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Postal History Aircraft Flights Early Airmail Flights: Collections, Groups and Mis
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6031
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Central America, Early airmail, 1927-1932, Cuba (8); Haiti (8) FAM 6; Dominican Republic (5) FAM 6; Panama (5) first flight to El Salvador and Venezuela; Nicaragua commercial mail; Honduras; and Guatemala registered; 29 covers; clean lot. View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:48:41 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6034
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United States, 140 test flight related aviation envelopes, 23 have signatures (a total of 35) related to NASA training and experimental aviation; autographs include, Edward Mendenhall Tom McMurtry, Don Mallick, Steve Ishmael, Fitz Fulton, Vic Horton, Skip Guidry, Charlie Justice, Gary Krier, E Enevoldsen, Ray MacPherson, Bill Casey, Stan Boyd, Kenneth Bowersox, Al White and Joe Cotton; also 117 unsigned from numerous programs including, LLRV (Goldey), F-8, C-5, XB-70, F-111A, YF-12, A-7, X-24B, M-2, B-52, B-1, Gulfstream II, T-38, Jet Star, and B-747 shuttle carrier; clean. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:51:12 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6036
Symbol: Cat No: 101A1
United States, Government airmail flights, 1918-1925, first trip Washington - New York (101A1) with 27 cents paid with definitives plus 10 cents special delivery backstamped Atlantic City NJ; beautiful Roessler Philadelphia - New York (101C1) with 21 cents on the face and 6 cents on the reverse; Roessler Lock Haven - New York (109c) marked special delivery with a C2; Springfield IL - Chicago (155); Hartford - New York (156a); 614-616 on transcontinental route New York - Chicago (167d); 611 block on same route (167d); C4-6 on New York - San Francisco (167n) without receiver; also Chicago - Cheyenne (167) and Cheyenne - Chicago (167); Lakehurst - Bermuda 21 Feb 1925 (Frost 126-8) USS Los Angeles autographed by C E Rosendahl; two cacheted examples of 21 Apr 1925 Lakehurst - Bermuda (Frost 126-9); same flight but 18 Apr instead of the usual 15 Apr (Frost 126-9B); return leg (Bermuda - New York) cover (Frost 126-9A2); Lakehurst - Mayaguez (Frost 126-10A); San Juan - New York (Frost 126-10C); USS Shehnandoah at Governor's Conference with USS Patoka cancel signed by C E Rosendahl (Mi ZR 1 2A); Mayaguez - New York (Frost 126-10C) signed C E Rosendahl; lovely Elko NV to Chicago 25 Mar 1925 unlisted; stunning New York - San Francisco - New York (172); 12 covers (177) from New York, Chicago, Bryant, Bellefonte and Des Moines; drop mail postcard from Bodensee; unused postcard showing USS Los Angeles moored to USS Patoka and another leaving Bermuda; Oct 1st 1925 crash mail (AAMC 25.2); too late for Adm Byrd's America, still went Chicago to France; USS Leviathancatapult mail autographed Clarence Chamberlin; New York - Rome in "Old Glory" 7 Aug 1927 Unlisted (2 examples); catalog exceeds $4,000; what a wonderful volume. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. AAMC 101A1; $450. AAMC 101C1; $500. View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,200.00
Sold...US$ 1,200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:53:05 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6037
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, A C Roessler, 1918-1926, C2 franked Chicago to New York (109) 9 Sep 1918 (catalogs $100); pair 535 franked New York to Chicago (110e) 17 Dec 1918 (catalogs $50), Mears and Brown Round The World flight (PP11b2) 1 Aug 1930 (catalogs $295), Orville Wright Day (169) 2 Oct 1924 (catalogs $ 50), Hart and MacLaren transatlantic flight (1130) dated 7 Jan 1931 (catalogs $ 150), F7-2 Nassau-Miami (4 without no cachets), Lindbergh Day in Panama, cover cancelled during the Kansas City Republican Convention autographed by VP Charles Curtis, 15 copies of the 1926 Sesquicentennial FDC without cachet (catalogs $225); some nice items here. AAMC PP100b2; $295. AAMC 1130; $150. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:53:58 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6039
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United States, 100+ early CAM flights, 1926-1935, numerous signed by the postmaster and or pilot; a few airport dedications sprinkled in; also noted three C8 FDC; crash mail signed by pilot (1 Mar 1929) Daytona Beach and another, also signed postmarked Macon GA; first overnight New York to Chicago backstamped Bryan OH and Chicago IL; bonus, 10 first stratosphere flight carried by Wiley Post. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:55:08 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6040
