¢ Blue

.20

1.00

Set of two

.25

1.25

1930

1311

14

5¢ Violet

.10

.50

1312

15

65¢ Green

1313

16

$1.30 Brown

1314

17

$2.60 Blue

Set of three

40.00

180.00

1931-32

1315

18

5¢ Violet

.08

.35

1316

19

8¢ Olive bistre

.10

.50

1933

1317

20

50¢ Green

3.00

12.50

1934

1318

21

6¢ Dull orange

.09

.45

1400

22

16¢ Dark blue

.20

1.00

1935

771

23

16¢ Dark blue

.40

1.75

1319

24

25¢ Blue

.30

1.20

1936

1401

25

16¢ Red and blue

.20

.90

1929

2900

100

5¢ Blue on white

.10

1932

2901

101

8¢ Olive green on white

.16

1934

2902

102

6¢ Orange on white

.09

AEGEAN ISLANDS

1930

151-3

1-3

5c-5L/2L

1.00

6.00

154-7

4-7

500-9L/2L

1.60

6.40

1932

158-63

8-13

50c-10L/2L50

3.85

16.00

164-8

14-18

50c-5L/1L

3.00

12.00

300-1

19-20

2L25L/1L, 4L50/1L50

3.25

14.50

169

21

100L

12.00

48.00

1933

170-5

22-27

3L-20L

5.75

23.00

176-7

28-29

5.25L/19.75L, 5.25L/44.75L

6.25

25.00

1934

151-4

50c-5L

50c-5L Rodi

1.35

7.50

178-81

34-37

50c-10L/5L

1.40

5.60

1935

182-8, 302, 3

38-46

25c-4L50/2L

10.00

40.00

ALAOUITES

1925

201-204

1-4

2pi-10pi

2.00

10.00

205-208

5-8

2pi-10pi

.35

1.75

1926

209-212

13-16

2pi-10pi

.30

1.40

1928

213-216

17-20

2pi-10pi

17.50

70.00

1929

217-220

21-24

Op50-15pi

.65

2.75

1930

221

25

2pi/1p25

.04

.20

ALBANIA

1925

601-7

1-7

5q-3F

1.90

9.50

1927

608-14

8-14

5q-3F

3.60

15.00

1928

615-21

15-21

5q-3F

7.00

30.00

1929

622-25

22-25

5q-50q

4.00

16.00

622-28

22-28

5q-3F

65.00

300.00

1930

629-35

29-35

5q-3F

1.50

6.00

1931

636-42

36-42

5q-3F

2.75

11.00

ARGENTINE

1928

501-19

1-19

5c-3p60

7.00

28.00

1930

520-24

20-24

200-2p60

13.00

65.00

525-28

25-28

20c-1p

4.50

25.00

525-29

25-29

20c-1p80

30.00

150.00

1931

530-34

31-35

18c-3p60

3.50

14.00

1932

535-37

36-38

5c-90c

.80

3.25

AUSTRALIA

1929

301

2

3p

.15

.60

1931

111-12

3-4

2p, 3p

.20

.85

302

5

6p

.35

1.50

303

6

6p

.20

.80

1934

304

7

1sh6p

.45

2.00

1930

50

3p

5.00

25.00

1931

401-2

51-52

2p, 3p

12.00

60.00

451

53

6p

.20

.85

AUSTRIA

1918

675-77

1-3

1k50-4k

.90

4.50

1922-24

678-85

4-11

300k-4800k

.90

3.75

1925-30

686-95

12-21

2g-2s

1.80

10.00

1926

696-702

22-28

10g-10s

5.25

22.50

1930

703-5

29-31

20g-80g

.30

1.25

1935

706-20

32-46

5g-10S

6.00

25.00

BELGIUM

1930

831-34

1-4

50c-5F

.60

2.60

835

5

5F

.80

4.00

1932

251-3

6-8

75c-2F50

.75

3.00

1935

836-37

9-10

1F/1F50-4F/5F

.45

1.90

BOLIVIA

1924

301-7

1-7

10c-5b

5.00

20.00

1928

308-10

8-10

15c-35c

.35

1.75

1930

311-18

11-18

5c/10c-1B (6 values)

15.00

75.00

313

13

10c

150.00

1,000.00

317

17

50c

150.00

1,000.00

319-23

19-23

5c/10c-1B

80.00

325.00

324-26

24-26

1b50/15c-6b/35c

7.50

30.00

327-34

27-34

5c-3b

5.00

25.00

1932

335-41

35-41

5c-1b

1.50

7.50

1935

342-51

42-51

5c-1b

2.00

8.00

BRAZIL

1927

901-16

1-17

50r/10c-10,000r/1,000,000r (16 values)

10.00

40.00

906a

7

500r/10r

40.00

200.00

1930

917-25

19-27

50r-3000r

2.75

11.00

1931

926-27

28-29

2,500r/200r-5,000r/300r

1.25

6.00

928

30

2,500r/3,000r

.60

3.00

1932

929-30

31-32

3,500r/5,000r-7,000r/10,000r

1.50

7.50

1933

931

33

3,500r

.45

2.00

932

34

100r

.03

.15

1934

933-38

35-40

50r-1,000r

.75

3.00

386

41

200r

.05

.20

BULGARIA

1927-28

801-4

1-4

2L-1L/6L

1.00

4.00

1931

805-11

5-11

1L-50L

2.00

8.00

1932

812-14

12-14

18L-28L

2.00

8.00

CANADA

1928

501

1

5c

.08

.40

1930

502

2

5c

.08

.40

1932

503

3

6c on 5c

.10

.50

504

4

6c on 5c

.15

.75

1935

505

5

6c

.09

.36

CANAL ZONE

1929

201-2

1-2

15c, 25c

.60

2.00

203-4

3-4

10c, 20c

.45

1.80

1931

205-10

5-10

5c-$1

2.50

10.00

CHILE

1928

601-9

6-14

20c-50c

3.50

14.00

610

15

3p on 5c

5.00

25.00

1929

611

16

6p on 10c

10.00

40.00

612

17

10p

1.75

7.00

1929-31

613-19

18-23

20c-1p

2.50

10.00

620

24

2p

.50

2.50

621

24a

5p

.50

2.00

1931

623-30

25-32

5c-5p

2.25

9.50

1932

631

33

1p

.60

2.50

632

34

5p

.60

2.50

36

50c

.05

.20

1934-35

641, 46-50

35, 47-51

10c-80c (6 values)

