4 FRENCH AIRPLANE POSTCARDS 1918-1930, all are real photo cards showing planes and pilots, one is a German Lufthansa plane, scarce early aviation items and VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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1938 BELGIAN AERONAUTICAL PROPOGANDA CARD, a Belgium #B210 franked real photo card showing King Leopold-III preparing to fly a plane, posted at BRUSSELS and addressed to NETHERLANDS, the surtax and card revenues were to support the National Aeronautics Propaganda Fund, VF ($35+ US) (Image)

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28 AVIATION PHOTOS 1912-1940's (one later), includes US Navy WWII Flying Boats, a number of WWI biplane photos with pilots, Akron and Cleveland airport photos, 9 are French airplane crash photos 1915-1920 ++, retails over $500, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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26 AIRPLANE POSTCARDS 1907-1960's, includes a scarce 1907 French postcard showing the world's first helicopter, also the 1919 Vickers Vimy biplane crash in Ireland after the successful transatlantic Alcock & Brown flight, 12 are prop passenger planes noting the Canadair North Star, Lockheed Constellation, Vickers Viscount, Martin Aircraft Silver Falcon, Convair Britannia, Douglas DC-6 and DC-7, Boeing 377 Strato Cruiser ++, also 5 jet service planes plus airport views at Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, and St-Petersburg, retails over $405, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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50 CIVILIAN AVIATION TRADE CARDS 1935, the complete John Player (Imperial Tobacco) set in mint condition, a great aviation topical cat £80, VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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9 FRENCH AVIATION ITEMS 1930-1947, note 2 scarce covers issued during the 1930 transatlantic flight of Diudonne Coste & Maurice Bellonte on their stop-overs at Columbus (OH) and Kansas City (MO), an original photo of the pilots accompanies the lot along with a full page 1980 newspaper article commemorating the 50th anniversary of the flight, also 3 Paris Airshow covers posted at the Paris Aerodrome on NOV30'1946 and short paid to Paris with 1fr postage due stamp applied, the lot concludes with mint airmail labels comprising a tete-beche provisional sheet of 4 rocket test stamps and a sheet of 4 stamps with labels for the JUN8'1947 parachute mail drop at the Salimur Aerodrome, retails over $300, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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34 BRITISH AVIATION ITEMS 1912-1930's (a few later), includes 9 postcards showing Imperial Airways planes and US Navy catapult photo, 25 are real photos showing WWI bi-planes, retails over $500, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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23 AIRMAIL EPHEMERA ITEMS 1935-1950's, includes 2 complete booklets of 1947 and 1948 Pan-Am airmail etiquettes, 12 air service related decals for American Airlines, TWA, TCA, Air France ++, 3 baggage tags for Pan-Am and TCA ++, scarce items retailing over $450, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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21 AVIATION EPHEMERA ITEMS 1912-1950's, includes early airline tickets, air related postcards, ephemera material from air expositions in New Zealand, France, and Italy, Qantas Airline blotters, Pan-Am English-Spanish phrase book, Guernsey Airline flight schedules, 1951 Detroit Air Races, TCA stationery ++, retails over $400, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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12 WORLDWIDE AVIATION ITEMS 1920-1930's (a few later), includes 7 postcards (5 real photos) noting a 1920 Japan fighter plane and float plane, also Lufthansa passenger planes, Berlin airport terminal, DOX flight in France, Russia 1920 medical ambulance plane showing nurses attending an injured patient, 1936 Alitalia passenger plane ++, retails over $350, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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160 AVIATION EPHEMERA ITEMS 1935-1970's, includes 35 aircraft photos, 5 weather charts, 39 airmail covers, air related magazines, 5 travel sickness bags, 1935 Imperial Airways Gazette, German TWA brochure ++, retails over $495, F-VF ($55+ US)

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1931 DORNIER “DOX” AMERICA FLIGHT, postcard from FRIERICHSHAFEN-GERMANY on NOV13'1930 and carried on the North & South America flight departing on JAN30'1931 and arriving back in LISBON on APR22'1931, note 2 flight cachets and a Dornier Airmail h/s, VF ($100+ US) (Image)