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United States, CAMs, Expositions, and early flight, 1926-1930, 300+ covers in 6 binders; large percentage are Mauck and use C10; better items include C10 FDC from Little Falls and Washington, 17 cent Wilson FDC, C5 on envelope between Chicago and San Francisco, FDCs from the 1926 Midwestern Philatelic Exhibition; clean in glassine sleeves. Shipping charges apply - weight 13.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:55:35 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6041
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United States, 25th anniversary of flight scrapbook, 1928, the scrapbook is falling apart but the history it contains is par excellence; autographs on cover include, Orville Wright, Lois Bleriot, Glenn Curtis, Edward Stinson (endurance record), Lt John Harding (1924 World Cruiser), Clarence Chamberlin, Arthur Goebel (Pacific pioneer flight), Edward Schlee and William Brock (round the world record), George Haldeman, Anthony Fokker, Guiseppe Bellanca, Charles Dawes (US Vice President), C Jayette Taylor (NACA), Igor Sikorsky, John Philip Sousa (Stars and Stripes Forever), Charles Lawrence (designed Whirlwind engine), Calvin Coolidge, W P Mac Craken Jr (1st gov issued pilot's license), Harry Guggenheim, Bernt Balchen, Shay Heath, B. B Lipsner (1st superintendent of airmail service), Max Bromberg, George Dunlap (Curtis mechanic who witnessed the 1st woman pilot in 1910), W Emmerson, Harry Lindquist, Richard Schwartz, Frank Hawks and W. O. Saunders (Wright Brothers monument); there are several great duplicates you can trade (sadly you only get one Orville Wright); tremendous item for the top bidder. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.6 lbs. View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,400.00
Sold...US$ 1,400.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:56:31 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6042
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United States, scrapbook of world aviation, 1928-32, begins with unbelievable magazine photographs of the 1932 USS Akron accident, when four sailors on mooring lines were pulled into the air, one dropped 15 feet and broke his arm, two were pulled hundreds of feet before they fell to their deaths, and the last seaman held on thousands of feet up for more than 2 hours before he was rescued; autograph of the first pilot to cross the Atlantic in an airplane, Arthur Brown; clippings about Glenn Curtis and Admiral Moffett; lots of clippings about the USS Akron; 4 autographs of Kingsford Smith; 3 signatures of Berlin to Chicago aspirant Wolfram Hirth; articles in the Lindbergh beacon, autograph of DO-X pilot C H Schildhauer; 3 great DO-X postcards; elegant 8" x 10" sepia portrait of a woman in a stole and hat taken in Chicago. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs. View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:57:38 EST
Sold For 350
Later Aircraft Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6398
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, 1934-1983, FLOWN on test aircraft, curious collection of envelopes carried by favor in various aircraft; Sikorsky S-42 seaplane on world altitude record flight in 1934 and autographed by pilot Boris Sergievsky and the NAA Observer, 35 years ago it cataloged for $25, 9 copies; carried by Gary E Krier in NASA's Digital Fly By Wire in 1972 (flight #9); another DFBW (flight #29) autographed by Gary E Krier; 1976 flight by George Larson and CC Bock Jr in the B-1 bomber; 1977 F8DFBW signed by Gary E Krier; F-15A electronic weapons systems test in 1977 conducted by Richard O Covey (who later commanded the space shuttle); 1978 post maintenance flight of an F-14A by David M Walker (also a future shuttle astronaut); 1983 test flight of an XM-4 VTOL aircraft signed by G Raymond (these looked like flying saucers), addressed to New Zealand; fun group of 16 covers. AAMC 5th Ed 680; $25. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:58:28 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6399
Symbol: Cat No: Jul 25
United States, 1946 (Jul 25) Atomic Bomb Test - Bikini Atoll, unaddressed Airmail cover carried on the Navy observation plane - a B-29 Superfortress specially outfitted for photographic reconnaissance - that photographed the two 1946 Bikini tests on July 1 (test Abel) and July 25 (test Baker); franked with a 6¢ Transport (C25) tied by a Jul 25 "U.S. Navy, 10666 Br." (Kwajalein, Marshall Islands) duplex handstamp and signed by the Pilot, Major George P. Birdsong, Jr., the operations officer of the photographic unit, Very Fine. This was also the first use of Bell Laboratories' "Fastex" high-speed camera. Only 30 covers were carried,
Birdsong was a highly decorated pilot. He was one of the first to complete 25 World War II bombing missions. He later flew B-29s in the Strategic Air Command and, in 1953, he set the B-47 Transatlantic speed record from Maine to England. He was the first SAC pilot to check out in a B-52 and in 1968-69 he flew 189 missions in Viet Nam, retiring in 1970 . Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:59:20 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6400
