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United States Airmail Postal History Pioneer Flights
Sale No: 763
Lot No: 5146
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1927.06.21
1927 (June 21), Byrd Transatlantic Flight from New York to Paris, stunning cover with Post Office Department corner card to Paris; franked by 5¢ definitive plus #C10 (Byrd had just lost the race across the Atlantic to Lindbergh) and cancelled Mineola, NY; front also bears Neuilly s Seine receiver (July 3) and is autographed "Kindest regards, R E Byrd"; officially carried as Byrd was sworn in as an Airmail Pilot prior to departure, with typed greetings card enclosed signed by the Second Assistant Postmaster General, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 650.00
Sold...US$ 650.00
Closed..Dec-22-2021, 10:24:19 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 763
Lot No: 5147
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1927.08.14
1927, First Junkers Co attempt, Germany-USA, 12RM franked on this postal card dated 14 Aug 1927 from Dessau, aircraft returned to starting point; red rubber stamp says postage fee reimbursed on request; registered Dessau covering 8pf entire value; red rubber stamp reports flight not carried out; addressed to collector Max Golding in Chicago; has accompanying official envelope used to return the item. AAMC 1061a; $150. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Closed..Dec-22-2021, 10:24:49 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 763
Lot No: 5148
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1927.08.14
1927, First Junkers Co attempt, Germany-USA, five different values (total 1RM) franking postcard dated 14 Aug 1927 from Dessau, aircraft returned to starting point; red rubber stamp says postage fee reimbursed on request; other side is the remaining 12RM; registered Dessau with a circle date stamp postmarked Norderney 4 Oct 1927 for second attempt in which it reached the Azores before returning to Germany; red rubber stamp reports flight not carried out; autographed by pilot Friedrich Lohse and Baron Von Huenefeld; also post card without franking with Dessau 16 Sep 1927 circle date stamp to Berlin referencing the flight. AAMC 1061a; $150. AAMC 1062Aa; $175. (Image)
Estimate $400-600
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Dec-22-2021, 10:25:12 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 763
Lot No: 5149
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1929.06.13
1929 (June 13), "Yellow Bird" Flight from Maine to Spain, three French aviators, Armeno Lotti, Jean Assolant and René Lefèvre autographed this short-paid Flight Cover; enroute from Maine to Paris they ran out of fuel at Comillas, Spain, due to a miscalculation of aircraft weight—it turns out a stowaway, Arthur Schreiber, had climbed on board, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC 1091; $500. (Image)
Estimate $400-600
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Dec-22-2021, 10:26:08 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 763
Lot No: 5150
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1931.06.21
1931 (June 21), Post and Gatty Round-the-World Flight Cover, carried in the Winnie Mae, this envelope travelled from New York via Harbour Grace, Chester (England), Hanover, Berlin, Moscow, Novosibirsk, lrkutsk, Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, Nome, Edmonton and back to New York; signed by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty; bonus attractive Chickasha, OK cover autographed by sponsor F C Hall; somewhat toned, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $400-600
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Dec-22-2021, 10:26:53 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 763
Lot No: 5151
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1933.07.18
1933 (July 18), Balbo Squadron Flight Cover, with Chicago - New York leg cachet, postmarked at the Century of Progress station, #571, 642 and 701 pair used as franking; the envelope has no backstamp and is moderately toned; included are five additional commemorative covers, six 3"x5" photos, and five negatives from General Balbo's arrival in Chicago; a premium cachet highlighting the most prominent aviator of the inter-war years, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $400-600
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Dec-22-2021, 10:27:31 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 763
Lot No: 5152
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1935.03.08
1935 (Mar. 8), Wake Island Survey Flight Cover, #C11 plate number single tied to primitive First Flight Wake Island cachet cover postmarked USS Nitro (AAMS #1228) autographed by Jesse Johnson, who piloted the Loening amphibian from the flight deck; a popular classic, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
