THE KURT GOLDSMITH COLLECTION OF FIRST FLIGHT COVE continued...
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 USA group of crash covers (6) written up on leaves with 1921 (July 16) San Francisco to Chicago, 1930 (July 2) New York to Chicago (with note of explanation from the Postmaster), 1930 (Sept 21) Chicago to Newark, 1932 (May 30)
Salt Lake City to Seattle (crash into the Willamette River) etc. Mostly charred remnants (as is to be expected), a fascinating and scarce group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 313 |
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 USA 1922 (Jun 3) Amundsen's attempted (and failed) flight over the North Pole with 2c & 3c applied on 'Amundsen North Polar Expedition Air Mail' vignettes 'Maud Expedition' h/stamp, also a card carried on his second attempt
with Norway 5o & 25o applied and tied 'Kings Bay 18 6 25' c.d.s. A scarce pair of Polar covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 130-160
Starting Bid £ 130
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 314 |
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 USA 1924 'Round the World Flight United States Air Force' pair of covers, with 1c stationery card with 'Santa Monica Mar 17' c.d.s and 'Santa Monica, Seattle Clover Field 1924 First Leg' cachet, 1c added and tied 'Seattle 24
3' c.d.s. A few cards and covers only were carried on this leg. Also 16c Air on cover tied 'Boston First Landing in U.S of world Fliers' cancel, with 'Sep 5 24' c.d.s. A scarce pair of covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-120
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 315 |
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 USA 1925 (Jun 9) MacMillan Expedition Philadelphia to Boston flight cover bearing 2c with commem Expedition h/stamp. A scarce cover, this being the first stage of MacMillan's attempt to overfly the North Pole (50 carried). (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 316 |
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 USA 1925 group of four flown U.S.S 'Los Angeles' airship covers on leaves with First Flight Philadelphia to Bermuda via New York '21 2 25' and Lakehurst to Bermuda '21 4 25' (signed by pilot C.E. Rosendahl) Lakehurst to Porto
Rico '3 5 25' and return '8 5 25' with appropriate cachets. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 317 |
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 USA 1925 U.S.S 'Los Angeles' group of airship covers (4) on leaves with New York to Porto Rico (commem cover, repaired at left) and Porto Rico (Mayguez) to New York, also New York to Bermuda and Bermuda (with 2½d affixed) to
New Jersey. A fine quartet. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 318 |
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 USA 1925-34 group of Trans-Oceanic flight covers (11) written up on leaves incl. 1925 (Aug 22) 'United States First Flight Hawaiian Islands', 1930 (Oct 10) American Legion Convention flight (sent to Friedrichshafen where
German issues applied, then flown from Lisbon to Rio on DO-X, onwards to Boston, then flown to Istanbul), 1931 (Sept 8) Allen and Moyle Tokyo to Seattle (signed by both), a pair of Ruth Nichols 1931 (June 22) covers (attempted New York to Paris,
crashed in New Brunswick, both signed) etc. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 319 |
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 USA 1925-38 collection of flight covers (39) written up on leaves with Adams Pick-up Mail (4, incl.'Aug 30 29' first day of official usage), 2 Adams Drop Mail (one signed by Adams), a group of 14 Army Flights with a variety of
cachets, some signed by pilots, 24c Air on cover to UK tied 'Air Mail Field Elko. Nev. Nov 28 25' cancel, special and commem flights etc. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-150
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 320 |
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 USA group of Airship Mail covers (5) on leaves with 1925 (July 4) U.S.S Shenandoah Lakehurst to the Governors Conference, Bar Harbour, Maine, with 'By Airship Shenandoah' cachet, 1931 U.S.S Akron from Akron to Texas and
another from Detroit to Oklahoma, each with the commem cachets, 1934 cover with 'U.S.S Macon Flying over Mare Island' cachet and another with 'Dirigible Macon ties up at Opa Locka Mooring Mast'. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-120
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 321 |
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 USA 1926 (May 23) first flight USA to Argentina cover flown by Don Duggan, bearing 'Mit Flugpost' triangular red flight label, 2c plus 10c Special delivery tied 'New York May 23' c.d.s and Argentina 5c (defective corner) tied
'Buenos Aires 11 10' c.d.s (having experienced lengthy delays). Signed by Duggan, and just 30 covers carried. Scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-160
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 322 |
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 USA 1926 (Nov 25) Alan Cobham first 'ship to shore' demonstration East to West printed flight cover bearing 2c, carried from the S.S Homeric, with GB 1½d applied with s/line 'Homeric' h/stamp. The attempt was unsuccessful and
a second cover commemorates Cobham's demonstration flight to Washington 'Dec 4 26'. Both covers are signed. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 323 |
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 USA 1926-41 collection of 89 internal 'Contract Air Mail' flight covers written up on leaves with the 1926 10c, 15c and 1927 20c Airs with first day cancels, a fine range with double circle flight cachets (Chicago to Dallas,
Los Angeles to Salt Lake City routes etc), some signed, motorcycle and speedboat feeder services, Air Express, 1928 5c Air covers (first flight Cleveland to Louisville etc), some signed, 1931 combined passenger and mail services, numerous 1930's
flights with commemorative cachets (Burlington, Hawaii, Tampa etc), some signed. A fine and interesting lot with some scarcer covers to be found.