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United States, 1950, Atomic Bomb - Los Alamos, an Airmail cover from Paris, France on Mar 11, 1950, addressed to Manhattan Project Director, General "Sir Leslie R. Groves, Director of atom-center, Los Alamos, U.S.A."; missent to Los Alamos, Calif. (Nov 7 handstamp on the reverse) and redirected at Los Alamos, N.M., where it was received on Nov 10 (dated timestamp on the front); the was finally forwarded to Groves (who had retired in 1948) in South Norwalk, Ct., Very Fine. The Manhattan Project ended in 1946, but the facility continued to develop nuclear weapons as the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:00:09 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6401
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United States, 1960, North American Aviation X-15 pilot autographs, North American's Project 1226 envisioned a single seat aircraft with the performance characteristics of a V-2 missile; it would be hypersonic (above Mach 5) and fly to the edge of space; until the space shuttle, no winged vehicle had flown higher or faster; autographs include, Scott Crossfield on an early X-15 envelope (Boy Scout cachet) postmarked the day he lit "the big engine"; Forest S Peterson on a 20th anniversary cover commemorating the Crossfield flight; Neil Armstrong (who flew the earliest altitude profiles) on an index card along with a very clean X-15 cover from his first flight in 1960; a Decade of Achievement FDC signed by Scott Crossfield, Robert Rushworth, and Robert White; an unusual envelope postmarked at White Sands on launch day for the first space shuttle flight signed by William Knight; an Edwards AFB cancel for the return of STS-1 autographed by Robert Rushworth; an Apollo 11 FDC signed by Forest Peterson; an X-15 cover dated Mar 1968 with Bill Dana's name under the cachet (but not his signature); and an autograph of Joe Engle training to pilot the space shuttle (after having flown the X-15); 10 pieces in all. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 650.00
Sold...US$ 650.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:00:47 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6402
Symbol: Cat No: XS-1
United States, 1972, Bell Aircraft Experimental Supersonic - 1 (XS-1), during the Second World War aircraft in steep dives encountered extreme compressability; planes were flying so fast the air couldn't get out of the way which resulted in severe stress on structures and problems with control; Bell Aircaft designed a 50 caliber bullet shaped rocket powered plane to "break the sound barrier"; grouping includes index card autographed by Chalmers (Slick) H. Goodlin, the first to pilot the plane; a FDC with a stamp from Lesotho picturing Chuck Yeager and the X-1 with his autograph; a Project Mercury FDC signed by Bob Hoover, the X-1 chase pilot; a Smithsonian Milestone of Flight cover (number 1) issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of supersonic flight (the envelope was FLOWN supersonic); a 30th anniversary cover postmarked at Edwards AFB autographed by Chuck Yeager; and a 40th anniversary postmark from his hometown in Hamlin, WV signed by Chuck Yeager; 6 items in all including 5 autographs. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:01:09 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6403
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, 1973, Wingless lifting body covers with pilot autographs, in order to create vehicles that could travel from orbit to runway, NASA investigated shapes where the lift comes from the fuselage instead of wings; this collection has 28 autographs (mostly pilots); M2 covers for Cecil Powell (unsigned), Jerry Gentry, Bill Dana and Bruce Peterson; most are X-24B covers including first captive and first powered flights, as well as numerous autographs (including Dave Scott, Tom Mc Murtry and Gary Krier who did not fly it) including John Manke (3) and Mike Love (9); various colors of Boy Scouts of America rubber stamp cachets; a total of 28 envelopes. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:01:40 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6404
Symbol: Cat No: STA 946
United States, 1977, NASA test flight of Ardvaark, Gulfstream and Jet Star, in the 1970s extensive work at Dryden was performed with the F-111, C140, and modified Gulfstream (STA 946); autographs of Einar Enevoldson, Steve Ishmael, Gary Krier, Ronald Grabe, and Stan Boyd signed the F-111 covers; Don Mallick, Ray Young, Ed Gibson and Don Lind signed the C140 Jet Star; autographs on the Gulfstream included Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton and Richard Truly; 14 covers in all. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:02:10 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6405
Symbol: Cat No: X-1