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1945 MOROCCO AIRMAIL to ENGLAND, fabulous Morocco franking #C27-C30 sent from the Louis Military Hospital at MEKNES on JAN27'1945 and addressed to HENDON-UK, an original censor tape has been removed, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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1934 AUSTRALIA to PAPUA FIRST FLIGHT & RETURN, an 8d Australia airmail rate franking on cachet cover from MELBOURNE-VIC on JUL23'1934 to PORT-MORESBY-PAPUA, an additional 8d Papua franking and cachet on back for the return flight from PORT-MORESBY on JUL26'1934, Captain Ulm piloted the “FAITH IN AUSTRALIA” plane, VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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1941 BELGIAN-CONGO FIRST FLIGHT to USA, a commercial cover from the NEW AFRICA TRADING COMPANY with a first flight cachet, mailed from LEOPOLDVILLE where the Belgian censor applied sealing tape on DEC11'1941, addressed to NEW-YORK with routing via Pan-Am Clipper to TRINIDAD noting a British censor sealing tape on DEC 17 + Pan-Am Clipper to MIAMI + CAM to NEW-YORK, scarce and F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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1934 ITALIAN EXPRESS ROCKET MAIL, experimental rocket flight cachet and 7.70 Lire label on cover posted from TRIESTE on OCT31'1934 and addressed to HAMBURG, scarce and VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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1964 YEMEN REGISTERED AIRMAIL to USA, nice Mutawakkilite Kingdome of Yemen franking from a Saudi-Arabian army officer at Camp Mansur during the Yemen Civil War (1962-1970), note a Royal mail h/s dated OCT5'1964 and addressed to MALDEN-MASS, routing via JIZAN-YEMEN + JEDDAH-SAUDI-ARABIA + BOSTON on OCT 20, includes red DELAYED THROUGH ENEMY LINES transit h/s front and back, great markings and VF ($55+ US) (Image)

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1954 SINGAPORE AIR CRASH, a BOAC Lockeed L-749A Constellation coming from Sydney via Jakarta and en-route to London, crashed at the Singapore Airport on MAR13'1954, the lot includes a fire damaged cover mailed from STRATHFIELD-NSW and addressed to BEDFORD-UK plus the original OHMS ambulance cover, 33 of the 40 passengers and crew died, VF ($100+ US) (Image)

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1954 PRESTWICK-SCOTLAND AIR CRASH, a BOAC Boeing 377 Stratacruiser coming from London via Manchester and en-route to New York, crashed at the Prestwick Airport on Christmas day DEC25'1954, lot includes a severely fire damaged cover addressed to MONTREAL, 28 of the 36 passengers and crew died, VF ($100+ US) (Image)

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22 S.A.S. DOUGLAS DC-10 FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1975-1982, all are cachet covers from Copenhagen noting most with the return flights, includes flights to Manila, New York, Karachi, Bangkok, Tehran, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Rio-de-Janeiro ++, retails over $220, VF ($35+ US) (Image)

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16 S.A.S. AIRBUS FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1980-1982, all are cachet covers from Copenhagen noting most with the return flights, includes flights to Madrid, London, Athens, Amman, Damascus ++, retails over $160, VF ($35+ US) (Image)

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12 INDIA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1934-1948, all are different flight legs including 5 on the 1936 Christmas flight from India to Ceylon and return, 3 on the 1934 Madras to Calcutta and return flight, 3 on the 1937 Delhi to Bombay and return flight, 1946 Bombay to London, retails over $200, F-VF ($35+ US) (Image)

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15 LATIN AMERICA AIRMAIL COVERS 1929-1953, includes 5 rates to USA in 1929-1941 from Brazil, Paraguay, and Columbia, also 2 Brazil rates to UK, 2 Brazil covers to Germany, Argentina to Germany, Peru to Switzerland, Brazil to Holland, 3 are domestic airmail rates in Brazil and Columbia, retails over $450, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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11 WORLDWIDE AIRMAIL COVERS 1930-1945, includes 1938 Germany to Brazil, 1936 Germany to Argentina, 1936 Germany to Chile, 1930 Spain to Brazil, 1937 Russia to Germany, 1934 Tanganyika to Switzerland, 1943 Lebanon to Egypt ++, retails over $400, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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