.40

1.60

633-45

37-46, 52, 53

1p-50p (12 values)

14.00

68.00

1936

54

50c

.05

.25

CHINA

1921

651-55

1-5

15c-90c

3.75

18.00

1929

656-60

6-10

15c-90c

1.75

6.50

1932

661-66

11-15

15c-90c

1.50

6.00

1933

667-69

16-18

25c-100c

1.50

6.00

OFFICES IN SIN KIANG

1932

1900

19

5c

175.00

750.00

1901

20

10c

175.00

750.00

1902

21

15c

2,000.00

1903

22

30c

2,000.00

CILICIA

1920

171-2

1-2

2pi/15c, 5pi/40c

300.00

1,000.00

COLOMBIAN REPUBLIC

1919

481

1

2c

500.00

1932

482-94, 99

125-138

5c-5p, 20c

13.00

55.00

1933

495-498

139-142

10c/50c-30c/2p

3.00

17.50

CONGO

1920

501-4

1-4

50c-5F

.40

1.75

1930

505-6

5-6

15F-30F

2.00

8.00

1934

507-515

7-15

50c-50F

5.50

22.00

COSTA RICA

1926

301

1

20c

.10

.40

1928

147

2

10c on 12c

.75

3.00

1930

302-5

3-6

10c-1C

.75

3.00

306-9

7-10

8c-1C

1.25

5.00

1932

310

11

5c on 10c

.05

.20

12-14

2c-5c 1st ptg.

18.00

75.00

311-13

15-17

2c-5c 2nd ptg.

5.50

22.00

314

18

40c

.20

1.00

1934

315-27

18-30

5c-10C

6.75

27.00

525-37

100-12

5c-10C

6.00

25.00

CUBA

1927

701

1

5c

.10

.50

1928

702

2

5c

.15

.75

1930

703

3

10c on 25c

.20

.80

1931

704-11

4-11

5c-1p

3.75

15.00

1931-32

712-15

12-15

5c-50c

1.15

4.75

1935

716-17

16-17

10c on 10c Perf. and Imperf.

2.25

9.00

CURACAO

1929

201-3

1-3

500-2gld

7.75

35.00

1931

204-11

4-11

20c-2.80gld

6.25

25.00

1934

212

12

10c on 20c

1.00

5.00

213

13

10c

.10

.40

CYRENAICA

1932

301-3

1-3

50c-80c

.30

1.25

304-6

4-5

50c, 80c

.15

.60

307-12

6-11

50c-5L

1.40

6.00

1933

313-18

12-17

3L-20L

5.50

22.00

319-20

18-19

19L75, 44L75

6.00

24.00

1934

321-24

20-23

2L/5L-10L/5L

1.75

7.00

325-30

24-29

25c-2L

.50

2.00

500-9

30-39

25c/10c-25L/2L

3.75

15.00

100

25L/2L

17.50

75.00

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

1919

601-3

1-2

1k50-4k

75.00

375.00

1920

504-6

4-6

14k-28k

4.50

20.00

507-9

7-9

14k-28k

3.50

15.00

1922

510-12

10-12

50h-250h

.15

.75

1930

513-20

13-20

50h-20k

2.75

11.00

DANZIG

1920

401-3

1-3

40pf-1m

.25

1.00

1921

404-9

4-9

40pf-10m

.30

1.50

1923

410-22

10-21

40pf-500m

.40

2.00

423-27

22-25

250,000m-500,000m

.10

.50

1924

428-32

26-30

10pf-2½g

1.50

6.00

1932

433-37

31-35

10pf-30pf

1.85

8.00

1934

36-40

10c-1g

.60

2.50

DENMARK

1925-26

701-5

1-5

100-1Kr.

.80

3.00

1934

706-10

6-10

100-1Kr.

.75

3.00

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

1928

501

1

10c

.35

1.75

1930

502-5

2-5

10c-30c

2.00

10.00

506-9

6-9

10c-30c

2.00

9.00

551-7

10-16

5c/5c-10c/10c (6 values)

