BALLOON 1978 Zanussi, attempted Transatlantic flight Newfoundland to Europe, splashdown in Atlantic west of Brittany, flown cover w/ cachet of route map and balloon, franked w/ Canada stamp and postmarked in Concarneau, France, signed by pilot & co-pilot; attractive cover, VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 LE

FRANCE - Ballons Montes BM22, small folded letter to Angers, carried Nov 2, 1870 on Le Fulton, franked w/ 20c blue Emperor, letter written in clear script, F-VF (Image)

Cat. $325 SE

FRANCE 1927 International Air Salon at Marseilles cacheted cover franked w/ C1-2, tied by July 1 show pmk, show registration label, addressed to Tunis, Antibes transit on back; F-VF (Image)

Est. $400-500 SE

GERMANY (110) Zucker rocket mail covers, most IDed by EZ number, also some labels, group of Baustein postal cards, quality selection, gen VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 B

INDIA (3) Wartime airmail covers to Europe on exhibit pages; 1940 Bombay to Switzerland via Brindisi, red "Passed by Censor 85 C" label w/ "C" handwritten, KGVI 1r, 3a6p and two 1a red; 1941 Calcutta to Jersey, Channel Islands, via Red Cross in Geneva, Calcutta A8 censor mark & Quetta sealing label; June 1945 14a air envelope w/ more stamps added, Delhi to Switzerland, censor label & markings; gen F-VF ex-Bergman (Proceeds benefit the APS) (Image)

Est. $125-150 LE

ITALY (2) Italian postal cards w/ cachets & signatures; the cachets are similar to Philippines Type 2 as shown in the 5th ed. of AAMC (page 394) w/ airplane and text "Via Pinedo's Flight Round the World;" one is in magenta, the other in green, and lack the additional Philippines text or date; these are possibly test strikes, one has "1925" overprinted in black to read "1927"; one signed by the famous pilot Francesco de Pinedo; both signed by d'Annunzio, likely Ugo who was a technical advisor for the flight, rather than Gabriele who did write a preface to Pinedo's book; light foxing on one card, F-VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 SE

ROCKET MAIL Accum in old circuit books and loose incl (35) covers and some seals and labels, also incls (3) Billigs: Vol 8, 8A and 8B, some dup (Image)

Est. $200-300 B

SWITZERLAND Complete collection (25) 1939 Pro Aero flight covers on annotated exhibit pages, to or from all (25) cities involved in the May 6, 1939 flghts; proper cachets and receivers, some stamps incl booklet pane #161a (CV $125 used), 237, 253-55, B91-94, C4, C9, C10, C22; gen F-VF ex-Bergman (Proceeds benefit the APS) (Image)

Est. $250-350 LE

Accum abt (550+) 1928-60s nearly all 1st flights abt 20% US w/ various CAM & FAM routes much 1928-30s plus GB/British much BOAC plus Australia, NZ, Canada, some Asia, L America etc gen VF (Image)

Est. $350-550 L

Over (280) WW & US First Flight, Balloon & Lindbergh covers from all periods w/ many items up to $40 ea retail, incl autographs and many other special flight including Lindbergh flights, great selling topic, lots of retail value should breakdown well for internet or retail sales (Image)

Est. $500-600 L

(30) better WW flight covers in plastic UltraPro pages, many scarce items w/ high CV stamps affixed, incl Reunion, 1932 first Greece to Albania, Bulgaria, Japan, US Philippines w/ pilot signatures, Italy C1 on souvenir card, Liechtenstein, Mauritania, Dahomey and other French colonies, (8) diff French air show covers w/ full sets labels, Germany, more; marked retail abt $3000; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,250 LE