United States, c. 1981, X-Series experimental aircraft autographs, Prosser cachet series of 5 envelopes each autographed by the appropriate test pilot; includes Scott Crossfield (X-1), Frank Everest (X-2), Chuck Yeager (X-3), Charles Tucker (X-4), and Peter Girard (X-13). Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:02:25 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6406
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United States, 1986, Voyager Test Flight, flown cover signed by the pilots, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 16:02:51 EST
Sold For 300
Lindberghiana
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6055
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Lindbergh balance lot, 1926-1930 (5) CAM 2 (2) 1927 CAM 2 day (5) Chicago tour covers (11) FAM 5 (10) Miami -CZ 1930 (6) FAM 6; Fam 8 (2) Suriname; plus 9 commemorative; total of 46 flown by Lindbergh. Shipping charges apply - weight 1 lbs. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:13:14 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6058
Symbol: Cat No: 1928
United States, Charles Lindbergh scrapbook packed with covers, 1927-32, great from the get go; starts with a Lindberghiana booklet from dealer Milton Mauck (1928) with a list of all the key flights in the US, Latin, and South America; magazine pages about Costa Rica followed by a Lindbergh Day cover autographed by the President of Costa Rica; pages about Panama Canal Zone and an autograph of the President of Panama on official letterhead; autograph of the American Consul for the Canal Zone; Columbia followed by a cover autographed by the President of Columbia; certified letter with extensive franking with Presidential seal 9 Nov 1928; article on Porto Rico and San Juan Lindy covered autographed by Governor Towner of Porto Rico; business card for the President of Haiti; envelope carried in the Spirit of St Louis; autograph by the President of Haiti; letter from Haiti with Presidential rubber stamp on reverse; article on Cuba, followed by the autograph of the US Ambassador to Cuba; autograph of Chief pilot of Pan American Airways, Edwin Musick; Phil Love autograph; lots of "horseshoe" flights (including some to Germany); Raymond Bahr (who safeguarded the Spirit), William Conkling signature; autographs of CAM 2 fliers E L Sloinger and Bud Gurney; autograph of Alfred Smith, Governor of NY; signature of his mother, Evangeline Lindbergh; signature of Louis Bleriot; and the autographs of Lt Albert Hegenberger (who flew Lindbergh's mother) and the signature of the President of France; dozens of common Lindbergh flown covers; a wonderful scrapbook. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.8 lbs. View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 850.00
Sold...US$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:15:38 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6059
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United States, Lindbergh scrapbook with goodies, 1927, obviously a labor of love, this volume was created contemporaneously with Lindbergh's airmail service; newspaper clippings, portions of popular books, a photo of a legal sized first flight sent to King George of England (and the polite note of return since that philatelist only collected stamps of Great Britain); eight first flight (AAMC 11, 12, 14) CAM 2 including two lovely "Home of Abraham Lincoln: covers; flown photocards (AAMC 32) autographed by Spirit of St Louis designer Donald A Hall, and Lindy with Spirit; Underwood sepia photo postcards (6) canceled Lindbergh Day Saganaw, MI; USS Memphis return to the US (AAMC 24); 1st Mauck (Lucky Lindy) cachet on Washington DC (AAMC 29); same day (11 Jun 1927) Lindbergh Day autographed Calvin Coolidge (AAMC 29) signed by assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics W P Mac Cracken; Harry S. New, PMG on Lindbergh Day cover; quarter sized, gold colored medal token; Raymond Orteig (Orteig Prize) on Washington cover; C10 FDC St Louis (2), Washington (4 including two signed by Orteig), Little Falls (2), Springfield, Detroit, Chicago (2); 27 anniversary and national tour covers; 1st Mauck on CAL flies the mail again (AAMC 32), same flight addressed to Germany; five 15 Aug 1927 CAM 2; several more commemorative covers; lastly an elegant medal/decoration from the reception at the Montana State Fair, the name on the medal is 2nd Lt George A Sawyer. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.6 lbs. View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $600-800
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:16:22 EST
Sold For 750
Misc. Flight Commemoratives
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6263
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U.S.S.R., Soviet icebreaker covers in 2 volumes, late 1950-80s with Soviet (and later Russian) polar history documented on 134 envelopes; numerous icebreakers and arctic stations; many exploded to display numerous cachets from the reverses; sizable number of official envelopes designed for the NP drift stations. Shipping charges apply - weight 6.8 lbs. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:37:59 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6264