25.00

125.00

553

12

10c/10c

125.00

600.00

1931

510-15

17-22

10c-1p

3.50

16.00

1932

516

23

10c

.50

2.50

1933

517

24

10c

.50

2.50

518

25

2c

.05

.20

519

26

10c

.15

.60

1934

520

27

10c

.15

.60

1935

521

28

10c

.15

.60

1936

522

29

10c

.15

.60

1931

601-2

100-1

10c, 20c

15.00

75.00

DUTCH INDIES

1928

551-5

1-5

10c-1½gld

2.00

9.00

556-60

6-10

10c-1g50c

2.75

12.00

1930

561

11

30c on 40c

.30

1.50

1931

562

12

1gld

1.00

5.00

563-65

13-15

30c-7½g1d

11.00

44.00

1932

566-67

16-17

30c-50c

.75

3.00

1933

568

18

30c

.50

ECUADOR

1929

401-7

8-14

2c-5s

3.00

15.00

1929

401-8

8-15

2c-10s

17.50

100.00

1930

409-11

27-29

1c-10s

5.25

21.00

412-14

30-32

1s-10s

5.50

25.00

1929

451-57

100-6

2c-5s

5.00

25.00

1929

451-58

100-7

2c-10s

85.00

400.00

1930

459-62

108-11

50c-10s

5.50

22.00

1935

463-66

33-36

50c-2s

2.25

10.00

37-41

5c-5s

.80

3.20

EGYPT

1926

251

1

27m

.40

1.60

1929

252

2

27m

.20

.80

1931

253-4

3-4

50m-100m

2.75

12.00

1933

255-74

5-24

1m-200m

6.50

26.00

170-4

25-29

5m-20m

.65

2.75

ERITREA

1934

500-5

1-6

25c-2L

.50

2.00

800-9

7-16

25c/10c-25L/2L

4.00

16.00

100

25L/2L

17.50

75.00

ESTONIA

1920-23

201-3

1-3

5m-15m

.80

4.00

1923

204-6

4-6

10m-45m

3.00

14.00

207-8

7-8

10m, 20m

5.00

25.00

1924

212-16

9-13

5m-45m

.65

2.75

1928

218-22

14-18

5m-45m

.45

2.00

ETHIOPIA

1929

451-61

1-10

1/8m-3t

2.75

12.00

1931

462-68

11-17

1g-3t

2.75

12.00

FINLAND

1930

401

1

10m

1.25

5.00

FRANCE

1927

351-2

1-2

2F, 5F

1.25

5.00

1928

353-4

3-4

10F/90c, 10F/1F50

125.00

650.00

1930

355

5

1F50

.15

.75

356

6

1F50

.15

.75

1934

357

7

2F25

.20

.80

1936

8-13

85c-3F50

1.35

5.40

FRENCH GUIANA

1933

301-08

1-8

50c-20F

3.85

15.50

FRENCH MOROCCO

1922

501

1

75c

5.50

35.00

502-11

2-11

1F-3F

1.50

6.00

1928

551-60

12-21

5c-5F

2.75

11.00

1929

561-70

22-31

5c-5F

2.75

11.00

1931

512-13

32-33

1F-1F50

.35

1.40

1933

514-19

34-39

50c-10F

1.85

7.40

1935

571

40

1F50/1F50

.45

2.00

FRENCH OCEANICA

1934

250

1

5F

.45

1.80

GERMANY

1919-23

601-21

1-19

10pf-200m

.35

1.50

1924

622-28

20-26

5pf-300pf

4.50

18.00

1926

629-36

27-34

5pf-15pf

3.75

15.00

1928

637-8

35-36

2m-4m

4.00

16.00

1930

639-40

37-38

2m-4m

10.00

50.00

1931

641

39

1m

.60

2.50

642-44

40-42

1m-4m

16.00

85.00

1933

645-47

43-45

1m-4m

6.00

25.00

1934

648-58

46-56

5pf-3m

4.75

19.00

1936

57

40pf

.25

1.00

58-59

50pf, 75pf

.65

2.60

GREECE

1926

751-4

1-4

2d-10d

.30

1.50

1933

755-7

5-7

30d-120d

3.50

14.00

1933

758-64

8-14

50l-50d

1.50

6.00

765-71

15-21

50l-50d

1.50

6.00

1935

772-80

22-30

1d-100d

3.10

12.40

GUATEMALA

1929

701-4

1-4

3c-20c

.75

3.75

704d

5

5c on 15p

.50

2.50

705

6

3c on 2.50p

.30

1.50

1930

706

7

6c

.12

.60

707-11

8-12

1c-10c

.40

2.00

1931

712-13

13-14

4c-6c

.15

.75

714-15

15-16

15c-30c

.75

4.50

716-18

17-19

2c-15c

2.00

10.00

1932

719-23

20-24

2c-15c

.70

3.50

1933

724

25

4c

.10

.40

1934

725-27

26-28

2c-15c

.30

1.20

1935

728-30

29-31

10c-30c

.75

3.00

1936

731-39

32-40

2c-1q

6.50

26.00

740-50

41-51

1c-1q

7.50

20.00

HAITI

1929-30

401-4

1-4

25c-1g

.75

3.75

1933

405-6

5-6

50c-1g

.45

1.60

324

7

60c on 20c

3.00

12.00

407-8

8-9

50c-60c

.35

1.40

HONDURAS

1925

401

1

5c (B)

25.00

200.00

402

2

5c (B1)

75.00

500.00

403

4

10c (R)

25.00

200.00

404

5

10c (B)

900.00

405

6

20c (B)

25.00

200.00

406

7

20c (B1)

90.00

600.00

407

8

50c (B)

100.00

850.00

408

9

1p (B)

200.00

1,500.00

409

11

25c on 1c (B)

25.00

200.00

410

12

25c on 5c (B1)

50.00

300.00

411

13

25c on 20c (B1)

60.00

400.00

1929

15-19

50c-50c/20c

6.00

25.00

412

20

25c on 50c

2.00

10.00

413-15

21-23

5c/20c-15c/1p

3.75

15.00

416-17

24-25

5c/10c-20c/50c

.70

3.50

1930

418

26

5c on 10c (R)

.15

.75

419

27

5c on 10c (Y)

300.00

1,500.00

420

28

5c on 20c (B1)

40.00

200.00

421

29

10c on 20c (B)

.40

2.00

422

30

10c on 20c (V)

300.00

1,500.00

423

31

25c on 50c (B)

