Sale No: 5154
Lot No: 6016
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U.S., Kitty Hawk Commemorative Cover Collection, 1927-1975, around 440 covers & 34 picture postcards, postcards in three volumes and in large envelope, heavy duplication of cachets, a few of the postcards are used, with many Wright Brothers, cachets are mostly 1932 commemorative, with a few Crosby photo cachets, many 1938 First National Air Mail Week covers, a fabulous lot, F.-V.F. Shipping charges apply - weight 19 lbs. Shipping charges apply - weight 19 lbs. (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000
Opening US$ 400.00
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Sale No: 5154
Lot No: 6017
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United States, Aviation Covers and Photographs, 1926-1967, wonderful collection of photographic prints including 6"x10" sepia of the Spirit of St Louis taken by Court Commercial Photo (and an 8"x10" of the replica over the St Louis Arch), scarce images of the Sikorsky S-35 built for the NY to Paris flight (in the hanger, two being pulled to the runway, one of Renee' Fonck exiting the aircraft after first check flight, ready for take off, and two after the plane burned), sepia 8"x10" of 1927 Curtis Navy Fighter, and one of the converted Sikorsky S29A used by Howard Hughes in "Wings" (and a shot before the wing spars were covered); Nov 20th New York Times newspaper Section 12 on Aviation and Space, 1967 Paris Airshow edition of Aerospace International, New York Daily News page from 1974 on Lindbergh's death; numerous West Indian Aerial Express envelopes often signed by Basil Rowe including first flights Santo Domingo to San Juan, Port-au-Prince to San Juan, Santo Domingo to Port-au-Price, Port-au-Prince to Santo Domingo, Santiago to Havana, Havana to Miami, Port-au-Prince to Miami, Santiago to Miami, two oversized "map" envelopes San Juan to Havana (FAM 6), and San Juan to Camaguey, as well as all three legs (L-33, L-34, and L-35) carried by Lindbergh in the Spirit of St Louis; 135+ early FAMs, CAMs, Airport Dedications, First Flights, and more, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 6 lbs. (Image)
Suggested Bid $750
Opening US$ 450.00
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Sale No: 5154
Lot No: 6018
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U.S., Costes-Bellonte Tour Collection, 1930, Dieudonné Costes and Maurice Bellonte made the westward crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in September 1930 in their plane, the "Question Mark"; following a tremendous ovation in New York City, they flew to Dallas to claim a $25,000 prize; 57 tour covers are contained in a single volume with perhaps a third autographed by the local Postmaster; virtually all are on Airmail envelopes and were postally used; seldom encountered and attractive, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.2 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $300
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Sale No: 5154
Lot No: 6019
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Kitty Hawk-Related Aviation Covers, 1928-78, about 100 items honoring the first flights at Kitty Hawk NC; matching pair of scarce International Civil Aviation Conference of Washington programs, one with a corner block of Scott # 649 tied and the program in French, and the other with a 650 tied to a program printed in English; two dozen envelopes cancelled Dec 17 1928 for the 25th anniversary of flight, including two deluxe covers autographed by Capt B B Lipsner; a large selection of National Air Mail Week covers postmarked May 19 1938; several unused linen postcards from the site; 50th anniversary envelope flown by jet; as well as a few items from the 75th anniversary commemoration; a useful lot for the aviation-minded, F.-V.F. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $500
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Sale No: 5154
Lot No: 6021
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United States, Aerospace Educator's Collection, 1961-1973, in addition to collecting Aviation and Space event envelopes, the collector was Principal of the Aviation High School in New York in the 1960s, requesting lithographs, Mission Reports, posters and the like from NASA; includes 18 portrait lithos (Mercury 7, Next Nine), 35 crew and mission lithos and 20+ Apollo and unmanned photos, reports are predominantly pre-Apollo, 3"x4" piece of Kapton gold insulation; 275+ event covers, mostly launch or recovery, better Mercury include MR-2 (Ham), MA-2, LJ-5A, MR-BD, MA-3, LJ-5B, MA-4 (Robot), MA-5 (Enos), MR-3 (Shepard secretarial), MR-4 (signed Vigil I. Grissom), MA-6 (autographed J H Glenn Jr), MA-7 (Scott Carpenter auto); better Gemini including GT-1 (Christopher C Craft Jr auto), GT-IV (four Edward H White II autographs), GT-VIA KSC Official (dark), GT-VII KSC Official, GT-VIII KSC Official (2) and PRS, GT-IX (three Gene Cernan autographs); better Apollo includes four AP-11 with crew autopens, AP-14 (two pairs of Alan Shepard and Stu Roosa autographs), AP-15 (three signed by Scott, Worden and Irwin), AP-17 (Gene Cernan); ten signed by unmannanded program Flight Directors, Project Managers, and Senior Scientists; KSC Official cachets for SL-2, SL-3, and SL-4 (two sets autos of Carr, Gibson & Pogue), ASTP, and Viking A & B; lots of wheat with minimal chaff, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 14.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $500
Opening US$ 1,100.00
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Lindberghiana
Sale No: 5154
Lot No: 6020
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United States, Lindbergh Flies the Mail Collection, 1926-77, 17 flown and about 100 commemorative envelopes as well as photographs, postcards, and newspaper clippings in a large binder; San Diego Pacific International Exposition cover autographed by Spirit of St Louis designer Donald A Hall, "horseshoe" covers and Lindbergh Day when Slim returned to fly the mail, Panama, Haiti, and Cuba Goodwill envelopes, Cristobal to Miami (L-94) crash cover, Spirit of St Louis cigar box top (attractive), three 5"x7" photographic reprints showing sister ship to the Spirit on ground in PA where Lindbergh and his attorney landed and stayed overnight due to fog in 1928, San Domingo to Havana (L-34) and Port-au-Prince to Havana (L-35) actually carried in the Spirit of St Louis, informal 3"x5" photo signed Slim Lindberg (misspelled), Philadelphia Inquirer 1972 reprint of 1927 page, Underwood 8"x10" image of Lindbergh with plane prior to transatlantic flight (corners damaged), Aviation Stories magazine about the New York-Paris flight, airshow photos of the 1977 replica Spirit, numerous EEA Commemorative Tour covers with Zazo, Fleetwood and Colorano silk cachets; Bonus binderpacked with at least 100 Space event covers and lithographs; Ap-17 early autopens of crew on C-76 FDC, inscribed WSS Michael Collins, Space Voyager X-24B, Space City Cover Society Shuttle Training Aircraft covers, Bay St Louis propulsion tests, Rockwell Navstar printed cachets, handpainted STS-1 with autopens, J H Glenn Jr autograph on 1950 USS Noa with Crosby cachet, Gemini V Prime Recovery Ship (Beck) with autopens, MA-7 launch with vintage M Scott Carpenter signature, inscribed Ernst Stulinger cancelled at Huntsville, STS-8 flown cover, and uninscribed Sally Ride on a lithograph (Aviation and Space, what could be better?), F.-V.F., see a sampling online. Shipping charges apply - weight 16.4 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