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U.S.S.R., Soviet Union, arctic icebreakers in polar waters, 1980-91, 500+ cacheted envelopes celebrating polar operations of nuclear icebreakers and support vessels; in addition to the printed artwork, they all have intricate colored rubber stamps that further gussy up these covers; casual inspection reveals numerous NP drift mail envelopes (including some with official cachets); very little duplication; metric tons of enjoyment for the winner of this lot. Shipping charges apply - weight 10 lbs. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:39:44 EST
Sold For 0
Other Balloon Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6235
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Europe, Balloon post and stratospheric flight, mint 10 centimes postal card issued by France in 1870; a mint 20 centimes letter sheet also issued in 1870; a post card with a Belgian 1.75F stamp cancelled in Brussels (date unknown) showing Prof Piccard's high altitude balloon and gondola; Polish 75gr stamp issued in 1938 (at 2Zl) to raise funds for balloon research; a Registered Express cover with the Polish issue and commemorative postmark; 20th anniversary of Excelsior III, a parachute jump from 102,800ft, is autographed by Joe W. Kittinger Jr; a remarkable color photograph, taken automatically by the balloon, of the skydiver in freefall autographed by Kittinger; FLOWN Project Da Vinci flight cover autographed by Jimmie Craig and Vera Simons, postmarked in Las Cruces and Wagon Mound, NM. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:16:44 EST
Sold For 200
Rocket Mail Collections, Groups and Miscellaneous
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6388
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Extensive holding of modern rocket mail, very clean collection of modern (1950 and later) rocket mail; very minimal duplication perfect for the specialist or dealer who wants more breadth than depth; 243 envelopes in total, of these 167 are US and 76 foreign. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.8 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:51:27 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6389
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Wernher von Braun Peenemunde rocket scientists, wonderful accumulation of 47 members of Project Paperclip who followed von Braun to the United States at the end of WWII; individually signed, principally on Mercury and Apollo FDCs; handwriting belies advanced age; a similar collection would be most difficult to assemble today and virtually all of these men are gone. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $800-1,200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $800-1,200
Opening US$ 600.00
Sold...US$ 600.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 15:52:00 EST
Sold For 600
Zeppelin Flight Collections, Groups and Miscellane
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6205
Symbol: Cat No: 66B//319B
Brazil, 11 different Zeppelin covers, 1930-33 (Michel 66B//319B), 11 cards of covers, all with appropriate markings, Fine to Very Fine. Michel €1,170 ($1,310) Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Michel €1,170 ($1,310) Suggested
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 13:45:09 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6222
Symbol: Cat No: $1.05
United States, Round the World Flight, 1929, mail from each leg of the Graf Zeppelin flight around the world; envelope ($1.05) Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, and 2 postcards ($0.55), one of the postcards is signed by Grace M Hay Drummond Hay (first woman around the world by air); a total of 8 items from Lakehurst to Tokyo, 3 underpaid ($1.04) but not marked postcards (one with Hay on the reverse), 4 letters ($2.05); a postcard from Lakehurst to Los Angeles ($1.80) and an envelope ($3.55); 2 cards from Lakehurst to Lakehurst ($1.80), and an envelope ($3.55); lot includes the autographs of Gilbert Grosvenor (president of the National Geographic Society), Ernest Lee Jahncke (acting Secretary of the Navy), Jack C Richardson (Official Observer of the flight), and C E Rosendahl (Commander of the USS Los Angeles; bonus, three stunning embroidered silk ribbons in purple, white and maroon; catalog value $2,400. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:02:29 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6223
