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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 754

Postal History
Aircraft Flights

Early Airmail Flights: Collections, Groups and Mis
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6041
Symbol:
image 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
Symbol:
image 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


Airmail Postal History
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6043
Symbol: Cat No: 645

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image 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


Record Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6044
Symbol:
image United States, Aviation and military autographs, 1931-1933, 10 autographs on cover plus cut signature of Chicago Postmaster; 4 German war ace Ernst Udet, 1931 National Air Races, and the others at the 1933 races; Friedrich Lohse, 1927 Germany to US attempt; Paul Koenig, U-boat captain; 2 Amy Mollison, world record holder lost at sea in WWII;and 2 Laura Ingalls, solo 17,000 mile flight. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:59:38 EST
Sold For 550


Pioneer Flights
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6045
Symbol:
image 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: 6046
Symbol:
image U.S.S.R., Soviet flight over the Pole, 1937-38, 2 post cards with newspaper maps as add on cachets autographed by Soviet fliers, Valery Chkalov, Georgi Baidukov and Alexander Beliakov; card with 4 hinged stamps honoring their flight from the USSR over the Pole to the US (2 sets of autographs and two sets of stamps; 5 stamp (and a label) hinged to card celebrating the rescue of the North Pole 1 (PN-1) expedition in 1938, autographed by the marooned leader (Otto Schmidt) and rescue coordinator (George Yushakoff), there are two sets of stamps and autographs. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 450.00
Sold...US$ 450.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:02:21 EST
Sold For 450

Worldwide
Dealers Stock
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6047
Symbol:
Cat No: x5

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image Worldwide, Aviation luminaries on envelopes, 1903-1940, Orville Wright on 25th anniversary Kitty Hawk cover; Louis Bleriot on registered letter from France; Roscoe Turner famous speed pilot (x5); Walter Wellman 1909 flight attempt from Atlantic City to Europe (x2); Giuseppe Mario Bellanca on 25th anniversary Kitty Hawk cover; Carl Spatz (x3) commander of The Question Mark; Alan B Shepard Jr first American in space; Earle Ovington first airmail pilot and Frank Hitchcock PMG 1911; Amelia Earhart on 1931 NY air show; Francesco De Pinedo (x3) New York to Persia; Charles Kingsford Smith transatlantic flight; Wolfgang von Gronau, Fritz Albrecht, Edward Zimmer transatlantic flyers; Frank M Hawks transcontinental flyer; R H Goddard (x2) rocket pioneer; Capt Eddie Rickenbacker WWI ace; 130+ autographs in total with several complete crews on cover and vast majority in the 1930-1935 time period; just enough duplication to be useful. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.6 lbs.
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Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000

Opening US$ 4,250.00
Sold...US$ 4,250.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:03:40 EST
Sold For 4250


Topical Collections
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6048
Symbol:
image Worldwide, US and world flight with lots of autographs, 1927-1936, Hausner rescued at sea after floating 8 days autograph of British tanker Circe Shell captain; USS Macon christening (with postage due); A Piccard, the aeronaut on cover; Wright memorial dedication; Capt Wolfgang von Gronau, Fritz Albrecht, Franz Hack and Edward Zimmer (2 sets on cover); Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr (3 covers); SS Europa catapult mail (17 Sep 1931 and another 27 Sep 1931), both autographed by the pilot; signature of Capt George Fried (SS President Roosevelt) who rescued flier Lou Reichers; Lou Reichers autograph on envelope postmarked SS President Roosevelt; Willy Rody, Christian Johanssen and Fernando Da Costa Viega rescued off the coast of Newfoundland 22 Sep 1931 (4 sets on cover); beautiful Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte signatures on registered cover; 14 more autographs from the von Gronau flight; Mears 1928 round the world flight signed John Henry Mears; scarce Hurbert Wilkins on cover from Barrow AK to Spitsbergen; lastly NY to Newfoundland cover in support of the Nungesser-Coli search expedition (catalog value $100+); lots of value here. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs.
AAMC PP470; $475. AAMC PP64; $675. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Opening US$ 1,400.00
Sold...US$ 1,400.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:05:01 EST
Sold For 1400

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6049
Symbol: Cat No: Collection

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image Worldwide, Better worldwide airmail and autographs, 1924-1933, 1929 reprint of The New York Herald from 1879 about the electric lamp, three FDC (no cachet) blocks of 654 in Menlo Park, stunning autograph of Thos A Edison on #10 postmarked Orange NJ; legal-sized paquebot Byrd Antarctic mail dated 29 Nov 1929; first flight C10 blocks to Ecuador; five registered express covers from Stockholm; catapult mail from the SS Ile de France, another off the Bremen; Harry S. New PMG on airport dedication; commander of SS Karlsruhe Erwin Wassner and German sea raider during WWI Count Felix von Luckner (4 + an additional four on sepia portrait cards); Charles Holman and Arthur C Goebel on air race covers; IN Governor Harry G Leslie on better Georges Rogers Clark cover; T G M Settles Lt USN on balloon races envelope; Springfield IL postmaster William Conkin, pilot Walter Bragwell, and chief pilot (Lindbergh's replacement) Bud Gurney on event cover; Clarence Chamberlin on Syracuse aircraft show cover; Alfred E Smith on Democratic National Convention envelope (also unused ticket to the event), Republican National Convention cover autographed by Herbert Hoover (water smudge), and another by VP Charles Curtis; Bud Gurney and Heinie Steiner on event envelope; American Legion Chief Paul V McNutt on cover; first flight US to Winnipeg by Floyd Bennett, also dedication cover from Floyd Bennett field and scarce Nungesser - Coli fund envelope; Miami to Cristobal (FAM 5) carried by Lindbergh, Bolivian airmail carried by Jimmy Doolittle, Haiti to Cuba flown by Basil Rowe; commemorative envelopes honoring Amelia Earhart; magnificent early airmail from Latvia, Danzig, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Senegal; also London-Egypt-India via Imperial Airways; well worth a look. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs.
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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Opening US$ 1,600.00
Sold...US$ 1,600.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:06:26 EST
Sold For 1600

