1910 CAPTAIN FRANK COFFYN "MACHINE ASCENDING", Godshall published postcard with an inset of the Captain showing him taking off in the Wright Brothers biplane, mint with pinhole damage at top, scarce and F+ ($45 US) (Image)

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1930 CANAL-ZONE to URUGUAY FIRST FLIGHT, cachet cover posted at WASHINGTON-DC on JAN9'1930 and addressed to MONTEVIDEO-URUGUAY, carried on the first flight from CHRISTOBAL-CZ on JAN21'1930, #C8,C9(x2) pays the 55¢ airmail rate, VF ($65 US) (Image)

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1928 USA to GERMANY GRAF-ZEPPELIN LZ-127 FIRST FLIGHT, cachet cover posted from SAINT-LOUIS-MO on OCT23'1928 and addressed to FRANKFURT, routing via LZ-127 from LAKEHURST-NY on OCT28'1928 with FRIEDRICHSHAVEN receiver b/s NOV1'1928 + regular airmail to FRANKFURT, #557,571 pays the $1.05 special airmail rate, F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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1936 USA to GERMANY HINDENBURG LZ-129 FIRST FLIGHT, cachet cover posted from HOBOKEN-NY on MAY8'1936 and addressed to FRANKFURT, routing via LZ-129 from LAKEHURST-NY on MAY12'1936 with FRANKFURT special LZ-129 machine receiver cancel on MAY14'1936, #C10,C12,C20 pays the special 40¢ airmail rate, VF ($65 US) (Image)

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31 USA PAN-AM AIRMAIL TEST FLIGHT COVERS 1946, all from different South American flights from NEW-YORK on NOV1'1946 to test the efficiency of the PAN-AM airmail system, each cover with the required 10¢ USA airmail postage rate and the return flight with foreign stamps paying the return airmail flee, a listing accompanies the lot showing the departure and arrival dates, appears to be a scarce complete set retailing over $500, a great lot and VF ($125 US) (Image)

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25 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1928-1962, the majority are cachet overseas FAM first flights noting destinations to Hong-Kong, France, Sweden, New-Caledonia, Newfoundland, England, Hawaii ++, 7 are domestic CAM first flights, also cachet airmail event covers for the AAMS 1962 Convention, the 1936 Miami Fleet Week, the 1938 Airmail Week, and two Helicopter first flights in Los-Angeles in 1946 and New-York in 1952, retails over $200, mostly VF ($45 US) (Image)

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25 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1929-1934 (one later), a nice mounted collection of cachet covers with the majority domestic CAM flights with a good range of #C10/C19 frankings, a few overseas FAM flights, retails over $400, mostly VF ($65 US) (Image)

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70 CHARLES LINDBERGH COVERS 1927-1977, mtd collection exhibited at the 1995 VICTOPICAL Stamp Show, includes 15 covers either flown by Lindbergh or related to Lindbergh from CAM and FAM 1926-1933 flights, 55 are all different 50th anniversary 1977 cachet covers, retails over $600, mostly VF ($125 US) (Image)

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1908 FRENCH AIRSHIP "LE JAUNE", Hauser No.967 published postcard showing the airship at the Paris Aerodrome after the 1 hour 41 minute flight for the 55 km distance from TRAJET-DE-MOISSON to PARIS, posted from Paris on MAY3'1908, VF ($65 US) (Image)

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19(08) FRENCH AIRSHIP "MALECOT", Hauser No.999 published postcard showing the airship with motor power information, mint and VF ($65 US) (Image)

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1908 GERMAN ZEPPELIN LZ-4, Schwarz published postcard showing the airship during launch from the RUCKKEHR-SUR-HAILE aerodrome, posted from FREIBURG on AUG22'1908 shortly after the AUG5'1908 crash near ECHTERDINGEN during its 12th flight, scarce early Zep card and F-VF ($85 US) (Image)

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6 MILITARY AIRCRAFT PHOTOS 1915-1918, includes 3 French biplanes, 2 German biplanes, and an observation airship, one of each of the German and French photos shows plane crashes, good WWI items and VF ($65 US) (Image)