.40

2.00

425-27

32-34

5c-20c

.75

3.75

428

35

10c on 5c on 20c

.20

1.00

429

36

10c on 10c on 20c

50.00

250.00

430

37

50c on 25c on 1p

1.25

6.25

431

38

5c on 20c

.20

1.00

432

39

5c on 10c

300.00

1,500.00

433

40

5c on 20c

300.00

1,500.00

434

41

25c on 50c

200.00

1,000.00

435

42

20c on 50c

500.00

2,500.00

436

43

50c

.75

3.75

438-40

44-46

20c-1p

1.50

7.50

441-45

47-51

5c-1p

2.00

8.50

446-50

10c-5c/6c

2.00

10.00

451-55

5c-1p

4.50

22.50

456-59

79-82

15c/20c-15c/1p

5.50

27.50

460-63

83-86

15c/20c-15c/50c

3.60

16.00

464-72

87-95

1c-1p

2.50

10.00

473-75

105-7

15c/2c-15c/10c

.45

1.50

476

108

15c on 10c

125.00

500.00

477-83

132-38

8c-1L

1.65

6.50

HUNGARY

1918

951-2

1-2

1k50-4k50

.50

2.50

1920

953-5

2-4

3k-12k

.07

.12

1924

956-61

5-10

100k-10,000k

.50

2.50

1927

962-69

11-18

12f-80f

1.50

6.00

1930

970-73

19-22

4f-5p

4.25

17.00

1931

974-75

22-23

1p-2p

1.25

6.25

1933

976-84

24-32

1Of-5p

3.75

15.00

ICELAND

1928

301

1

10a

.08

.40

1929

302

2

50a

.20

1.00

1930

303

3

10a

.05

.20

304-8

4-8

15a-1k

1.00

5.00

1931

309-11

9-11

30a-2k

1.00

5.00

1933

312-14

12-14

5k-10k

7.00

35.00

1934

315-20

15-20

10a-2k

1.40

6.00

1930

331

100

10a

.30

INDIA

1929

501-6

1-6

2a-12a

3.50

15.00

INDO-CHINA

1933

701-14

1-14

1c-10pi

18.50

75.00

ITALIAN COLONIES

1932

301-06

1-6

50c-10L/2L50

3.85

15.25

307-11

7-11

50c-5L/1L

1.35

5.00

312

12

100L

12.00

50.00

400-1

13-14

2L25/1L, 4L50/1L50

1.10

4.40

1933

313-19

15-21

50c-50L

3.75

15.00

320-27

22-29

50c-50L

4.25

17.00

1934

328

30

25L

1.10

4.40

329-35

31-37

50c-50L

4.50

18.00

ITALIAN SOMALILAND

1934

300-5

1-6

25c-2L

.50

2.00

1934

700-9

7-16

25c/10c-25L/2L

4.00

16.00

50

25L/2L

17.50

70.00

ITALY

1917-28

1001-11

1-11

25c-80c

1.50

6.00

1930

1012-16

12-16

50c-5L

1.10

4.40

1017-19

17-19

50c-5L/2L

1.00

4.00

1020-23

20-23

50c-9L/2L

1.60

6.40

1024

24

10L

1.20

4.80

1931

1025

25

7L70

9.00

40.00

1932

1026-31

26-31

50c-10L/2L50

3.75

15.00

1032-36

32-36

50c-5L/1L

1.35

5.40

1037-38

37-38

25c-75c

.15

.60

1481-82

39-40

2L25/1L, 4L50/1L50

1.20

4.80

1039

41

100L

12.00

50.00

1040-41

42-43

50c, 75c

.15

.60

1933

1483

44

2L25

.30

1.20

1042-47

45-50

3L-20L

5.75

23.00

1048-49

51-52

5L25/19L74, 5L25/44L75

12.00

50.00

1050-51

53-54

50c/25c, 75c/50c

.30

1.25

1934

1052-55

55-58

2L/2L-10L/2L

1.75

7.00

1056-61 & 1484-5

(59-66)

25c-4L50/2L

3.00

12.00

1062-65

67-70

50c-10L/5L

2.75

9.50

1487

71

2L

.25

1.00

1486

72

2L/1L25

.40

1.60

1066-72 & 1488-89

(73-81)

