• Login (enter your user name) and Password
    Please Login. You are NOT Logged in.

    Quick Search:

  • To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork® news in your Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!

Login to Use StampAuctionNetwork®.
New Member? Click "Register".

StampAuctionNetwork® Extended Features


More Useful Information:
 
You are not logged in. Please Login so that we can determine your registration status with this firm. If you have never registered, please register by pressing the [Quick Signup (New to StampAuctionNetwork)] button. Then Login.
 
Quick Navigation by Category  ALBUMS & PHILATELIC LITERATURE (8)   |  GREAT BRITAIN (186)   |  LATE LOTS (1)   |  MIXED LOTS & ACCUMULATIONS (26)   |  OMNIBUS (2)   |  PICTURE POSTCARDS (9)   |  THE KURT GOLDSMITH COLLECTION OF FIRST FLIGHT COVE (305)   |  THEMATICS (9)   |  WORLD POSTAL HISTORY (7)   |  WORLD STAMPS (700)   | 
 

logo

THE KURT GOLDSMITH COLLECTION OF FIRST FLIGHT COVERS continued...

THE KURT GOLDSMITH COLLECTION OF FIRST FLIGHT COVE continued...
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
352 imageUSA 1933 (Jun 3) a second attempt at the round the world flight by Jimmy Mattern bearing 8c and 'New York 3 6' c.d.s, this time via Norway, with 'Jomfruland 4 6 33' transit strike, then to Russia with 5k applied and '8 6 33' transit strike (one of several Russian postmarks). Again coming to grief in Siberia (this time getting lost), he eventually made it to Alaska where USA 3c was applied and tied 'Noma 21 7 33' and then Canada with 'Edmonton 27 7 33' c.d.s. Signed by Jimmy Mattern, and with only five covers carried, a very rare and important item of Russian and US aviation history. (Image)

Estimate £ 500-600

Starting Bid £ 500


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
353 imageUSA 1933 group of Zeppelin flown covers (4) each bearing the 1933 50c green issue and each with 'Graf Zeppelin Flight Century of Progress Exposition' cachet, with '25 10 33' Akron to Lakehurst (illustrated cover), signed by the commander, Dr. Hugo Eckner, '23 10 33' Miami to Chicago and '26 10 33' Chicago to Seville, Spain. The fourth bears three examples of the 50c and 'Dispatched from Friedrichshafen', to Chicago. A fine quartet. (Image)

Estimate £ 200-250

Starting Bid £ 200


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
354 imageUSA 1933 Italian Air Cruise Chicago - New York Balbo flight cover bearing 10c (2), 50c & $1, tied 'Century of Progress Chicago 1933' slogan cancel with commem cachet in black, 'New York 20 7 33' arrival c.d.s, lovely quality. Scarce. (Image)

Estimate £ 150-200

Starting Bid £ 150


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
355 imageUSA 1933 Italian Air Cruise New York - Roma Balbo flight cover bearing 20c, 50c & $1 tied 'New York 23 7 33' c.d.s to Newfoundland, with the commem cachet in violet, 'Shoal Harbour' and 'St. John's Newfoundland' arrival and transit c.d.s for the return to New York. Fine condition, scarce. (Image)

Estimate £ 150-200

Starting Bid £ 150


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
356 imageUSA 1933 Italian Air Cruise Chicago - Roma Balbo flight cover bearing 5c, 8c, 10c & 20c Airs, 20c, $1 & $2 tied 'Century of Progress Chicago 1933' slogan cancel and on reverse, the commem cachet in black, Torino transit and Chicago arrival strikes. Scarce. (Image)

Estimate £ 150-200

Starting Bid £ 150


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
357 imageUSA 1934 (Jun 27) New York to Warsaw commem cover with Polish stamps affixed upon arrival, signed by both pilots (the Adamovitcz brothers), also 1935 (June 18) New York to Rome, flown by the Monteverde brothers, but crashed soon after take off and bears the official cachet attested by Public Notary (one of 500 covers). A scarce pair. (Image)

Estimate £ 100-130

Starting Bid £ 100


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
358 imageUSA 1935 (April 19) Amelia Earhart cover flown on her solo flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City and return, franked with 10c and 'Los Angeles Apr 19' c.d.s, Mexico 40c Official applied and tied 'Mexico D.F. 2 May 1935' cancel, USA 3c & 15c applied upon return and tied 'Newark May 8 1935' c.d.s. Signed by Amelia Earhart, a rare and important aviation cover. (Image)

Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

Starting Bid £ 1,500


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
359 imageUSA 1935 (Nov 29) first flight Guam to Manila with commem flight cachet, signed by the pilot and five crew members. Scarce. (Image)