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United States, Trio of first flight covers, 1928, three legal-sized airmail envelopes with the Chicago Aero Philatelic Society corner card; each cancelled Lakehurst NJ 28 Oct 1928 and received Friedrichshafen 1 Nov 1928; franked with C1-3 and three C9, the first is slightly overpaid; the second has C4-6 as well as a pair of C9 and C10 (also slightly overfranked), it is autographed by Hugo Eckener Commander Graf Zeppelin (he would go on the following year first around the world); the last has C9 and C10 paying the charge, it is signed by Ernst Lehmann, who commanded more than 100 Graf Zeppelin flights and perish at Lakehurst with the Hindenburg; bonus, sumptuous dinner program in honor of Dr Hugo Eckener in Chicago 22 Oct 1928 (in superb condition), and a brochure (Mar 1937), 2 days to Europe, from North American Lloyd. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:03:17 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6224
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United States, Akron airship, 1929-1932, 17 items (plus a USS Macon noting first flight) related to ZRS-4; 2 machine cancel c.d.s. Akron, OH 7 Nov 1929 for ring laying; handstamped c.d.s. for later that evening autographed by C E Rosendahl, Scott Peck, Charles Bauch, B May, W Bushnell and H M Dickman, backstamped Lakehurst NAS; Airship dock (27 Oct 1930) USS Akron passes over Chicago (17 Oct 1931); 4 christening (8 Aug 1931); 3 first flight (23 Sep 1931); 5 carried on training flight (6 May 1932) including, 2 Roessler cards with forged Akron Mail overprint and USS Akron labels on reverse, Lakehurst to San Diego, and two with receiver marks in NJ 2 Aug 1932. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:05:22 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6225
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United States, Memorial to the USS Akron, 1933, 30 items (plus 6 modern postcards) related to the loss of the USS Akron; autographs of Lt Cmdr H V Wiley, Richard E Deal and M E Erwin on Lakewood stamp society cachet, two examples on envelopes with Lakehurst NJ machine cancel and an additional two (smaller envelopes) on covers with hand cancels; RARE autographs of German tanker Phoebus which rescued crew members, autographed by Capt Dalldorf and 1st Officer Richard Ceglanski; printed memorial cachets postmarked Moffett Field and Barnegat NJ; Aretz cachets in red and blue; bonus, USS Los Angeles 1925 flight from Lakehurst to Bermuda; solid lot. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:06:12 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6226
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United States, First flight US to Germany,1928, correctly paid rate on card from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, franks with C1, C6, C9 and 621, autographed by Hugo Eckener, Roesseler label on reverse; C9, 550, 568 and 648 on similar card, on the reverse are autographs of Maurice R Pierce Cmdr US Navy, TGM Settle, Lt US Navy and Chas E Bauch, Lt US Navy; includes a mint card with a sepia portrait of Dr. Eckener. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $350-500
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:07:08 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6227
Symbol: Cat No: 150I
United States, Four different flown cards, 1930 (Michel 150I), Ostsee Flight - Stockholm Drop; and three different Nov 11 Netherlands Flights: Michel 150 (Netherlands franking), 150Ic & 150Id; all with appropriate markings, Very Fine. Michel €830 ($930) Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Michel €830 ($930) Suggested Bid
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:07:30 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6228
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, First round the world flight, 1928-1929, 16 items related to the Graf Zeppelin flight; postcard rate (30 cents) pays the freight from Los Angeles to Lakehurst, a letter traveling the same route is overpaid; covers with C9, C10 similarly overfranked as is an attractive block of 6 C4 as part of the rate; badly toned but otherwise attractive large envelope that includes hi value stamps to pay to send it around the world; present is a card with 90 cents and an envelope with $1.80 to travel from Los Angeles to Friedrichshafen; multiple examples of uncanceled letters with a rubber stamp which reads, "Received too late to connect with Graf Zeppelin flight"; examples from New York to Friedrichshafen are also here; nice grouping. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:08:39 EST
Sold For 475
Zeppelin Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6191
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United States, 1933 Century of Progress Flight, Announcement/Price-List, large - about 12" x 21" - broadside published by F.W. von Meister, the Zeppelin Company's U.S. representative, giving details of the Zeppelin's flight dates and rates for all legs of the flight, as well instructions on how to prepare envelopes. This particular announcement must have been sent out in late September or early October, because the paragraph on preparing mail to be carried by steamer to Germany for the outbound flight is crossed out with attention called to the paragraph suggesting that collectors have covers prepared by Zeppelin agents in Friedrichshafen, Brazil and New York; folded, but in remarkably well preserved. A marvelous collateral item. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)
