Lindbergh Related Covers, 4 different covers, each with "Lindbergh, El Espiritu de San Luis" corner cards and red Lindbergh in plane handstamp (special cancel for this flight only), the same covers as seen on Wikipedia, in the Smithsonian Collection, and on the TV show: Pawn Stars. After making his historic nonstop flight to Paris, Charles Lindbergh used his immense fame to help promote the use of the airmail service. Lindbergh did this by giving speeches on behalf of airmail and carrying souvenir mail on special promotional domestic and international flight over routes in Latin America and the Caribbean, which he had laid out as a consultant to Pan American Airways to be flown under contract with the post office. At the request of Capt. Basil L. Rowe, the owner and Chief Pilot of West Indian Aerial Express and a fellow air mail pioneer, in February 1928, Lindbergh carried a small amount of special souvenir mail between Santo Domingo, R.D., Port-au Prince, Haiti, and Havana, Cuba in the Spirit of St. Louis, overall Very Fine. (Image)

CV. 100-150

Admiral Byrd / Polar Covers Balance, 1926/60, 17 pieces incl:1926 (May) cover with ms. "Via Byrds North Pole Air Mail" and Norwegian NY-ALESUND cds but corner bearing stamp torn away, on reverse USA 1933 Byrd 3c tied by LITTLE AMERICA ANTARCTICA duplexes dated 31 Jan 1934 and 30 Jan 1935 (a philatelic tragedy as 1926 Polar Flight covers are rare),also 16 c.1947-60 polar-related covers, mostly addressed to Byrd or his family, nice variety of addresses incl. "Antarctica or elsewhere" (1948), to Byrd now USN (Ret.) from ICE ISLAND NORTH POLE (2, 1953), to U.S.S. "Glacier" (1955), Task Force 43 (1955), etc.,senders incl. Gen. G. C. Marshall,from a Byrd family archive, Fine (see online scans) (Image)

CV. 300-400

'"1940 Covers to Adm Byrd at Little America, two covers with U.S.S. BEAR May 10 bkstp, each redirected to Byrd''s residence in Boston, franked with 1938 3c Prexy tied by Torrington Conn duplex or 3c pair tied by ALBUQ. & LOS ANG. ... R.P. duplex, small flaws, Fine and scarce pair"' (Image)

CV. 150-200

Space Covers Assortment, approx 100 mostly early 1960s covers (few earlier or later; many cacheted) inclFeb 1962 pickup of Astronaut John Glenn,Apr 1962 Project Mercury Capsule Recovery, etc., mostly F-VF (Image)

CV. 100-150

1969 "Delayed in Quarantine..." Cacheted Cover, a cacheted cover not flown but with the 3-line "Delayed in Quarantine..." handstamp, addressed to Dr Edward Olling of the Future Products Office and signed by him on back side, Very Fine (Image)

CV. 75-100

Apollo 15 Flown ‘Phases of the Moon’ Cover, This cover was carried aboard the command module during the Apollo 15 moon mission. The cover has an affixed cachet which shows all 15 phases of the moon, an August 7, 1971 U.S.S. Okinawa postal cancellation and is signed in the lower left by Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin. Under the flap, the cover is number «301» and initialed by NASA»s general counsel S. Neil Hosenball. The cover is accompanied by a one-page notarized certification signed by each astronaut on July 19, 1983.rnThere were two main groups of covers carried aboard Apollo 15. The «Sieger» covers were carried to the lunar surface and returned to earth. These covers are numbered 1 to 298. The «Herrick» covers (Phases of the Moon), were carried in Worden»s PPK (Personal Preference Kit) and are numbered 299 to 358. These covers stayed in the command module during its orbits of the moon. Upon return, the covers were stamped and postmarked aboard the recovery ship, the U.S.S. Okinawa (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 3,000-4,000

'"Space Cover Collection over 160 covers from about 1933-1980''s, numerous countries including numerous Russia and Czechoslovakia, also Austria, Ascension, Wallis et Fortuna, French Southern Antarctica, United States, Canada and many more mostly Very Fine., large majority are FDCs, mostly F-VF"'

CV. 150-200

1932 Von Gronau Round The World Flight, Milwaukee to Minneapolis Leg, US UX27 with Minneapolis Aug 10 1932 machine cancel, nice strike of oval "Von Gronau/ "GRÖNLAND WAL/ Milwaukee-Minneapolis Aug, 10 1933" cachet, Very Fine and rare; ex-Thrower (Image)

CV. 200-300

US Government Flights Collection, 34 1c postal cards (UX27) arranged in AAMS order and accompanied by useful assortment of annotations and some collateral material, includes AAMS 148, 148a, 151, 152a (3 diff dates), 153 and varieties (7), 162e, 165, 168 (3), 171 (2), etc., mostly F-VF; ex-Thrower (see online scans)

CV. 300-400

AAMC 5a, 1911 St Louis Aviation Meet, postcard with nice strike of "Aeroplane Station No. 1 / St Louis Mo Aviation Field" Oct 5 1911 hand cancel tying 2c Carmine with perfin, Very Fine 1998 AAMC $150) (Image)

CV. 75-100

1930 South America Flight, US Dispatches, $1.30 Zeppelin (Scott C14) tied on 1c postal card (Scott UX27) by Varick St Sta Apr 23 1930 slogan machine cancel, appropriate German and US flight cachets, Lakehurst arrival cancel on face, Very Fine (Sieger 64B) (Image)

CV. 300-350

1930 South America Flight, US Dispatches, 65c Zeppelin(Scott C13) tied on 1c postal card (Scott UX27) by Philadelphia May 31 1930 duplex cancels, appropriate German and US flight cachets, Friedrichshafen arrival cancel on face, card with a bit of wrinkling top left corner, Very Fine (Sieger 64F) (Image)

CV. 150-200

Collection of Twelve 1928-1933 Graf Zeppelin Covers, one 1933 with C18 franking, rest are 1928 Z56 flights though one was "Too Late" and missed the flight, all on uprated UX27 1c postal cards, great variety of frankings, Very Fine. (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 500-750