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Estimate £ 350-450
Starting Bid £ 350
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 324 |
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 USA Charles Lindbergh collection of covers (36) with 1926-27 (10) with 1927 10c Air and eight bearing 1928 10c Air, 1929 5c airmail stationery envelopes (4) etc, showing a variety of commem cachets ('Lindbergh Day', 'Lindbergh
Anniversary', 'Lindbergh Celebration' etc), a few first flights, incl. 1931 Miami to Cristobal, some flown by Lindbergh, incl. 1931 first passenger/mail flight Cienfuegos (Cuba) to Barranquilla. Also, 'Spirit of St. Louis' Latin America tour to
Haiti, Cuba etc. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 325 |
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 USA Charles Lindbergh signed first flight Miami to Barranquilla cover bearing 5c Air (7) tied 'Miami Nov 19', arrival b/stamp and commem flight cachet. Fine & scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-160
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 326 |
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 USA 1927 (Jun 2) Floyd Bennett flight cover with commem cachet in search of the French pilots Nungesser and Coli bearing 2c, abandoned in Newfoundland, where Caribou 3c applied and tied 'St. John's 11 6 27' cancel. An
interesting and scarce cover. (Image)
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Estimate £ 70-100
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 327 |
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 USA 1927 (Jun 29) New York to Paris first official transatlantic commemorative cover flown by R.E Byrd, franked with 5c tied 'New York Jun 21' c.d.s, with 'Ver-Sur-Mer 2 7 27' arrival cancel applied, having landed, in fog, on
the French Coast. Some of the surviving covers show water damage (or lack the stamp), this example is in fine condition. Scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 328 |
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 USA 1927 (Jun 4) first Trans-Atlantic flight New York to Germany flown by Chamberlin and Levine (and signed by both), with 'New York Jun 4' departure c.d.s, Germany 25pf applied and tied 'Berlin Jun 6' c.d.s upon arrival. Most
covers were destroyed by the German Post Office, so surviving examples are particularly scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 170-220
Starting Bid £ 170
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 329 |
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 USA 1927 Lindbergh group of flight covers (10) on leaves, nine bearing the 10c blue incl. to Dover, Ohio tied 'Detroit Jun 18' first day cancel, 10c on 2c stationery envelope Washington to Ohio and 10c on cover with 'Lucky
Lindbergh' cachet, both also with first day cancels, Springfield to New Jersey with 'Special Flight Lindbergh Day C.A.M. No 2' cachet, another on hand-printed cover etc. Also 15c brown to La Crosse. An interesting group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 330 |
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 USA 1927-33 shore to ship group of covers (8) on pages with 1927 (July 31) demonstration flight from the 'U.S.S. Leviathan' with 'First Airmail Steamer to Shore' cachet, a second cover (20 8 27) with 'Air Mail Flight Failed
S.S Leviathan' cachet, 1933 'Catapulted from on board the U.S.S Maryland' (signed by pilot), 1931 (12 June) 'First Pacific Coast Ship to Shore Air Mail Transfer', 1929 'First Air Mail to S.S Leviathan by Adams Air Mail Pick-Up' etc. Each with the
appropriate cachets, an interesting lot. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-130
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 331 |
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 USA 1928 (Feb 3) Sopwith mail drop cover on to the deck of the S.S Olympic liner, the mail reaching Paris on 18th Feb. (Image)
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Estimate £ 50-60
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