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6050
Symbol: Cat No: Collection

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image Worldwide, Better flights and stamp sets on cover, 1924-1935, several examples of registered express Stockholm to New York (1929); first flight Galway to London (1929), 2 Karlsruhe steamer air mail (1929); Breman catapult postcard (1929); Warsaw to Gdansk (1925); express stamp on Torino to Rome card (1917); Denmark to Germany (1925); Imperial Airways first flight South Africa to England (1932); autogiro flight autographed by pilot in London (1934); 6 Danzig express envelopes (1923); 2 beautiful SCADTA Ecuador provisional overprints (1929); 16 early Swiss airmails (1925); 14 pioneer German air service (1926); Rangoon to Croydon (1931); significant catalog value; 120+ better covers. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.4 lbs.
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Suggested Bid $750-1,000

Opening US$ 1,700.00
Sold...US$ 1,700.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:07:10 EST
Sold For 1700

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6051
Symbol: Cat No: 1870

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image Worldwide, Early airmail from around the world, 1870-1940, two examples of Paris balloon mail (1870); two Hungarian balloon post (1915); Chile (1930); Austria (1924); Lithuania (1921); Mexico (1929); Syria (1923); Denmark (1926); Egypt (1921); Honduras (1930); Cuba (1928); Newfoundland (1929); Panama (1930); Papua (1930); Venezuela (1930); Uruguay (1925); Latvia (1925); Hungary (1930); Russia (1927); Austria (1927); Czechoslovakia (1925); Ecuador (1928); Poland (1921); Philippine Islands (1926); and Germany (1936); wonderful lot for the airmail specialist. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs.
View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $750-1,000

Opening US$ 1,800.00
Sold...US$ 1,800.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:08:42 EST
Sold For 1800

Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6052
Symbol: Cat No: 1921

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image Worldwide, Airmail balance lot, 1921-1935, German airmail postcard (1921); Dresden N25 (several postcards), Danzig registered (1923); Switzerland (1926); oversized 1927 continental airmail in Germany and onto Chicago; Latvia (1924); Cuba (1928); Haiti (1927); Canada (1928); also box with 100+ FAMS (most late 1920's); bonus 6 unlisted New York to Rome non-stop transatlantic flight on hotel stationery (franked with 3 C10s), and 2 "Too Late" to accompany Adm Byrd on 1927 transatlantic flight. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.6 lbs.
View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 1,200.00
Sold...US$ 1,200.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:10:04 EST
Sold For 1200


Dealers Stock
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6053
Symbol:

image Worldwide, Commemorative aviation medals, 1927-1934, two substantial 4" hefty medallions honoring Charles A Lindbergh, one gold color and the other bronze, beautifully well made and worthy of display; elegant bronze medallion for Hermann Kohl (about 3"); three quarter sized gold colored coins for Lindbergh, Earhart, and the Bremen Fliers; half dollar sized German issues for Bremen Fliers (2 different), Baron von Richthofen (two different); junk coin for Italian aircraft and a poor Lindbergh, two copper Hindenburg coins, and an odd Hitler/Hindenburg friendship coin; bonus, metal pin that reads Weltausstellung Zeppelin Tag Chicago 1933; 19 items in total. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.8 lbs. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 450.00
Sold...US$ 450.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:10:56 EST
Sold For 450


General Collections
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6054
Symbol:

image Worldwide, glass plate negatives, Libya plate, and cannonball airmail, 16 glass plate photographs (8 3x5 and 8 4x6) of early aviation, recognize Bremen flight and aircraft from the 1919 round the world flight, 8 are positives and the others are negatives; 1st Tactical Mission Squadron 1956 Operation SUNFLASH in Tripoli, hammered commemorative plate showing the Regulus cruise missile in flight over an Arab on a camel; cannon mail fired in Tampa in 1939, envelope signed by act and has article with it (very attractive). Shipping charges apply - weight 4 lbs. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:12:38 EST
Sold For 225

Postal History
Aircraft Flights

Lindberghiana
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6055
Symbol: Cat No: Collection

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image 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


Airmail Postal History

Lindberghiana
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6056
Symbol: Cat No: Collection

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image 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

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image 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


Aircraft Flights

Lindberghiana
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6058
Symbol: Cat No: 1928

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image 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
Symbol:
image 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.
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Suggested Bid $600-800

Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:16:22 EST
Sold For 750
Worldwide A-Z
Austria
Sale No: 754
Lot No: 6060
Symbol: Cat No: 17Ji

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image Austria, 1913 (Oct 20), Sachen Flight, Dresden - Bad Schandau - Dresden (Michel 17Ji), Special 5h postcard with type II flight cachet/cancel, addressed to Vienna, Very Fine.
Michel €600 ($670)
Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)


Michel €600 ($670)
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Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00


Closed..Mar-16-2021, 11:16:55 EST
Sold For 160

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