Sale No: 754
Lot No:6029
Symbol:Canada, Airmail Semi-Officials, 1927-1928, calling Canadian aerophilatelists; curious Patricia Airways semiofficial on envelope from Greenly Island right after the Bremen fliers landed, autographed by rescue pilot Duke Schiller, Hersa Junkers, and rescued navigator Col Jack Fitzmaurice, a key item EXCEPT, it is two weeks later and Patricia Airways was no longer using their stamps, the address (Capt E K Mulcahy) is an alias for A C Roessler, so what is up with this cover? The stamp is still collectable and the autographs are genuine; the balance were flown on Western Canada Airways, including a 1927 colorful cover from Ottawa, one from Red Lake with an orange reprint of the famous London to London stamp; as well as five with the Western Canada Airways semiofficials; 8 envelopes in total. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:46:22 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 754
Lot No:6030
Symbol:Canada, Balbo flight from Canada to Chicago, 1933, 10 envelopes mailed from Montreal to Chicago to honor Italo Balbo; each has add on newspaper clippings, one of two Rome cinderellas, and 4 cents postage due; colorful. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 10:47:24 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 754
Lot No:6206
Symbol:Cat No:arrival
Canada, British airship scrapbooks, 1930, two vintage scrapbooks with articles from Canada, America and Germany along with several envelopes; 4 covers dated 1 Aug 1930 (arrival) and 13 Aug 1930 (departure) from Montreal with small R-100 cachets; 1929 postal receipt card signed by Maj G H Scott, commanding officer of R-34 which was first to cross the Atlantic by air in 1919; and 3 envelopes signed by Charles D Burney, commander of the R-100; the loss of R-101 ended the airship effort in Great Britain for more than 30 years; a very interesting read. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.4 lbs. View video #1 of images for this lot View video #2 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Mar-16-2021, 13:45:55 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 754
Lot No:6260
Symbol:Canada, Bremen fliers at Greenly Island, 1929, diverted north of their course by poor weather, the Bremen fliers touched down in a peat bog on the barren Labrador coast; legal size envelope with Canadian franking postmarked on the 1st anniversary of the landing on Greenly Island; the slightly toned envelopes has autographs of Clarence Chamberlin, Duke Schiller, James Fitzmaurice, Bernt Balchen, and lighthouse keeper John L Lamphier; Airmail envelope with 2 cent Canadian stamp postmarked a month after the landing in 1928, autographed by Lamphier; several scrapbook pages of newspaper cartoons chronicling the journey. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Sale No: 754
Sale No: 754
Sale No: 754
Sale No: 754