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1933 SWITZERLAND to MONTREAL FAILED CATAPULT AIRMAIL, cachet cover from BASEL-SWITZ on MAY12'1933 and addressed to MONTREAL, routing via SS BREMEN with a failed ship-to-shore catapult airmail to NEW-YORK, airmail from New-York to Montreal, nice #C4,C13 and VF ($65 US) (Image)

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1934 ZEPPELIN LZ-127 REGISTERED AIRMAIL BRAZIL to GERMANY, colorful 5400r inflation franking including Zeppelin provisional #C29 on back of 100r postal card, pays the special Zeppelin airmail rate from CAMPO-GRANDE on MAY27'1934 and addressed to HOHENSTEIN, routing via Condor airmail to RECIFE-BRAZIL on JUN1'1934 + LZ-127 to FREIDRICHSHAVEN on JUN-5'1934 + no charge regular airmail to CHEMNITZ + overland to HOHENSTEIN JUN5'1934, great markings and rate, VF ($85 US) (Image)

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1935 DENMARK FIRST FLIGHT, cachet cover from NAKSKOV on AUG26'1935 to COPENHAGEN, nice franking including #C7 and a National Stamp Exhibition label, VF ($65 US) (Image)

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1962 GERMAN ROCKET MAIL, flown cover posted at FRECHEN on NOV24'1962 and addressed to FRANKFURT, includes a nice signed rocket flight label and flight cachet, VF ($45 US) (Image)

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21 WORLDWIDE AIRPLANE POSTCARDS 1905-1950's, includes 5 early French pioneer planes, one airship, better Constellation cards, North Star prop planes, 6 are passenger jets, 3 CP Air promotion cards ++, most are sleeved and priced to over $240, VF ($65 US) (Image)

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56 WORLDWIDE FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1950-1981, all are cachet covers from a wide range of carriers noting KLM, Colonial Airways, Australia Airlines, TCA, Lufthansa, Pan-Am, Nordia, Quantas, Sabena ++, lot includes a few air race and air event covers, retails over $650, mostly VF ($85 US) (Image)

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82 BOAC CONCORD FIRST FLIGHT COVERS & LABELS 1977, includes six different mint postal stationery first flight labels in quantities of 1 to 16 of each prepared for the London flights to New-York + Singapore + Bahrain + Washington DC, 22 are flown covers noting 20 to New-York and 2 to Singapore, 500 covers were flown on each flight and 2000 numbered labels were printed for each flight, retails over $1250, VF ($85 US) (Image)

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185 AUSTRALIA AEROGRAMMES 1953-2005, almost all different with a wide range of destinations, 17 are pre-1981 small format types and 75 are different POSTAGE-PAID permanent Aerogrammes from 1993-2005, retails over $1000, a great specialist lot and mostly VF ($175 US) (Image)

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149 SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1954-1980's, all are cachet covers noting most include the return flight, includes many better Middle East, Africa, Greenland, and Asia flights, retails over $550, mostly VF ($85 US) (Image)

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19(35) THOMAS BASIN, KETCHIKAN-ALASKA, Johnston No. 2179 real photo card showing the fishing fleet + dozens of cars on the main street + many pedestrians, mint and VF ($45 US) (Image)

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1939 SIGNAL HILL, LONG-BEACH-CAL, real photo card showing hundreds of oil derricks + oil storage tanks, posted at the LOS-ANGELES-ARCADE-ANNEX on JUN10'1939, VF ($45 US) (Image)

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1909 LACOTA-NORTH-DAKOTA TOWN VIEWS, real photo card with 9 views of the town, posted at Lacota on SEP22'1909, a scarce early card and VF ($60 US) (Image)

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19(10) ST-ANDREW HOSPITAL, BOTTINEAU-NORTH-DAKOTA, real photo card showing the hospital building with Model-T Ford parked in front, mint and F-VF ($45 US) (Image)

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