THE KURT GOLDSMITH COLLECTION OF FIRST FLIGHT COVE continued...
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Opening |
| 332 |
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 USA 1929 (Aug 14) first mail delivery from shore to ship from New York with 'By Airplane to S.S Adriatic Two Hours at Sea' cachet, en-route to London, with 'Via Airplane' label and London b/stamp. Flown by the pilot C.
Zimmerman, 400 covers were dropped. Fine & scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-120
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 333 |
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 USA 1929 (Jun 13) USA to Paris flight cover bearing commem flight cachet and 2c tied 'Old Orchard Beach, Maine Jun 13', flown by a French team, forced to land in Spain and with 'Comillas 14 JUN' cancel applied, eventually
arriving in France where 2f Postage Due applied and tied '18 6 29' cancel. Also 1929 (July 8/9) Canal Zone 2c stationery envelope carried on flight from Old Orchard to Rome by Williams and Yancey, signed by both. A scarce pair of covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 334 |
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 USA 1929 Zeppelin Round the World Flight covers group of four on leaves with '7 8 29' Lakehurst to Tokyo, '25 8 29' Los Angeles to Vienna, '8 8 29' Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen and '28 8 29' Los Angeles to Lakehurst. A fine
group, with a variety of frankings, each with the commem 'Round the World' cachet. Also Lakehurst to Germany bearing 50c plus 75c Parcel Post, with the 'First Flight Airmail United States to Germany Oct 28 1928' Zeppelin cachet. (Image)
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Estimate £ 170-200
Starting Bid £ 170
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 335 |
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 USA 1930 $1.30 & $2.60 Zeppelin stamps (Cat. £1225) on cover tied 'May 6 30' New York cancels to Washington D.C, 'Europe Pan - American Round Flight' cachet in violet and South America Flight Zeppelin cachet in red,
'Friedrichshafen 6 6 30' arrival c.d.s and the 'This article made the complete round trip' cachet. Most attractive & very scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 350-400
Starting Bid £ 350
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 336 |
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 USA 1930 $1.30 Zeppelin (Cat. £475) on card flown on the 'Europe Pan - American Round Flight' from Friedrichshafen with the cachet in violet and the 1930 Zeppelin South America Flight cachet in red, unusually with 65c Zeppelin
applied on reverse, for the outward journey back to Friedrichshafen, again, with the appropriate cachets and markings. Scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 180-220
Starting Bid £ 180
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 337 |
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 USA 1930 $2.60 blue Zeppelin stamp (Cat. £750) on illustrated air mail cover to Rio de Janeiro via Friedrichshafen with 'Europe Pan - America Round Flight' cachet in violet and South America Zeppelin Flight cachet in red, 'Rio
de Janeiro 25 5 30' arrival c.d.s. Fine & scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-160
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 338 |
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 USA 1930 65c & $1.30 Zeppelins (Cat. £675) on illustrated card to Brooklyn tied 'New York APR 23 30' with 'Europe Pan - America Round Trip' and South America Flight (in red) Zeppelin cachets, 'Friedrichshafen 6 6 30' arrival
c.d.s and special 'This article made the complete round trip' cachet. Fine & scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 339 |
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 USA 1930 65c (2) Zeppelin stamps (Cat. £400) on 2c Sesquicentennial Exposition stationery envelope, tied 'Philadelphia May 31 30' cancels, carried on the 'Europe Pan - America Round Flight' to Friedrichshafen, thence by sea to
Melbourne with 'Caulfield 14 JL 30' arrival c.d.s. Attractive & most unusual. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-170
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 340 |
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 USA 1930 65c Zeppelin stamps (2) on illustrated postcard (of Cleveland airport) to Cleveland with the 'Europe Pan - American Round Flight' in violet and red South American Flight Zeppelin cachets. Attractive & scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 341 |
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 USA 1930 65c Zeppelin on official card issues to airship passengers (detailing various instructions, 'smoking positively prohibited' etc), tied 'Lakehurst JUN 1 30' and with the violet 'Pan-Am' violet cachet and
'Friedrichshafen 6 6 30' arrival c.d.s. An attractive & unusual addition to collection. (Image)
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Estimate £ 70-90
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 342 |
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 USA 1930 65c Zeppelin on flown card from Brooklyn to Vienna, dated 'May 31 1930', the return leg of the 'Europe Pan-American Round Flight' with cachets in violet and red, 'Friedrichshafen' arrival c.d.s. Also the $1.30 (Cat.