25c-4L50/2L

2.75

11.00

1073-78

82-87

1L-10L

2.25

9.00

1600

88

50c/50c

.12

.50

89-93

25c-5L/2L

1.25

5.00

94-97

20c-1L25

.30

1.20

1261

200

5L25/44L75

25.00

125.00

1262

201

10L

8.50

35.00

JAPAN

1919

451-2

1-2

1½s, 3s

4.75

20.00

1929

453-57

3-7

8½s-33s

.50

2.00

1934

8

Exhibition sheet of 4

1.00

JUGOSLAVIA

1934

1000-04

1-5

50pa-10d

.60

2.50

1005

6

3d

.25

1.00

KUWAIT

1933-34

200-03

1-4

2a-6a

13.25

66.25

LATAKIA

1931

301-10

1-10

Op50-100pi

4.00

16.00

1933

311

11

Op50

.03

.15

LATVIA

1921

251-2

1-2

10r, 20r

.40

253-4

3-4

10r, 20r

1.50

1928

255-7

6-7

10s-25s

.25

1930

8-11

10s/20s-15s/30s

10.00

40.00

1931

258-60

12-14

10s-25s

.25

301-6

15-20

10s/5Os-25s/1.50

1.10

1932

307-12

21-26

10s/20s-25s/50s

3.50

27-36

5s/25s-25s/125s

6.00

28.00

1933

37-44

2s/52s-20s/70s

4.00

16.00

45-50

3s/53s-35s/135s

4.00

51-58

8s/68s-40s/190s

10.00

40.00

LEBANON

1924

201-4

1-4

2pi-10pi

1.75

7.00

205-8

5-8

2pi-10pi

1.25

5.00

1925

209-12

9-12

2pi-10pi

.35

1.40

1926

213-16

13-16

2pi-10pi

.50

2.00

413-16

17-20

2pi-10pi

.55

2.75

1927

217-20

21-24

2pi-10pi

.40

1.60

1928

221-24

25-28

2pi-10pi

1.10

4.50

225-28

29-32

2pi-10pi

.40

1.60

229-32

37-40

2pi-10pi

35.00

150.00

1929-30

233-36

41-44

Op50-25pi

5.50

22.00

237

45

Op50 on Op75

.04

.20

238

46

2Opi on 1p25

.05

.25

1930-31

239-48

47-56

Op50-100pi

4.00

16.00

LIBIA

1928

151-2

1-2

50c, 80c

.25

1.25

LIECHTENSTEIN

1930

401-6

1-6

15rp-1F

2.25

11.00

1931

407-8

7-8

1F, 2F

2.00

9.00

1934-35

409-13

9-13

10rp-50rp

1.00

4.00

1935

414

14

60rp on 1F

.75

3.75

LITHUANIA

1921

401-7

1-7

2Osk-5auk

1.25

5.00

408-14

8-14

2Osk-5auk

.45

2.50

1922

415-17

15-17

1auk-5auk

.25

418-20

18-20

2auk-10auk

.60

2.50

421-31

21-31

10c-1L

5.00

25.00

1924

432-35

32-35

20c-1L

.60

2.40

36

20c

40.00

160.00

438

37

60c

30.00

150.00

551-54

38-41

20c/20c-1L/1L

1.20

5.00

42

60c/60c

30.00

150.00

1926

440-42

43-45

20c-60c

.25

1.00

1930

443-49

46-52

5c-1L

.40

1.60

1932

450-65

53-68

5c-2L

1.50

6.00

69-84

5c-2L

2.50

10.00

1933

85-89

20c-2L

30.00

150.00

90-105

5c-2L

2.75

11.00

1934

106-21

5c-2L

2.75

11.00

466-71

122-27

20c-5L

3.00

12.00

LUXEMBURG

1931

501-4

1-4

75c-1¾F

.30

1.25

1933

505-6

5-6

1F50, 3F

.30

1.25

MADAGASCAR

1935

300-12

1-13

50c-20F

8.25

33.00

MALTA

1926

601

1

6p

.25

1.00

MEMEL

1921

301-7

1-7

60pf/40c-3m/60c

6.50

27.50

1922

308-19

8-19

40pf/40c-4m/2F

5.75

25.00

320-30

20-29

40pf/40c-9m/5F

.80

3.25

MEXICO

1922

901a

1

50c

9.00

45.00

1927

902

2

50c

.40

1.75

901

3

50c

2.00

10.00

1928

903

4

25c

.25

1.00

905

5

25c

.15

.60

1929

906-11

15-20

5c-1p

1.35

6.00

913-22

21-28

10c-10p

8.50

34.00

1929-30

923-28

29-33

10c-50c

.60

2.40

930-31

34-35

20c, 40c

3.00

15.00

1930

932

36

10c

.08

.40

933-34

37-38

5c, 15c

.25

1.25

935-40

39-44

5c-1p

1.50

7.00

1931

941

45

25c

.15

.60

941a

45a

25c

3.00

15.00

942

46

15c/20c

.75

3.75

943

47

15c/20c

.10

.40

1932

944

48

5c

.03

.12

947-51

49-53

5c-50c

1.00

4.00

952

59

20c/25c

.10

.40

952a

60

20c/25c

3.00

15.00

953

61

30c-20c

.85

4.00

954

62

40c/25c

.25

1.00

955

63

40c/25c

1.00

5.00

956

64

30c/20c

.15

.60

957

65

80c/25c

.50

2.00

1933

958-60

66-68

20c-1p

3.00

15.00

1934

961

69

50c

.30

1.20

962-69

70-77

20c-20p

40.00

200.00

970

78

20c

.10

.40

971

79

30c

.15

.60

972-79

80-87

5c-5p

3.25

13.00

1935

980

88

30c

.50

2.50

89

20c

200.00

1,000.00

981

90

20c

.10

.40

982

91

40c

.20

.80

1929

1151

201

25c

.40

1.75

1152

202

25c

.80

4.00

203

25c

2.50

12.60

1153-59

204-10

2c-40c

35.00

175.00

1160

211

1p

215.00

1,050.00

1930

1161

212

20c

.15

.75

213

20c

4.00

20.00

1164-68

214-17

20c-70c

1.00

4.00

1931

1168

218

15c/20c

.10

.40

1932

1169

219

5c

.03

.12

1170

220

50c

125.00

750.00

1171

221

50c

.25

1.00

1172

222

10c

1.25

5.00

1173

223

15c

10.00

50.00

1174

224

10c

.05

.20

1175

225

15c

.10

.40

1176

226

20c

.70

3.00

1933

1178

227

5c

.05

.25

1179

228

20c

.10

.40

1180

229

50c

.25

1.00

1934

1181

230

10c

.05

.20

1182

231

50c

.30

1.25

1183

232

10c

6.00

25.00

MONACO

1933

601 1 1F50/5C .15 .60

MOZAMBIQUE COMPANY

1935

165-74

1-10

5c-80c

.25

1.00

250-64

11-25

5c-20E

2.75

11.00

NETHERLANDS

1921

701-3

1-3

10c-60c

1.50

7.50

1928

704-5

4-5

40c-75c

1.15

5.75

1929

706-8

6-8

1½gld-7½gld

12.00

50.00

1931

709

9

36c

.35

1.50

1933

710

10

30c

.45

1935

409

11

6c/4c

.10

.40

NEW CALEDONIA

1932

164-65

1-2

40c, 50c

35.00

175.00

1933

171-96

3-28

1c-30F

6.25

26.00

NEWFOUNDLAND

1919

501

1

3c

1,500.00

502

3

$1 on 15c

8.00

50.00

1921

503

4

35c (2¾mm spacing)

5.00

503

5

35c (1½mm spacing)

10.00

1927

504

6

60c

3,000.00

1930

505

7

50c on 36c

350.00

1931

506-8

8-10

15c-$1 Unwmkd.

3.75

18.75

509-11

11-13

15c-$1 Wmkd.

