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Italy, 1930, Balbo mass squadron flight Italy to Brazil, Rome to Rio de Janeiro seaplane escadrille of 14 aircraft; departed Rome 17 Dec and arrived Rio de Janeiro 22 Jan 1931; considerable mail carried and most were signed by the whole crew but a stunning piece nonetheless; bumped corners, faint discoloration and a 5mm tear in upper left. AAMC 1125. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
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)
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
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)
Sassone €2,250 ($2,520) Suggested
Opening US$ 950.00
Sold...US$ 950.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:45:09 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6028
Symbol: Cat No: TO-1184c
United States, 1933 (Jul 19-Aug 12) Balbo Return Flight, Chicago - Rome (AAMC TO-1184c), exceptionally clean cover franked with the proper $3.60 postage including the $1 & $2 Fourth Bureau issues (571-572) tied by a Jul 18 Chicago machine cancel with blue registry number and faint blue Italian flight cachet; backstamped with the black "Chicago - Roma" U.S. flight cachet and the special blue Aug 12 Rome receiver; then backstamped at Turin (Aug 14) and New York (Aug 22-23) for return to the addressee, Very Fine, signed Bolaffi and two others. Sassone GP56. Sassone €2,250 ($2,520) Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Sassone €2,250 ($2,520) Suggested
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:45:47 EST
Sold For 750
British North America Canada
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6029
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Canada, Airmail Semi-Officials, 1927-1928, calling Canadian aerophilatelists; curious Patricia Airways semiofficial on envelope from Greenly Island right after the Bremen fliers landed, autographed by rescue pilot Duke Schiller, Hersa Junkers, and rescued navigator Col Jack Fitzmaurice, a key item EXCEPT, it is two weeks later and Patricia Airways was no longer using their stamps, the address (Capt E K Mulcahy) is an alias for A C Roessler, so what is up with this cover? The stamp is still collectable and the autographs are genuine; the balance were flown on Western Canada Airways, including a 1927 colorful cover from Ottawa, one from Red Lake with an orange reprint of the famous London to London stamp; as well as five with the Western Canada Airways semiofficials; 8 envelopes in total. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:46:22 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6030
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Canada, Balbo flight from Canada to Chicago, 1933, 10 envelopes mailed from Montreal to Chicago to honor Italo Balbo; each has add on newspaper clippings, one of two Rome cinderellas, and 4 cents postage due; colorful. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:47:24 EST
Sold For 275
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
Worldwide A-Z Germany Empire & Reich
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6032
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Germany, Better airmail collection, 1906-1938, wonderful mix of commercial, registered, and philatelic covers; 2 autographs of S A Shestakov, leader of Russian fliers on a around the world west to east flight; commemorative covers related to Thomas Alva Edison, autograph of Mary Heath at 1929 National Air Races; magnificent set of engraved entires with the 2pf, 5pf and 10pf values; registered airmail from Uruguay, registered three value franking from Australia, 4 different picture postcards (including Hitler with small children) dated 1 Mar 1935 (1st day of SAAR), Germany registered (including US postage due), Czech airmail with revalued overprints, registered Latvia, early Hungary; Danzig, Austria, Russia, Switzerland; mint Hitler postcard as patriot (Marz 1933); lots to research; 100+ better covers. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:49:17 EST
Sold For 750
Mexico
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6033
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
Mexico, First flights by air, 1928-1929, Useful collection postmarked Matamoros, Queretaro, Mexico City, Nuevo Laredo, Agua Prieta, Tampico and Saltulo, includes registered express; 39 items in total. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:49:44 EST
Sold For 275
Postal History Aircraft Flights Early Airmail Flights: Collections, Groups and Mis
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
Airmail Postal History
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
Aircraft Flights Early Airmail Flights: Collections, Groups and Mis
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
Airmail Postal History
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
Aircraft Flights Early Airmail Flights: Collections, Groups and Mis
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)