£475) on 'Pan-Am Lakehurst to Barcelona (via Seville) flight. A fine and scarce pair of covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 170-220
Starting Bid £ 170
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 343 |
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 USA 1930-37 group of flown airship covers (8) on pages incl. '10 AP 30' cover signed by the Zeppelin team and the Goodyear President, U.S.S 'Akron' Coast to Coast '6 5 32' and 'Tactical Training Flight U.S.S 'Akron' '1 8 32',
‘Second Trial Flight U.S.S 'Macon' '23 4 33', 1933 Moffett Field to San Francisco signed by pilot 'E. J. King' and Postmaster etc. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-150
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 344 |
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 USA crash covers 1930 New York to Chicago night plane envelope and charred remnant, crashed near Goshen, Indiana, also 1934 Newark to Chicago night plane remnant, crashed near Buffalo and 1936 cover (undamaged) flown by H. T.
Merrill, crashed near Baltimore (and signed by pilot). (Image)
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Estimate £ 50-70
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 345 |
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 USA 1931 (Jan 1) Post and Gatty round the world pair of commem flight covers, the first from USA with 2c tied 'Mineola, NY 5 1 31' to Germany with 'Berlin 24 6 31' transit strike (signed by both pilots), the second from Canada
with 5c tied 'Edmonton 30 6 31', with 'Moose Jaw' transit and, on reverse, 'Lewiston 3 7 31' arrival c.d.s. Also, a third round the world cover flown (and signed) by Mildred Bruce from New York February 1931 to Croydon. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 346 |
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 USA 1931 (Jul 28) Herndon and Pangborn round the world flight commem cover with 2c tied 'Brooklyn Jul 28' c.d.s to UK with 'Croydon 30 7 31' c.d.s, then to Russia with transit strikes on reverse, and to Japan, where 3sen was
applied, they were arrested, leaving on October 2nd and arriving in the US with 'Wenatchee 5 10 33' arrival c.d.s. Number 48 of the 75 covers carried and signed by both pilots, a fine, interesting and scarce cover. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-160
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 347 |
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 USA 1931 'Justice for Hungary' New York to Budapest via Newfoundland commem card with 1c tied 'Flint Mich. 14 7 31', flown from New York '15 7 31' with Budapest arrival and commem cachets in green. Fine & scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 348 |
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 USA 1931 Von Gronau 'Groenland Wal' flight from Westerland, Germany (Aug 8) to USA, bearing Germany 10f & 15f Airs, via Iceland with Air optd 10a applied, Canada with 1c, then to USA with 2c applied and tied 'Chicago Sep 3
31'. A fine and scarce cover. (Image)
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Estimate £ 70-100
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 349 |
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 USA 1931-37 group of Trans-Oceanic flight covers (16) written up on leaves, incl. 1931 (May 16) first flight from U.S.S Chicago to Samoa, several US Navy mass flights (some signed), 1936 Beryl Markham first east to west
transatlantic flight (by a woman), one of 26 covers carried, 1937 Merrill 'Anglo-American Coronation Goodwill' flight, 1937 New Zealand to USA first flights (4) etc. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-160
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 350 |
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 USA 1932 (Jul 5) Mattern and Griffin round the world cover bearing 5c with 'New York 5 7 32' c.d.s, non-stop to Germany with 4f applied and tied 'Berlin 6 7 32', then to Russia with 13k tied 'Minsk 7 7 32', before crashing in
Siberia. Signed by both pilots, exceptionally scarce with only ten covers carried. (Image)
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Estimate £ 250-350
Starting Bid £ 250
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 351 |
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 USA 1932 Von Gronau round the world Germany-Iceland-Canada-USA-Germany group of flight covers (6) written up on leaves, with covers from Montreal (26 7 332), Chicago (Aug 4 32), Wayazara (Minn.) to Juneau (Alaska) and
Milwaukee to Minneapolis cards '10 8 32', Alaska to China, via Hong Kong bearing China 5c tied 'Shanghai' c.d.s and cover to Switzerland with German issues tied '26 11 32', having arrived home. A fine & interesting group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