4.75

22.50

1932

512

14

$1.50 on $1

6.50

32.50

1933

513-17

15-19

5c-75c

6.00

24.00

518

20

$4.50 on 75c

8.00

40.00

NEW GUINEA

1931

101-13

1-13

½p-£1

13.50

65.00

114-27

14-27

½p-£1

17.50

85.00

1932

128-41

28-41

½p-£1

12.00

60.00

1934

142-43

42-43

2½p, 3½p

.15

.60

1935

144-45

44-45

£2, £5

37.50

150.00

NEW ZEALAND

1931

301-3

1-3

3p-7p

.40

2.00

304

4

5p on 3p

.25

1.25

1934

305

5

7p

.50

2.00

1935

306-8

6-8

1p-6p

.40

1.60

NICARAGUA

1929

1001-3

1-3

25c, 25c, 25c

1.25

5.00

1004-6

4-6

25c-1C

2.50

10.00

1930

1007-8

7-8

15c/25c, 20c/25c

.65

3.00

1931

1009-12

9-12

15c/25c-20c/25c

60.00

300.00

1013-16

14-17

15c/20c/25c-15c/1C

35.00

175.00

1017-18

18-19

15c, 20c

.50

2.00

1932

1020-24

20-24

15c-1C

4.25

20.00

1025-28

25-29

30c/50c-55c/1C

8.00

32.00

1029

30

15c

3.00

14.00

1030

31

8c/1C

2.25

10.00

1031-45

32-48

1c-40c/1C (15 values)

10.00

50.00

38

15c

15.00

75.00

39

20c

15.00

75.00

1046-47

49-50

1c, 2c

5.00

20.00

1049-62

51-65

1c/2c-$1/1C (14 values)

5.00

20.00

63

40c/50c

20.00

100.00

1063a

66

$1/2c

50.00

250.00

67

$1/1C

50.00

250.00

1063

68

$1/1C

75.00

375.00

1063b

69

24c/25c

4.00

20.00

1063c

70

25c/25c

4.00

20.00

1064-68

71-75

15c-100c

4.00

20.00

1069-73

76-80

15c-100c

4.00

20.00

1933

1074-84

81-91

1c-1C

4.50

25.00

1085-88

92-95

10c-50c

3.50

15.00

1089-1102

96-109

1c/2c-$1/1C

4.25

17.00

1103-6

1101-3

30c/50c-55c/1C

2.00

8.00

1107

114

10c/20c

.15

.60

115

10c/20c

35.00

175.00

1935

1108

116

10c/25c

.15

.60

1108e

117

10c/25c

10.00

50.00

1936

1109-17

118-27

10c/25c-1C

45.00

225.00

128-37

10c/25c-1C

4.50

18.00

1118-31

138-51

1C/2c-1C/1C

4.00

16.00

1132

152

10c/20c

20.00

100.00

1929

301

25c

15.00

75.00

1201

302

25c

.40

1.75

1202

303

50c

.70

3.50

1932

1203-9

304-9

15c-1C (5 values)

2.40

10.00

1205

306

20c

125.00

600.00

1210

310

25c

15.00

75.00

1933

1211-15

311-15

15c-1C

2.65

10.60

1216-20

316-20

15c-1C

50.00

250.00

321-25

15c-1C

2.65

10.60

NORWAY

1925

120-6

1-7

2o-25o

.85

4.00

1927

501

8

45o

.25

1.25

PANAMA

1928

256-7

1-2

2c, 5c

.20

1.00

1929

701

3

25c on 10c

.60

3.00

702-4

4-6

10c-25c/20c

.75

3.75

1930

705

7

5c on 10c

.10

.50

706

8

1B

1.75

8.00

708-10

9-11

15c-25c

.90

4.50

711-15

12-16

5c-1B

2.75

11.00

1931

716

17

5c

.20

1.00

1932

717

18

20c on 25c

.30

1.50

1934

718

19

20c

.30

1.50

1935

719

20

10c on 20c

.15

.60

PAPUA

1929

1

3p (Harrison ptg.)

10.00

50.00

2

3p (Cooke ptg.)

.25

1.25

201

3

3p (Ash ptg.)

.20

1.00

1930

203-4

4-5

6p, 1sh (Harrison ptg.)

3.50

17.50

202-4

6-8

3p-1sh (Ash ptg.)

.50

2.00

PARAGUAY

1929

400-2

1-3

2.85p-11.30p

.90

4.50

404-6

4-6

3.40p-17p

4.00

20.00

407-9

7-9

2.85p-11.30p

.75

3.75

410-15

10-15

95c-17p

1.75

8.75

416-19

16-19

95c-1.90p

.25

1.25

1929-30

420-21

20-21

6.80p-6.80p

.60

3.00

1930

422-31

22-30

5c-10p

5.00

25.00

432-34

31-33

2.85p-4.75p

.45

2.25

435-36

34-35

3c/70c, 20c/1p

.30

1.50

1930-31

437-39

36-38

2.85p-11.30p

.50

2.50

1931

440-44

39-43

1p-10p

.75

2.75

445-46

44-45

3p/4p, 4p

.50

2.75

447-51

46-50

5c-80c

.10

.50

1932

452-56

51-55

4p-20p

1.90

9.00

1933

457-60

56-59

5c-80c

.10

.50

461-65

60-64

4.50p-45p

2.75

13.00

466-69

65-68

5c-80c

.10

.50

1934

470

69

33.75p

.90

4.00

471-75

70-74

4.50p-45p

2.00

10.00

1935

476

75

10c

.05

.20

477

76

20c

.05

.20

478

77

10p

.10

.40

479-83

78-82

4.50p-45p

1.75

7.50

484

83

5c

.05

.20

485

84

40c

.05

.20

486

85

17p

.15

.60

487

86

33.75p

.50

2.00

488

87

102p

1.50

6.00

489

88

17p

.15

.60

PERSIA

1927

1101-16

1-16

1c-30k

40.00

200.00

1928

1117-21

17-21

3k-3t

8.50

45.00

1929

1122-28

22-28

1c-2k

.65

2.60

1129-33

29-33

3k-30k

9.00

47.50

1930

1134-50

34-50

1c-3t

10.00

50.00

1935

1151-67

51-67

1c-3t

7.50

30.00

PERU

1927

801

1

50c (1st. ptg.)

