Real Photo postcard sent during 1911 Garden City Estates International Aviation Tournament, considered the first official air mail flight, card w/ special postmark dated 9/26/11 tying damaged 1¢ Franklin, proper "Aerial Special Despatch" handstamp; card shows photo of "Three Wright Aviators / Hoxsey, Coffyn and Johnstone" standing near plane; some foxing & corner crease, still scarce souvenir from this flight, AAMC #3e var (Image)

Est. $125-175 SE

Aerial League of America First Flight franked w/ C2 tied by Airmail Service cancel & w/ unclaimed marking on back incl enclosure, stains & creases on env (Image)

Cat. $800 SE

UCM3 French Navy proper use of US 6¢ airmail envelope, black type d "R.F." overprint, 9/20/44 Poste Navale cds, black control mark, senders name and rank on backflap, addressed to French officer at the Navy Dept in Washington DC, pencil notations on back, o/w VF (Image)

Cat. $375 SE

Accum many (100s), loose or in sleeves, various types incl first flights into the jet age, FDCs, some foreign (Mexico, Europe), noted one Zepp (C18 Chicago-Germany) & Macon, Airmail Week and other related events, space program, aerogrammes, more; gen F-VF

Est. $200-300 L

MACON (30) covers w/ cachets, for training flights, christening, dedications, visits to San Diego, Cuba, New York, also crash and survivors; one is Capt Anton Heinen air yacht attempted flight Cape May - Atlantic City; nice selection, some fancy cachets, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. $200-300 SE

Approx (450) flight covers, US & foreign, many nice South American flights from the 1930s, FAMs, Smithsonian Milestones of Flight, poster stamps, ephemera incl aircraft labels from 1930s, photos, etc; book "Beauty of Flight by Manfred Curry w/ intro by Richard Byrd w/ great photos; more; gen F-VF+ (Image)

Est. $550-650 L

Major FAM collection in (2) shoe boxes, all sleeved, IDed, marked for retail and sorted by FAM number (#1-95), nearly (1000) diff, lacking the most expensive but does contain many of the harder to find items; assembled by one collector over 50 years ago; some of foreign origin, likely some natural flap marks, gen F-VF+ (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,250 L