C3 tied to first trip cover by purple NY May 15, 1918 first trip cancel, & "via aeroplane mail" winged hs, AAMS #101E, four page adv enclosure from Admiral R. Peary, Pres Aerial League of America, light crease at right side effecting stamp, some toning, edge wear, F-VF (Image)

Est. $200-300 LE

FAM Flight Covers (120) mostly diff, all to foreign destinations, all sleeved & IDed, gen VF (dealers retail $2,000)

Est. $200-300 B

LINDBERGH (46) mostly diff, mostly sleeved & IDed, gen VF (dealers retail $1,350)

Est. $150-200 B

Abt (150) first flights, mostly US 1920s-30s but some later, also few foreign (UN, Bahamas, Europe); variety of towns, all sleeved & marked for retail, some flap marks, gen F-VF

Est. $100-150 B

Abt (140) covers & postcards 1930s-90s w/ balloon related stamps, pictorial or slogan cancels, and cachets; air races, balloon events, some pilot signed, festivals, etc; cachets from handstamps up to "silk" & handpainted, attractive grouping; bonus: hardcover "The Eagle Aloft Two Centuries of the Balloon in America" by Tom Crouch; VF (Image)

Est. $150-200 L

(68) First flight covers 1928-32, mostly CAM routes from small & large towns, all franked w/ at least one block of 4, incl defins, commems, airmails, imperfs, incl several Harding imperf gutter blocks; ea sleeved & marked retail $5 to $45 (Image)

Est. $250-350 B

Abt (2000) First Flights, special events, etc 1927 to early 70s, many franked w/ C7 or C11, mostly diff, good 1940s foreign flights, etc

Est. $300-400 L

(185) Flight Covers 1920s-30s, mostly diff, mostly sleeved & priced at dealers retail of $3,800, gen VF

Est. $400-600 B

Accum (1000s) unsorted covers, over half pre-1930, incl many late 19th Cent stamped or entires, business mail, corner cards, also many airmail related incl Air Mail Week, autogiro, airline corner card, first flights (US, Canada & Portugal), more, little if any FDC; gen F+

Est. $400-500 L