50 USA EARLY FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1926-1933, most with cachets plus a scarce non cachet 1926 pilot signed first flight cover from Seattle to Everett, most are domestic CAM flights but includes some airport dedications, Lindbergh flights, and a few FAM flights to Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay ++, retails over $500, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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24 USA PAN-AM FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1946-1949, all are cachet covers for flights to Japan, India, Thailand, Shanghai, Iraq, Syria, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Belgium ++, includes many intermediate flights from Guam and Hawaii, retails over $400, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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35 USA PAN-AM “EUROPE” FIRST FLIGHTS 1946-1949, mostly cachet covers on the Basra-Iraq to New-York route with intermediate flights via Vienna, Prague, Brussels, Limerick, London, and Gander-Newf'd, 12 are Austria despatches, 10 are non cachet Czechoslovakia despatches, and 13 Belgian despatches, some duplicates, retails over $700, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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45 USA PAN-AM “WORLD” FIRST FLIGHTS 1946-1947, all are cachet covers with 5 despatches from Iraq, 3 from Syria, 3 from Turkey, 9 from Gander-Newf'd, 10 from Ireland, 2 from Spain, 8 from Portugal plus single despatches form Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Lebanon, and France, retails over $800, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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24 USA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1928-1961, all are cachet covers noting 1928 CAM-18 Lincoln-Neb to Cedar-Rapids-Iowa, 1928 Montreal to Albany with dual country franking, 1930 FAM-6 Brownsville-Te to Honduras, 1930 Charlotte-NC to New York with #C11 unlisted printing variety “Man in the Doorway” of the beacon building, also various 1953-1961 legs of CAM-1, CAM-4, CAM-81, CAM-82, CAM-88, CAM-111 (Helicopter) ++, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1983 CHALLENGER STS-8 FLOWN SPACE COVER, a cachet cover launched from Cape Canaveral on AUG30,1983 and returned at Edwards-AFB (California) on SEP 5th, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1925 AIRSHIP LOS-ANGELES from PUERTO-RICO to NEW-YORK, first flight from Mayaguez-PR on MAY6,1925 with New-York arrival MAY 11th, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1930 GRAF ZEPPELIN ARGENTINA to GERMANY, fabulous Argentina Zepp franking #C20-C25,C27 pays the $8.20 airmail rate on cachet first flight cover from Buenos-Aires on MAY21,1930 and addressed to Stuttgart, routing via Recif (Brazil) + Lakehurst-NY + Friedrichshafen on JUN 6th + 110 miles overland to Stuttgart (Frost #127-49F cat $900 US), stamps alone cat $165, some travel wear, a rare flight and F-VF est ($450+ US) (Image)

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1931 GRAF ZEPPELIN LIECHTENSTEIN to SWITZERLAND DROP MAIL, Zeppelin #C8 pays the 2fr airmail fee on flight cachet cover from Vaduz on JUN10,1931 and addressed to Basel, dropped over Lausanne JUN 10th then overland 125 miles to Basel(Frost #127-115Cf cat $600 US), a rare flight and VF est ($300+ US) (Image)

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12 BRITISH AIRSHIP POSTCARDS 1950, a complete set numbered 49-60 showing never previously published photos of 1903-1905 pioneer airship flights, includes the Alpha, Beta, Delta, Mayfly, Dirigible-I, Dirigible-II, Clement-Bayard-I, Clement-Bayard-II ++, 400 sets were published by CD in 1950 but only a few were ever sold, scarce with retail value over $200, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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