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Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 1073
Symbol: C
Cat No: Aug 11
1931-1933, Inter-Island Airways air express service, 5 covers: there are two types of handstamps: Type 1, three-line with central wings in blue and Type 2, three-line "to be called for" in purple. Type 1 is found on two covers: 1931 (Aug 11), Hilo to a haberdasher in Honolulu and 1931 (Oct 28), Hilo to Honolulu, docketed in pencil on a Railway Business envelope. A faint strike of Type two is found on a 1932 (Apr 2) Hilo to Honolulu cover tying 4¢ & 8¢ Washington Bicents., a bit tatty; another faint strike (date uncertain) on a Honolulu to Hilo cover with an additional straight-line "via Air Express" in purple, trimmed on left not affecting markings, and a perfect strike of Type 2 dated Mar 17, 1933, Hilo to Honolulu (probably philatelic). Also included, FF cover for AM Route 33 (revised) and lovely Inter-Island Airways baggage label. An extraordinary group of very rare covers, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Oct-18-2022, 10:32:06 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 2416
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Air Mail Cover Group, of eighteen comprising #C1 (two; one Dec. 17 1918 first trip to Chicago and one cacheted Roessler), #C2 (four Roessler including one first trip), #C4 (two including one mixed franking with Canada 10c Maple Leaf issue), C5 Roessler, C6, C4-C6 Night Air Mail to Germany backstamped, C4-C6 on 2c Hartford stationery First Flight Atlanta to NY, four with 50c or $1 1922 issues comprising one catapult to Germany and three Zeppelin flown (two with handstamp cachets), and two with #C9 comprising one Zeppelin and one catapult to Germany, also including an unused Zeppelin route cacheted envelope, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Oct-20-2022, 13:26:43 EST
Sold For 475
Airlines
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 2418
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
NYRBA Reference Collection, 1929-80, balance from a lifetime obsession with the South American airline that lasted only a year before getting swallowed by Pan American; signed copy of Triple Crash Covers, Outlaw Flight, and its Postal Markings, O'Neill signed crash cover census (bound photocopies of covers), typed Log of Maiden Voyage of Amphibian "Washington"special copy to Mrs. Galbraith (Confidential), bound color photocopies of The Last Commodore on a lake bottom, W P McCracken TLS to Congressman, Journal of Arizona History (Summer 2011) on Ralph O'Neill (WWI Ace and founder of NYRBA), 1929 NYRBA financials, handwritten passengers carried ledger pages (1930), photocopy diary of 1st pioneering flight, NYRBA Study Group newsletters (consignor was President), several AAMS Airpost Journal, drafts of articles by O'Neill and his widow (Not All That Glitters), photographs, and more; very useful, Fine to Very Fine, Julius Grigore, Jr. Shipping charges apply - weight 10.6 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $300-400
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Oct-20-2022, 13:27:52 EST
Sold For 200
Aviation Shows & Exhibitions
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 2417
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Air Meet & Exposition Hoard, 1920s-30s, With over 700 Airmail covers, myriad cachets of Air Meets, Aeronautical Expositions, transportation shows, tours, and more, from Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, South Bend, Los Angeles, New Haven, St. Louis, McKeesport, etc.; some duplicated up to several times, others with same cachets for different dates of the exhibition; an extensive lot for further research. Shipping charges apply - weight 9.8 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $300-400
Opening US$ 180.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Oct-20-2022, 13:27:31 EST
Sold For 300
Crash Covers
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 2421
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Crash Mail Collection, 1929-49, 22 envelopes collected as Interrupted Mail; these were involved in aircraft accidents and have the expected scars including oil and water soaked, burned, and crumpled; annotated as presented in the AAMS 5th Ed Vol 1 for Crash Mail; includes 29.6 Daytona Beach (4), 29.7 Park City, 29.10 Cheyenne (2), 29.17 Indianapolis (2), 30.2 Cedar City (2), 30.12 Warren (2), 30.15 Alhambra (2), 31.2 Washougal, 32.9 Potland, 36.1 Goodwin, 38.7 Pt Reyes (2), Dec 1944 APO to NY (with ambulance envelope), and 46.3 Cheyenne; talk about postal history, Very Good to Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. AAMC 29.6//46.3. (Video for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $350-500
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Oct-20-2022, 13:31:52 EST
Sold For 375
Rocket Mail
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 1076
Symbol: *
First International Rocket Air Mail, 1936, embossed 1936 leather-bound petite volume celebrating rocketmail flights sponsored by the American Legion; includes mint singles and sheets of 4 for the two triangular labels used on the flights (E-Z #11A1, 11A1a, 12A1, and 12A1a) between McAllen TX and Mexico; examples were sent to the Presidents of the United States, Mexico, and the Smithsonian Institution; very collectable, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $250-350
Opening US$ 130.00
Closed..Oct-18-2022, 10:32:57 EST
Sold For 0
Zeppelin Covers
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 1074
Symbol: C
Cat No: 6*
Miscellaneous Zeppelin-related covers, including foreign, 1934-38, 1st anniversary cover of Akron crash with special etiquette C15 (6*); four other US; Canada; GB (3), Very Fine to Extremely Fine. (Image)
Estimate $100-150
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Oct-18-2022, 10:32:23 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 1075
Symbol:
Views of the Roma Disaster, 8 period photographic prints of the US Army airship Roma which crashed Feb 21, 1922 in Norfolk VA after broken rudder capsized across high tension lines and caught fire resulting in 34 deaths and 8 injured; sobering. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Closed..Oct-18-2022, 10:32:41 EST
Sold For 0
Zeppelin Covers: Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 2419
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Small but Powerful Graf Zeppelin Collection, 1930, 7 better Graf Zeppelin envelopes individually sleeved from the 1st European Pan-American Round Trip Flight; C13 block of 4 via Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, C13 block of 4 via Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco, C14 Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, C14 pair Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, C14 (plus blocks of C4, C6, 561, 563, and 623) on round trip Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen, C15 Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, and C14 & C15 Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen round trip and retuen by steamer; fabulous group with significant catalog value, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 2,000.00
Sold...US$ 2,000.00
Closed..Oct-20-2022, 13:30:37 EST
Sold For 2000
Sale No: 2002
Lot No: 2420
Symbol:
Century of Progress Zeppelin Covers, 1933, six better covers franked with Scott # C18; 241C franked with C18 and 704-715 New York to Miami, C18 block of 4 Lakehurst to Lakehurst, 242A Miami to Akron with C18, 242B Miami to Chicago with C18, Akron to Lakehurst via Friedrichshafen with C18, and 243C with C18 franking from Akron to Seville, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