10.00

50.00

2

50c (2nd ptg.)

3.00

15.00

1928

802

2

50c

.50

2.50

1932

803

3

50c

1.50

6.00

1934

804-5

4-5

2s, 5s

2.50

10.00

1935

806-12

6-12

5c-10s

14.00

90.00

PHILIPPINES

1926

305-14

1-10

2c-30c

24.00

120.00

316

11

2p

50.00

250.00

317

12

4p

100.00

500.00

318

13

10p

160.00

900.00

310a

14

16c (Violet)

175.00

310b

15

16c (Red)

200.00

318a

16

26c

200.00

318b

17

1p

17.50

85.00

1928

328-38

18-28

2c-1p

14.00

70.00

1932

361-67

29-35

2c-32c

4.50

20.00

1933

370-79

36-45

2c-30c

3.00

20.00

601-6

46-51

2c-32c

1.00

4.00

1935

607-8

52-53

10c, 30c

1.00

4.50

POLAND

1925

401-9

1-9

1g-45g

.50

2.50

1932

410

10

30g

.10

.40

1934

411-12

11-12

20g, 30g

.40

1.75

PORTUGAL

1923

266-81

1-16

1c-2e

.90

4.00

ROUMANIA

1928

501-3

1-3

1L-5L

.20

1.00

504-6

4-6

1L-5L

.15

.75

1930

507-9

7-9

1L-5L

.30

1.50

510-12

10-12

1L-5L

12.50

62.50

513-16

13-16

1L-10L

.30

1.50

1931

517-21

17-21

2L-20L

.60

3.00

594-96

22-24

50b-2L

.10

.40

1932

612-14

25-27

50b-2L

.08

.32

769-70

28-29

1L, 2L

.05

.20

RUSSIA

1922

701

10

45r

.20

.80

1923

702-5

11-14

1r-10r

1.10

4.50

1924

706-9

15-18

5k-20k

.30

1.20

1927

710-11

19-20

10k, 15k

.30

1.25

1930

712-13

21-22

40k, 80k

1.50

7.50

713a-13b

25-26

40k, 80k

35.00

175.00

1931

714-18

27-31

10k-1r

2.50

10.00

719-23

32-36

10k-1r

2.50

10.00

724

37

50k

6.00

30.00

725-27

38-41

30k-2r

4.50

18.00

729-32

42-45

30k-2r

4.50

18.00

1932

733-34

46-47

50k, 1r

2.00

8.00

1933

735

48

15k

.20

.80

736-38

49-51

5k-20k

.45

1.80

739-43

52-56

5k-80k

2.00

8.00

744-48

57-61

5k-80k

2.00

8.00

1934

749-51

62-64

5k-20k

.50

2.00

752-56

65-69

5k-30k

1.10

4.50

1935

757-66

70-79

1k-50k

2.00

8.00

767

80

1r on 10k

5.00

20.00

SAAR

1928

501-2

1-2

50c, 1F

.25

1.25

1932

503-4

3-4

60c, 5F

1.25

5.00

1934

505-8

5-8

50c-5F

2.25

14.00

SALVADOR

1929

650, 52-55

1, 3-6

20c-50c/1C

2.00

10.00

651

2

20c

125.00

750.00

1930

656-59

7-10

20c-50c/1C

1.00

5.00

660-63

11-14

15c-40c

.70

3.50

665-68

15-18

15c-40c

4.50

25.00

1931

669

19

1C

.70

3.50

670-73

20-23

15c-40c

2.60

12.50

1932

674-77

24-27

15c-40c

1.00

5.00

1933

678-82

28-32

15c-1C

1.50

7.50

1934

683-85

33-35

25c-1C

1.00

4.00

1935

686-90

36-40

15c-1C

3.00

15.00

691-95

41-45

15c-1C

2.00

10.00

696

46

30c

.20

.80

1936

697-701

47-51

10c-30c

.65

2.60

SAN MARINO

1931

401-10

1-10

50c-10L

5.00

20.00

1933

411-16

11-16

3L-20L

8.00

32.00

SENEGAL

1935

400-10

1-11

25c-15F

4.10

17.00

SIAM

1925

401-8

1-8

2s-1b

10.00

50.00

1930

409-12

9-12

2s-15s

.40

1.75

SOUTH WEST AFRICA

1930

501-2

1-2

4p, 1sh

1.00

5.00

503-4

3-4

4p, 1sh

.75

3.75

1931

506-9

5-8

3p-10p

1.25

5.00

SPAIN

1920

701-5

1-6

5c-1p (5 values)

.50

2.00

1926

1301-5

7-11

5c-1p

.40

2.00

1014-18

12-16

15c-4p

1.00

5.00

1927

1047-51

17-23

15c-4p (5 values)

1.75

10.00

1048a

19

20c

20.00

100.00

1049a

21

30c

20.00

100.00

1053-57

24-28

5c-1p

.95

4.75

1058-61

29-32

75c/5c-75c/50c

3.00

17.00

1929

706-11

33-39

5c-4p (6 values)

1.80

9.50

38

1p

100.00

500.00

40

10c

25.00

125.00

1930

712-17

41-46

5c-4p

.60

2.40

718-30, 801

47-61

5c-10p (14 values)

1.90

7.60

801a

62

20c

25.00

100.00

431-32

63-68

5c-10p (12 values)

1.60

6.40

65

5c

15.00

60.00

68

15c

15.00

60.00

737a

73

30c

3.00

12.00

76

1p

10.00

40.00

742a

79

10p

5.00

20.00

743-49

80-88

5c-4p (7 values)

