1926-1952 USA AIRMAIL RATE COVERS (x4), all better including a 1926 first flight Seattle to Los Angeles, 1932 Los Angeles to Canada, 1949 USA to Germany, and 1952 registered to Sweden, VF est ($75+US) (Image)

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1927 FAILED SHIP to SHORE, a 12¢ rated airmail cover to England from New York on AUG20-1927 with failed airmail service to the SS LEVIATHAN, VF est ($50+US) (Image)

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1928 USA PART AIRMAIL to GERMANY, nice 25¢ rate from Chicago on MAR23-1928 to Berlin, via CAM to New-York+ ship to Southampton + train to London + airmail to Berlin on MAR 31st, back flap removed, F-VF est ($50+US) (Image)

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1930 USA PART AIRMAIL to GERMANY, a 15¢ franking on cover from Los Angeles on OCT15-1930 to Weingarten-Germany, routing via CAM to New York that included a first flight leg from Los Angeles to Atlanta-GA + ship to Southampton + regular mail to Koln + airmail to Weingarten, VF est ($50+US) (Image)

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1933 GRAF ZEPPELIN to CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR, a nice 40¢ USA franking on cover sent by closed bag from New York on OCT14-1933 to Pernambuco-Brazil arriving on OCT 18th to catch the Graf Zeppelin flight back to the Chicago World's Fair, includes the flight cachet, VF est ($75+US) (Image)

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1940 USA AIRMAIL to FRANCE SERVICE SUSPENDED, a 30¢ airmail rated cover from Narragansett-RI on JUL22-1940 and addressed to a war refugee in Vievre-France, Vievre was occupied by the Germans while the letter was in transit and mail SERVICE SUSPENDED, the letter was both censored and held for 425 days before being returned noting a New York arrival on SEP18-1941, the original letter is enclosed, a gem with VF est ($50+US) (Image)

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1983 SPACE FLIGHT COVER, a $9.35 rate on cover flown on the STS-8 Challenger Space Shuttle flight on AUG30-1983 with a return at the Edwards AFB on SEP 5th, comes with the original NASA descriptive pamphlet, VF est ($50+US) (Image)

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240 USA FIRST FLIGHT & EVENT COVERS 1928-1985 (a few are worldwide airmails), all are cachet covers including CAM and FAM flights, also early Rocket flights, 35 are space flights 1963-1985, also note anniversary flights, airport dedications, airmail weeks, air races, Lindburgh flights, first jet flights, helicopter flights ++, 36 covers have #C11 frankings, retails over $1200, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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58 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1929-1984, includes 21 CAM cachet flight covers 1929-1981, 5 FAM cachet flights 1929-1978, 22 Rocket and Scientific Balloon cachet flights, plus airport dedications, helicopter flights, and a fabulous 1948 "Sky Merchant" around the world air letter with 29 transit markings from JAN13 to APR15 via Miami, Brazil, New-Zealand, Australia, Manila, Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaya, India, Kenya, South Africa, Kartoum ++, retails over $490, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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84 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1931-1974, includes 58 different CAM flights noting CAM-76, 79, 81, 82, 87, 88, 90, 97, also 4 FAM flights 1950-1960 to Dahrain, Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, 4 different 1949 helicopter flights, 3 USS Akron airship flights ++, retails over $340, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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44 USA PAN-AM FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1935-1953, all are cachet covers noting 18 are 1935-1941 Pacific flights, 26 are mostly Atlantic flights to Europe 1946-1954, a few duplicates and 13 are legal size covers, a good lot retailing over $1100, VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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56 USA PAN-AM FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1935-1953, all with different cachets noting 22 are pre-WWII flights (mostly Pacific), 42 are 1946-1953 worldwide flights, 13 are legal size covers, good lot retailing over $1300, VF est ($225+ US) (Image)

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63 USA PAN-AM FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1935-1968, all with different cachets noting 21 are 1935-1941 mostly legal size Pacific flights, 42 are 1946-1968 worldwide flights on letter size covers, a good lot retailing over $1550, VF est ($225+ US) (Image)

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40 USA AIRMAIL RATE COVERS & CARDS 1952-1999 (a few UPU rates), includes better 10¢ airmail rates to Norway, Spain, and England, 11¢ airmail to Vietnam, 21¢ airmail to Austria and Switzerland, 25¢ airmail to Lebanon and Greece, 40¢ airmail to Sweden, also UPU 5¢ and 10¢ rates to Tristan da Cunha, 13¢ UPU rate to French Antarctic Territory, lot has 24 returned to sender 1994-1999 airmail 40¢-50¢ postal cards that were sent to Japan, Norway, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, Israel, Iceland, Czechoslovakia ++, a great modern rate lot retailing over $650, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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