1910 CAPTAIN FRANK COFFYN at ATLANTIC-CITY-NJ, real photo card showing Coffyn flying the Wright Brothers plane while a member of the Wright Exhibition Team, shows the Atlantic City pier in background, mint and VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1927 FAILED EXPERIMENTAL CATAPULT FLIGHT, 12¢ airmail rated cover from New York on AUG20-1927 and addressed to London-England, routing via an experimental first Catapult flight to the SS LEVIATHAN, AIRMAIL FLIGHT FAILED TO SS LEVIATHAN h/s on back and returned to sender with a NY-Varick-St-Stn receiver b/s on AUG 22nd, VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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1930 BROWNSVILLE-TEX 15¢ AIRMAIL RATE to EL-SALVADOR, a cachet first flight cover on FAM-8 dated JAN15-1930 with receiver b/s JAN 19th, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1983 USA FLOWN SPACE SHUTTLE COVER, #1909 franked cachet cover posted at the Kennedy Space Center on AUG14,1983 and flown on the AUG30,1983 “Challenger” space shuttle STS-8 launch, returned on SEP5,1983 and mtd in a special NASA folder, retails over $100, VF est ($35+ US)

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4 USA 50¢ AIRMAIL POSTCARD RATES 1998-1999, all are in period 50¢ postal card #UX219A rates to New Zealand, Estonia, Denmark, Norway, all with good transit markings and returned to sender, retails over $130, F-VF est ($35+ US)

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4 USA 50¢ AIRMAIL POSTCARD RATES 1996-1998, all are in period 50¢ postal card #UX219A rates to Bahrain, Jordan, Togo, Tristan-da-Cunha, all with good transit markings and returned to sender, retails over $130, F-VF est ($35+ US)

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4 USA 50¢ AIRMAIL POSTCARD RATES 1995-1999, all are in period 50¢ postal card #UX219A rates to Rwanda, South Australia, Tonga, Tristan-da-Cunha, all with good transit markings and returned to sender, retails over $130, F-VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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4 USA TRANS-ATLANTIC PART AIRMAIL COVERS 1927-1931, includes AUG20,1927 rare failed catapult airmail from New York to the “SS LEVIATHAN”, MAY17,1931 “SS BREMEN” catapult airmail to Southampton, JUN12,1931 “SS CITY of LOS ANGELES” shore -to-ship airmail via Goodyear airship “VOLUNTEER”, MAR23,1928 part airmail cover from Chicago to Berlin-Germany via CAM to New-York + ship to Southampton + train to London + Lufthansa airmail to destination on MAR31,1928, retails over $240, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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5 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1927-1929 (one later), all early cachet covers noting 3 legs of Pan-Am FAM-5 flight from Miami on MAY21,1929 to Managua-Nicaragua + two Tela-Honduras flights, also a 1927 CAM-2 cover carried by Charles Lindbergh escort plane from Springfield (ILL) to Saint-Louis then onward via CAM to New York + ship to Southampton + train to London + Lufthansa airmail to Kempten-Germany, a 1935 Pan-AM Clipper flight from San-Francisco to Honolulu, retails over $200, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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6 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1927-1929 (one later), all early cachet covers noting 4 legs of Pan-Am FAM-5 flights from Miami to Managua- Nicaragua + Belize-British-Honduras + two Tela-Honduras flights, a 1927 CAM-2 cover carried by Charles Lindbergh escort plane from Springfield (ILL) to Saint-Louis then onward via CAM to New York + ship to Southampton + train to London + Lufthansa airmail to Kempten-Germany, also a 1957 Pan-Am jet flight from Los-Angeles to Paris via the Polar route, retails over $250, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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40 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1926-1931, all are early cachet covers including a FEB15,1926 first flight Chicago to Detroit and same day first flight from Detroit to Cincinnati, a 1927 CAM-2 cover carried by Charles Lindbergh escort plane from Springfield (ILL) to Saint-Louis, a fabulous group of first flight on various legs of CAM-1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 25, 27, 30, 33, retails over $500, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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64 AIRMAIL EVENT COVERS 1931-2003, note 42 cachet covers 1931-1934 including 931 Wiley Post and Harold Gatty commemorative flight, 1934 airship “USS Macon” training flight, 1931 first USA Air Division maneuvers, 5 airship “USS Akron” training flights, 1928 Zeppelin welcome day, 1930 Jackson O'Brine continuous flight record (647 hours, 28 minutes, 30 seconds), also many Airport Dedications, air races, plus 22 Wright Brothers 100 year anniversary of their first flight ++, retails over $450, VF est ($75+ US)

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66 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1930-1948, all are cachet covers for both CAM and FAM flights, note better Pan-Am first flights to Iraq, Spain, England, Guam to Macao, India, Australia, Cuba, Baltimore to Bermuda ++, also note airport dedications, night flights, anniversary flights ++, 7 are legal size covers, retails over $540, F-VF est ($75+ US)

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600 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1930-1981 (a few earlier), all are cachet covers including a wide range of CAM flights, airport dedications, commemorative anniversary flights, airmail week events, helicopter flights, airship flights ++, note some pilot signed covers, a 1923 experimental San-Francisco to Chicago flight (AAMC #162i), a 1928 Lindbergh flight (AAMC #40) ++, retails over $2000, F-VF est ($100+ US)

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