Suggested Bid $100-150
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 12:43:40 EST
Sold For 150
Airmail Postal History
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6022
Symbol: Cat No: C1
United States, 1918, 6¢ orange (Scott C1), used on legal-size first flight cover from the Aerial League of America to the governor of North Dakota, with the signatures of the governor and of Albert Burleson, the pilot of the flight, also the embossed seal of the State of North Dakota; minor filing flaws at the far left, Fine to Very Fine overall, a unique souvenir of the flight. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:41:32 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6023
Symbol: Cat No: C1
United States, 1918, 6¢ orange (Scott C1), on a Philip Ward first flight cover Philadelphia to New York, Dec 16, 1918, then on to Milwaukee by surface mail, Very Fine. Scott $2,000 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Scott $2,000 Suggested Bid $750-1
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:42:14 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6024
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United States, 1933, Balbo Italian Air Cruise, cover signed by Balbo, with a photo cachet of the U.S.S. Macon, Fine to Very Fine, Balbo's signature is very scarce. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:42:41 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6025
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United States, 1933 Balbo Flight, Montreal to Chicago, a lovely mixed franking post card, with special "Italian Good Will Tour" cachet on the reverse, Very Fine, quite scarce. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $350-500
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:43:02 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6026
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United States, 1933, Balbo Italian Air Cruise, flown cover, addressed to Newfoundland, with all proper postmarks and cachets, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 850.00
Sold...US$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:43:47 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6035
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, Airmail Postal History, Vin Fiz/Cal Rogers Beginning of Exhibition, brilliant selection of Vin Fiz/Cal Rodgers memorabilia, includes pamphlet "Story of My Flying" by Cal Rodgers (8) c1910 picture postcards (5) photos, two books- Stein "Flight of the Vin Fiz" and Lebow "Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz" (53) commemorative covers & cards, all Vin Fiz material is scarce, a terrific start of a medal winning display, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.2 lbs. View PDF #1 of images for this lot View PDF #2 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:51:58 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6038
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United States, Early airmail stamps on cover, 1918-1927, 12 covers (many from stamp dealers) from the first decade of Government flights; C2 on 15 Jul 1918 NY to Phili, C2 on 4 Sep 1918 NY to Chicago (catalog $100), C3 on 16 Aug 1920 Chicago to St Louis (catalog $50), C2 on 1 Jul 1924 (x4) Chicago to San Francisco (catalog $200), as well as 5 covers that include C4; attractive lot. AAMC 108; $100. AAMC 167d; $50. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:54:37 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6043
Symbol: Cat No: 645
United States, Midwestern Philatelic Exhibition, 1928, pair of stunning FDCs; C10a booklet pane with deep color and striking green hand cancel, unusual with SC 645 (also issued at the show), with beautiful show cachet; paired with a block and single with a contrasting blue hand stamp; magnificent; does not have booklet tab. Scott $875. Scott $68. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:58:29 EST
Sold For 275
Balloon Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6236
Symbol: Cat No: 1927
United States, Stratosphere balloons, 1927-1935, 3 Luxembourg covers (1927); Century of Progress (3) with autographs of T G M Settle and Floyd Gibbons; Akron 1933 flight (4); National Geographic 1934 (4); Rapid City balloon bursts (2) and successful flight (1); plus test hop date in 1934; 18 items. View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:17:37 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6237
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United States, Piccard stratospheric balloon, 1933, 7 envelopes or cards plus a souvenir program from A Century of Progress; A Piccard autograph on an envelope announcing his visit to the US; T G Settle signature on a Century of Progress illustrated (on reverse) envelope; engraved cachet from Century of Progress exposition; 2 newspaper add ons postmarked 20 Nov 1933 Akron, OH autographed by Maj Chester L Fordney; and 2 cards with Dearborn MI dated 23 Oct 1934 autographed by Jean and Jeanette Piccard; 8 signatures total; bonus set of three values Belgium stratospheric balloon stamps hinged to newspaper drawing. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $600-800
