BALLOON 1976 Silver Fox attempted Transatlantic flight led and cover signed by Ed Yost, co-sponsored by the National Geographic Society; this is cover #41/600, flight came down near the Azores and was a pre-cursor to the successful Double Eagle flight in 1978 (see cover from that flight below); VF (Image)

Est. $400-500 LE

BALLOON 1978 Double Eagle II first Transatlantic flight cover, #110/1000, leaving Presque Isle, ME and landing in Miserey, France, colorful cachet, signed by Anderson, Abruzzo and Newman, attractive, VF (Image)

Est. $125-175 LE

BALLOON 1978 Double Eagle II first Transatlantic flight cover, #256/1000, leaving Presque Isle, ME and landing in Miserey, France, colorful cachet, signed by Anderson, Abruzzo and Newman, attractive, VF (Image)

Est. $125-175 LE

BALLOON 1984 Rosie O'Grady's Balloon of Peace first Transatlantic solo crossing, flown cover #2940/2992 signed by Col. Joe Kittinger, Jr, fancy cachet, postmark of landing spot in Italy, balloon fabric piece attached to souvenir card, VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 LE

(3) Interrupted Flight covers with proper handstamps, 1930 Warren, Ohio (burned); 1934 Buffalo, NY (soiled & damaged, hs type "a") and 1955 Hollywood, SC (burned); 1930 cover incl outer mailer from USPO w/ additional strike handstamp; 6th ed. AAMC CV $150+ (Image)

Est. $125-175 LE

(2) Voyager covers, both in original Sanabria sleeves w/ certificates; July 1986 cover is #137/500 carried aboard test flight and Dec 1986 cover #137/750 was flown on the Around-the-World non-stop flight; both covers signed by Rutan and Yeager; attractive items, VF (Image)

Est. $250-350 LE

(18) diff Pan-Am test flight covers, each postmarked St. Louis 11/1/46 w/ 10¢ violet airmail, w/ additional stamp & postmark added for (18) different countries along the way (out of 28 total stops); newspaper clipping incl, all sent by same collector; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $300-400 SE

Accum abt (4500) mainly 1929-80s w/ much 1970s-80s first flights/inaugural flights & other air related, much Pan Am, TWA, United, Eastern, American, Frontier & more, others w/some Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, some shuttle, Skylab, Apollo & other space, varied cond, much in (19) albums, gen VF (Image)

Est. $500-750 L (3)

Stock abt (400) all priced & IDed in sleeves w/ total retail $4149 & value up to $35 ea, noted first flights, Crosby, airport dedication, comml mail and couple of Catapults, great lot for retail or internet sales (Image)

Est. $800-900 B