1.30

5.20

84

50c

3.00

12.00

87

4p

10.00

40.00

750-57

89-97

5c-4p (8 values)

.80

3.20

95

1p

2.00

8.00

1931

758-61

98-101

5c-50c

10.00

50.00

765-70

102-7

5c-4p

.40

1.60

108-13

5c-4p

4.50

20.00

771-75

114-18

5c-1p

3.25

15.00

1932

119-26

5c-5c

8.00

32.00

127

2p

.35

1.40

901-07

300-06

5c-4p

2.55

11.00

307-12

5c-4p

4.50

20.00

SUDAN

1931

401-4

1-3

5m-2pi

.30

1.50

405-13

4-11

5m-5pi

6.00

30.00

1932

414

12

2½pi on 2pi

.60

3.00

1933

415-16

13-14

3m, 2½pi

.20

1.00

1934-35

417-22

16-21

15m-10pi

4.00

20.00

423-24

22-23

7½p, 10p

1.20

4.80

SURINAM

1930

501-7

1-7

10c-1½gld

4.00

16.00

1931

508-14

8-14

10c-1½gld

10.00

45.00

SWEDEN

1920

501-3

1-3

10o-50o

.75

3.50

504

4

20o on 2o

350.00

2,500.00

505

5

50o on 4c

25.00

175.00

1930

506-7

6-7

10o, 50o

.25

1.00

SWITZERLAND

1919

275

1

50c

.75

3.75

276

2

30c

2.50

12.50

1923

277-82

3-8

15c-50c

1.10

5.50

1924

283-85

9-11

65c-1F

1.15

5.70

1925

286

12

20c

.10

.50

1929

287-88

13-14

35c, 40c

.35

1.75

1930

289

15

2F

.90

4.00

1932

290-92

16-18

15c-90c

.60

3.00

1935

293-94

19-20

10c/15c, 10c/15c

.20

.80

SYRIA

1920

301-3

1-3

1pi-10pi

125.00

750.00

1921

304-6

4-6

1pi-10pi

175.00

1,200.00

307-9

7-9

1pi-10pi

30.00

150.00

1922

310-13

10-13

2pi-10pi

4.50

22.50

1923

314-17

14-17

2pi-10pi

8.00

40.00

1924

318-21

18-21

2pi-10pi

.75

3.75

322-25

22-25

2pi-10pi

.90

4.00

1925

326-29

26-29

2pi-10pi

.45

2.25

1926

330-33

30-33

2pi-10pi

.35

1.75

513-16

38-41

2pi-10pi

.60

3.00

1929

334-37

42-45

Op50-15p/25p

.75

3.00

1930

338-44

46-52

Op50-25p

1.25

6.25

345

53

2pi on 1p25

.10

.50

1931-33

346-56

54-64

Op50-100p

4.00

16.00

1934

357-66

65-74

Op50-100p

10.00

50.00

TANNA TOUVA

1934

1-9

1k-2t

3.50

14.00

TRIPOLITANIA

1930

601-3

1-3

50c-5L/2L

1.00

4.00

604-7

4-7

50c-9L/2L

1.60

6.40

1931

608-14

8-14

50c-5L

1.20

4.80

801

15

50c

.20

1.00

615-19

16-20

50c-5L/2L

1.40

5.75

1932

620

21

75c

.10

.40

802-5

22-25

50c-5L/2L

1.50

6.00

1933

806-11

26-31

50c-10L/2L50

2.60

10.50

621-26

32-37

3L-20L

5.75

23.00

627-28

38-39

19L75,44L75

6.00

24.00

1934

629-32

40-43

2L/5L-10L/5L

1.75

7.00

633-37, 700-1

44-50

50c-4L50/1L

6.50

26.00

638-42, 702-3

51-57

50c-4L50/1L

4.00

16.00

812-21

58-67

25c/10c-20L/2L

4.00

16.00

643-48

68-72

25c-2L

.50

2.50

1935

822-27

73-78

25c/10c-10L/5L

3.00

12.00

1934

200

25L/2L

17.50

75.00

TUNIS

1919

201

1

30c on 35c

.20

1.00

1920

202

2

30c

.15

.75

1927

203-6

3-6

1F-1F75/5F

1.00

4.00

1928

207-9

7-9

1F30-2F55

.45

2.00

1930

210-12

10-12

1F50/1F30-1F50/2F55

.50

2.00

TURKEY

1934

1700-4

1-5

7½ku-40ku

1.50

6.00

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

1925

501-4

1-4

1p-9p

5.00

25.00

1929

505-6

5-6

4p, 1sh

.65

3.25

URUGUAY

1921

601

1

25c

2.50

12.50

602

2

25c

.75

3.00

603

3

25c

.75

3.00

4

25c

400.00

2,500.00

1924

604-6

4-7

6c-20c

1.00

6.00

1925

607-8

8-9

14c, 14c

7.00

35.00

609

10

45c (used only)

2.00

50.00

1926

610-13

11-14

6c-25c

.65

2.75

1928

614-25

15-26

10c-3.80p

19.00

95.00

626-37

27-38

8c-4.50p

20.00

100.00

1929

638

39

4c

.25

1.25

1930

639-42

40-43

1c-6c

.25

1.25

643-55

44-56

8c-4.50p

20.00

100.00

1931

656

57

50c

.70

3.50

1932

657-60

58-62

1c-6c

.20

.80

1933

661-62

62-63

17c, 36c

2.25

1935

663-82

64-83

15c-5p

16.00

64.00

VENEZUELA

1930

401-14

1-15

5c-3.70b (14 values)

6.00

25.00

405a

6

40c

150.00

750.00

415-16

30-31

10b, 20b

10.50

42.00

1932

417-40

34-57

5c-20b

30.00

120.00

1930

201-16

5c-20b

15.00

75.00

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