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:18:13 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6238
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United States, Piccard stratospheric balloon, 1933, 3 envelopes or cards plus a souvenir program from A Century of Progress; T G Settle signature and another on a Century of Progress illustrated (on reverse) envelope; newspaper add ons postmarked 20 Nov 1933 Akron, OH autographed by Maj Chester L Fordney; and a card with Dearborn MI dated 23 Oct 1934 autographed by Jean and Jeanette Piccard; 5 signatures total. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 180.00
Sold...US$ 180.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:18:39 EST
Sold For 180
Catapult Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6241
Symbol: Cat No: K90a
United States, 1931 (Sep 17) Steamer Europa to Southampton (Graue-Leder K90a), cover from the U.S. to Danzig franked with a $2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C15) tied by mute double ovals and postmarked Bluemont, Va., Sep 10, with handstamped flight cachet and red Berlin Airmail cachet and backstamped Berlin and Danzig, both on Sep 19; stamp with two inconspicuous tears (one about ½" long), cover reduced just a bit at the top, Very Fine. An exceedingly rare and quite attractive Catapult franking, signed Gappe, with a 2017 P.F. certificate. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 14:22:05 EST
Sold For 700
Lindberghiana
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6056
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
United States, 1926, One in a million, over his career as an airmail pilot it has been estimated that the Chief Pilot for CAM 2 carried in excess of one million letters; this one, however, is quite special; is one of the premium Home of Abraham Lincoln envelopes from the first day of the route in Springfield, IL and is signed by the postmaster, William Conkling and pilot C A Lindbergh; he would fly the route less than a year and lose two aircraft before deciding to fly solo across the Atlantic; a key piece for any airmail collection; moderate toning to right 2" of envelope. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 1,400.00
Sold...US$ 1,400.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:14:10 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6057
Symbol: Cat No: CAM
United States, 1926, Lindbergh signed first flight, in 1925 the Kelly Act provided for the letting of Contract Air Mail (CAM) routes to replace government service; the second route, linked St Louis to the transcontinental route terminus in Chicago; on 15 Apr 1926 this legal-sized cover flew from the Windy City to the Gateway to the West; it is signed by Arthur C Lueder, Postmaster of Chicago and C A Lindbergh, Pilot; destined for a collector, eight stamps were used to pay a 10 cent rate; includes a letter dated June 9, 1928 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to certify that the signed Lindbergh cover sold by us to Mr. John Strauss is genuine in every respect. We hereby guarantee the signature to be that of Colonel Lindbergh (signed) Milton T Mauck; Paid in cash $100; in current dollars it amounted to over $1,500 (you could have it for less); terrific item; moderate toning to last inch at right. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:14:53 EST
Sold For 1000
Pioneer Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6045
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United States, First Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic flight attempt, 1933, typed letter signed on flight expedition letterhead dated 10 Apr 1933 to collector signed Hubert Wilkins along with envelope (reduced at left) from the expedition offering to take flight covers to Norway; toning over signature from attached newspaper clipping. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:00:53 EST
Sold For 375
Record Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6027
Symbol: Cat No: TO-1184c
United States, 1933 (Jul 19-Aug 12) Balbo Return Flight, Chicago - Rome (AAMC TO-1184c), cover franked with 15¢ 50¢ & $3 Columbians (238, 240, 242) lightly tied by non-descript handstamped cancels with a Jul 19 Chicago c.d.s., a blue registry number, blue Italian flight cachet, and, apparently in error, the magenta "New York - Roma" U.S. flight cachet; backstamped with the special blue Aug 12 Rome receiver and then backstamped at Turin (Aug 14), New York (Aug 22) and Gary, Ind. (Aug 24) on return to the addressee; the $3 Columbian has a small corner crease; otherwise Very Fine and attractive, Very Fine. A unique franking, signed Bolaffi and two others. Sassone GP56. Sassone €2,250 ($2,520) Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
