EGYPT Attractive 1931 airmail cover Cairo to Canea, Crete via Imperial Airways service w/ label affixed, Egyptian airmail etiquette, Egypt #129-30, 132, manuscript "Par Avion a Candie" (Crete in older French); back has Heraklion airmail receiver and violet airplane handstamp; VF (Image)

Est. $80-100 SE

RUSSIA 1939 Attempted non-stop New York World's Fair Goodwill flight cover, only about (50) covers flown, (32) of which addressed to Amtorg officials (Soviet trade organization in New York) as this one is to a Mr. Rubanov; RPC of Lenin's Mausoleum, franked w/ four airmail themed stamps, postmarked Moscow Etranger 4/28/39 and Miscou Lighthouse, NB, Canada, where the plane crash landed short of it's goal; receipt and advfrom William Peters, Aerophilatelist; AAMC #1320 $1250 (1990 supplement); F-VF (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500 HWC-LE

RUSSIA 1935 Attempted trans-polar flight Moscow to San Francisco, postcard w/ photo of pilot Levanevsky, franked w/ C68 tied by proper 8/3/35 Moscow pmk; flight was interrupted due to difficulties over the Arctic Ocean, so mail was sent regular post upon return, 9/17 and 9/21 receivers; addressed to Soviet Consul at San Francisco; AAMC #1238 $4500 (1990 Supplement) VF Scarce (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000 HWC-SE

SURINAM 1931 DO-X flight to New York via Trinidad, diff flight cachets front and back, franked w/ ovpted airmails (Sanabria #8, 10); 1,000 covers produced; pencil notations, VF (Image)

Est. $100-150 SE

SYRIA 1933 Longest Distance record flight from New York to Rayak, Syria by French pilots Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi, both have signed cover franked w/ US & Syria stamps; only (25) covers flown and not all were signed; flap marks on back, a scarce cover; AAMC #1186 $600 (1990 Supplement) (Image)

Est. $400-600 HWC-SE

Impressive collection of US & WW airmail covers on pages in binder, highlights incl 1924 first Coast-to-Coast NYC to Chicago w/ C4 and official seal; 1911 Albany, GA flight 12/28/11 w/ magenta flight cachet, adherence on back AAMC #13; 1930 crash cover from Warren, Ohio (#300921) another from Cedar City, UT (#300110UT); 1947 Operation Highjump Antarctic cover signed by Byrd; 1934 Rickenbacker flight #679; Oklahoma bus-to-plane experiment AAMC Souvenir #588A; 1918 First Trip Boston to NYC dated June 9, 1918 franked w/ C3; 1929 "Yellow Bird" flight Maine to France, hand carried by pilot Lotti w/ hand-drawn cachet, Spanish postmark where plane landed, ephemera; 1934 souvenir cover w/ label of parachute mail Bolles Harbor, MI; Bolivia C27-34 on cover to Germany; Philippines flights AAMC #20a, 20aa, 33, 67A, 69, 79, 82, 85, 87, 99, 103, 106a, 108, 112, 113, 114, 117, 119a, 119d to Prague; Mexico AAMC #14a, Italy #19, several DO-X flights (Germany 1931 w/ 2m South America flight Zeppelin stamp, Antigua, US, Brazil, Trinidad); also some photos and ephemera on various flights or events, incl 1910 air race London-Manchester, Zeppelin photo w/ floating hangar, more; gen F-VF w/ some unusual items! [see additional web photos] (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000 HWC-L