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United States and Confederate Stamps Postal History continued...

Air Post and Flight Covers continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2418 c 1913, Oct. 17, Woodstock-Mt. Jackson Va. Shenandoah Fair Aviation Meet (AAMC 77).> Postcard with Woodstock duplex tying 1c stamp, neat strike of cachet at left, Mount Jackson receiving duplex, Very Fine and rare, only ten pieces of mail were carried1913, Oct. 17, Woodstock-Mt. Jackson Va. Shenandoah Fair Aviation Meet (AAMC 77). Postcard with Woodstock duplex tying 1c stamp, neat strike of cachet at left, Mount Jackson receiving duplex, Very Fine and rare, only ten pieces of mail were carried on this flight (Image) 400.00

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2419 c 1914, Nov. 3-8, Troy Ala. Fair Grounds Aviation Meet (AAMC 83).> 1c postal card cancelled by show cachet, fresh and Very Fine, only 50 pieces were carried1914, Nov. 3-8, Troy Ala. Fair Grounds Aviation Meet (AAMC 83). 1c postal card cancelled by show cachet, fresh and Very Fine, only 50 pieces were carried (Image) 200.00

SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2420 c 1915, Feb. 20, Tacoma-Seattle Wash. Experimental Hydroplane Mail Flight (AAMC 84).> Nos. 397, 398, 406 and 407 (all plate no. single except no. 406) paying 2c postage pus 10c Special Delivery rate on cover to Seattle, all tied by Tacoma Wash. Feb 201915, Feb. 20, Tacoma-Seattle Wash. Experimental Hydroplane Mail Flight (AAMC 84). Nos. 397, 398, 406 and 407 (all plate no. single except no. 406) paying 2c postage pus 10c Special Delivery rate on cover to Seattle, all tied by Tacoma Wash. Feb 20 1915 oval grid duplex circular datestamps, brown three-line flight cachet diagonally at left, attractive "Union Club" corner card, "Aero Mail Club." adhesive label on back over flap, cover bit reduced at left, still Very Fine, about 45 pieces of mail were carried, AAMC notes that several Special Delivery letters were included (Image) 350.00

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
2421 c Balance of Pioneer Air Mail Covers. Fourteen items, incl. AAMC nos. 3a (five, two different dates), 25 (two), 29, 40, 49a, 72 (two, 89a and 91, the last item is a non-contemporary use of the flight cachet (shows "dent" at bottom), also incl. 1914 Cuban aviator used picture postcard and signed D. Rosillo on reverse, 1910 used postcard with "Roe" Triplane illustration, used 1911 picture postcard with view of Hubert Latham flying around Fort McHenry for the "Sun Prize" E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2422 c Early U.S. Flight Covers. Seven items, best is AAMC Early Governmental Flight 105 24c rate Boston First Trip (paid by strip of three 8c 1917 Regular Issue No 508) from Warren H. Colson, famous stamp dealer, also No. C3 used July 7, 1918, two C6 used overseas (France and Austria), C1 used Dec. 23, 1918 and a 6c Orange No. 506 used on Dec. 18, 1918 on Roessler cacheted cover, Fine-Very Fine lot E. 300-400

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
2423 c Flight Covers. Approximately 80 items, incl. FAM's, various legs of Canadian flights (ca. 1928), Foreign flights (variety of countries), few Polar items incl. 1931 Wilkins-Elsworth Trans-Arctic, Clipper flights, May 18, 1912 Altoona, Pa. Aerial Post Office, virtually all Fine-Very Fine E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2424 c 6c Orange, 1918 Air Post (C1).> Vertical pair paying 2c Postage and 10c Special Delivery fee on <First Day Cover> posted locally in Washington D.C., stamps tied by partial Washington D.C. grid duplex, the clerk, evidently not satisfied with the clari6c Orange, 1918 Air Post (C1). Vertical pair paying 2c Postage and 10c Special Delivery fee on First Day Cover posted locally in Washington D.C., stamps tied by partial Washington D.C. grid duplex, the clerk, evidently not satisfied with the clarity of the strikes, applied two more which clearly show the Dec. 10, 1918 First Day date (the oval grid portion of one of these cancels also ties stamps), in addition, there is a Washington Post Office Special Delivery Department purple time/date handstamp on the back and clearly dated Dec. 10 (applied about 30 minutes after this letter was posted)

VERY FINE. THIS COVER WAS DISCOVERED BY US IN AN OTHERWISE MODEST CONSIGNMENT AND, ACCORDING TO OWNER'S PURCHASE DATE ON BACK, HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE MARKET FOR OVER 60 YEARS. A VERY IMPORTANT UNITED STATES FIRST DAY COVER, OF WHICH THERE ARE FEWER THAN FIVE KNOWN.

Accompanied by an American Philatelist article, "First Day Covers of U.S. 1918 Air Mail Stamps", by Ken Lawrence, which documents five 6c 1918 covers plus an additional three possible First Days. (Image)

 32,500.00

SOLD for $42,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2425 c 8c Dark Green, 1923 Air Post (C4). 23 covers used from 1923-25, several with cachets and some used in combination with other stamps, one with block of four, two with pairs, mostly Very Fine, an interesting group E. 500-750

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
2426 c 8c-24c 1923 Air Post (C4-C6). Six covers and one large piece, incl. two covers with full sets (one to Hawaii), other covers with 8c and 16c combinations, piece with block of four and two pairs of 8c and two blocks of four of 16c used with 10c and 15c Map stamps, overall Fine-Very Fine E. 500-750

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
2427 c 16c Dark Blue, 1923 Air Post (C5). 14 covers used from 1923-25, most with cachets incl. few first trips, one used with two 10c Special Delivery stamps, one with 8c of Postage Dues, one addressed to Canada, accompanied by some Air Post collateral items, overall Fine-Very Fine E. 500-750

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
2428 c 24c Carmine, 1923 Air Post (C6). 13 covers used from 1923-26, some with cachets or auxiliary markings incl. "Unclaimed", one with 24c of Postage Dues, one from Hawaii to Roessler in N.J., few other interesting incl. one on 2c Canal Zone entire from Cristobal to Philadelphia, , most Fine-Very Fine E. 500-750

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

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