1931 USA CAM ROUTE-12 FIRST FLIGHT and onward to GERMANY, a cachet cover from TRINIDAD-COLO on SEP1'1931 with a 15¢ franking to pay the onward delivery airmail surcharge rate to WEINGARTEN-GERMANY, routing via closed bag airmail to NEW-YORK + ship to SOUTHAMPTON + airmail to the KARLSRUHE-AIRPORT + 140 mile surface delivery to WEINGARTEN, VF ($35+ US) (Image)

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1925 MEDFORD to PORTLAND FIRST OREGON FLIGHT, cachet cover on a leg of the SEATTLE to LOS-ANGELES flight, posted at MEDFORD on SEP15'1925 (7:30AM) with a PORTLAND arrival (1:00PM) the same day, nice #C4 franking on a 2¢ stationery envelope pays the 10¢ airmail fee, VF ($35+ US) (Image)

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1927 YOUNGSTOWN-OH to McKEESPORT-PA FIRST FLIGHT, cachet cover on a leg of the CLEVELAND to PITTSBURGH flight, posted at YOUNGSTOWN on APR21'1927 (12:30PM) with a McKEESPORT arrival (3:30PM) the same day, nice commemorative franking on a 1¢ stationery envelope pays the 10¢ airmail fee, VF ($35+ US) (Image)

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70 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1925-1950's, all are cachet covers noting CAM flights, airpost dedications, many National Airmail Week covers, helicopter flights, first jet service, a few FAM flights, retails over $400, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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9 USA AIRMAIL COVERS 1918-1947, all are commercial covers noting a 1918 domestic 16¢ rate, 1924-1928 domestic 24¢ rates (x3), 1924 domestic 8¢ rate, 1924 special delivery airmail 26¢ rate, 1938 to Singapore, 1938 to Colombia, 1947 registered airmail to Germany, retails over $450, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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21 US AIRMAIL COVERS & CARDS 1927-1931, includes 14 commercial #C11 franked covers, part airmail rates to Switzerland, airmail rates to Canada, also 7 Western Air Express first anniversary illustrated fold out covers on APR17'1827 from all different California towns plus a second anniversary cover on APR17'1928, retails over $500, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

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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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