1919-40s collection of thousands in seven cartons (banker's boxes), in albums and pochettes, most individually acquired over many years, with various 1918-20 first flights, rate-changes, some franked with 6c-24c (C1/C6), including C2 (July 15) and C3 (May 18), numerous CAMs, Army and Emergency flights, many 1930s internal flights, also to and from Canada, many franked with 5c Beacon, 10c Lindbergh. In addition, there are hundreds of 1930s Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific flights, many signed by the postmasters, different FAM routes, many with foreign franking, including Fiji, New Zealand, French Caledonia, Hong Kong, Macao, Philippines, Ireland, Portugal, also mixed-frankings, Clipper Club covers, Tin Can Mail (Tonga), some later Pan Am flights, pilot signed, etc. An astounding and wide array of franking and cachets, wonderful holding, ex-Ernest Wheeler

Est.$2,500

1927-40 collection of 1,500+ first flight covers in 22 cover albums, housed in two cartons, with Clarence Chamberlin "U.S.S. Leviathan covers and picture postcards, First Experimental Airplane-Motorcycle Courier Service, many Trans and South-Pacific FAMs to Canton Island, Hong Kong, Macao, Auckland, Noumea, Honolulu-Los Angeles, Fiji, Manila and others, variety of cachets, frankings, special pmks, etc. Many better items, mostly fine-v.f. A fascinating assembly, ex-Ernest Wheeler

Est.$2,000

1930s-42 collection of many hundreds in three cartons (banker's boxes), many with descriptions and in plastic pochettes, with Survey Flights, early FAMs, around-the-world covers, Pan-Am early Revenue covers, many to Amon Carter, various Clipper flights to China, Philippines, Guam, Honolulu, Midway, Wake, New Zealand, Souwa, Guadalcanal, Australia (A.J. Swails flights), Hong Kong, India, French Indochina, many crew or Captain (Musick, Nixon, Sulliwan, Noonan) signed, multi-country combination frankings, Crosby photo- cachets, U.S. Squadron flights, U.S.S. Kingfisher survey expedition covers, postmaster covers, Ross & Rowe covers, wrappers and some commercial mail, also Paquebots, Steamship lines, Foreign First Flights (Canada, Portugal, France, Netherlands), Turn-Around covers, some returned unclaimed (due to the outbreak of WWII), censored mail from Hawaii to mainland, additional group of Hawaii flights, memorabilia, foreign Clipper flights to USA, various Airlines flight schedules, labels, newspaper clippings, postmaster's letters, actual photographs, four Eastern Airline letters from Edward Rickenbacker to his children (dated November 9, 1935 "this letter has been carried to Hawaii on the inauguration of the first contract flight by Pan American Airways", etc., each signed "Daddy"), also menus, etc., clean and mostly v.f. group of early Clipper and first flights, many $25-$50 price range, historically significant and seldom offered, ex-Ernest Wheeler

Est.$5,000

1934-40 Alaska and Aleutian Islands Naval Survey flights, group of 70+ covers and cards, featuring 1934-35 U.S.S. Kingfisher cacheted covers, different cancels (Att Island, Rat Island, Kiska, Kanaga, Dutch Harbor, Ketchikan and many others), other ships include U.S.S. Sirius, Oglala, Ramapo, Alwyn, plus many others (Image)

Est.$750