Estimate £ 100-120

Starting Bid £ 100


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
360 imageUSA 1936 (Oct 30) Mollison New York to London via Newfoundland flight cover with 6c tied 'Brooklyn Oct 28' c.d.s, UK KEVIII 2½d applied and tied 'Croydon 6 Nov 1936' c.d.s for the return flight. Light soiling. Signed by Mollison and accompanied by typed note: 'This envelope was carried by me from New York to Croydon on my record transatlantic flight 30. Oct. 36' (also signed). Just 22 covers were carried. (Image)

Estimate £ 120-160

Starting Bid £ 120


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
361 imageUSA 1936 (Sept 2) Merrill and Richman New York to London and return flight cover with USA 6c tied 'Brooklyn Sep 2' c.d.s, then 'Llandilo 4 SP' transit strike (having been forced, by a lack of fuel, to land in Wales), with GB KEVIII ½d (2) and 1½d applied and tied 'Southport Lancs 14 SP 36', for the return trip. Again they were forced to land, this time in Newfoundland, with 4c applied and ‘Musgrave Harbour 'SP 14' cancel, a second USA 6c applied upon arrival in the USA tied 'Los Angeles SP 25' c.d.s. Vertically folded and minor soiling and creasing, signed by Harry Richman, a great rarity with very few return covers recorded. (Image)

Estimate £ 200-250

Starting Bid £ 200


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
362 imageUSA Hindenburg 1936-37 group of covers (10) on leaves with the first North Atlantic flight (May 6 1936) from Liechtenstein to St. Louis bearing 10r & 1f Zeppelin stamp and from Switzerland to New Jersey with 35c & 90c Airs, Germany Olympics set on sixth North America flight (August 5 1936) to New York, 3 USA to Germany flights (2 are commem covers), dated May 20 1936, Aug 8 1936 and Oct 1 1936. Two covers from May 1936 and a further two destined for 1937 Hindenburg flights, one subsequently sent by ship, the other returned to sender. All have the appropriate markings, cachets etc. A fine & scarce group. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

image

Estimate £ 200-250

Starting Bid £ 200


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
363 imageUSA 1938 (July 10) Howard Hughes round the world flight cover bearing 6c tied 'New York Jul 10 1938' c.d.s, stamps and cancels of France and Russia, the commem flight cachet and an additional USA 6c applied upon return and tied 'New York Jul 14 1938'. Fine & scarce. (Image)

Estimate £ 120-160

Starting Bid £ 120


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
364 imageAIRMAILS collection of covers (36) written up on leaves, mostly 1929-31 period first flights, incl. Jamaica first flight to Miami, British Guiana to El Salvador and to Lima, Haiti (4) incl. Port-au-Prince to Jamaica and two Lindbergh flights, Belize to Guatemala and Guatemala to Canal Zone, several USA, Chile, Ecuadorian airways to New York etc. Also noted, GB 1939 southern Trans-Atlantic route to USA via Marseilles and the Azores, Northern route to Canada, a 1937 Guayaquil to Cristobal crash cover etc. (Image)

Estimate £ 150-200

Starting Bid £ 150


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
365 imageAIRMAILS collection of covers (47) written up on leaves, mostly 1929-30's first flights, incl. British Guiana to Martinique and to Cuba, Montevideo to New York, Jamaica to St. Lucia and to the Dominican Republic, 1929 (Oct 12) Buenos Aires to New York (a scarcer cover), Canal Zone to Colombia, Chile etc, a number of USA flights, 1937 (April 29) Hong Kong to San Francisco etc. (Image)

Estimate £ 150-200

Starting Bid £ 150


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
366 imageAIRMAILS collection of covers (34) written up on leaves, mostly 1929-30's first flights, some West Indies with several from Bahamas (attractive frankings) incl. 1930 (Jan 2) first daily flight to Miami, also to Puerto Rico and to Trinidad, Trinidad to Venezuela, Antigua 1930 (Dec 13) to Jamaica, British Guiana 1930 (Dec 19) to Jamaica and to Curacao and to Venezuela. Several covers from the USA, also Mexico and Canal Zone, Suriname with Paramaribo to San Juan (signed), Argentina 1929 (Oct 12) to Miami etc. Plenty of scarcer covers here, a useful lot. (Image)

Estimate £ 150-200

Starting Bid £ 150


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
367 imageAIRMAILS collection of covers (49) written up on leaves, mostly later 1930s-early 40's with several USA Trans-Atlantic and internal flights, Canada, Portugal with Azores to Lisbon, Ireland 1939 (June 30) to USA, Belgian Congo 1941 (Dec 12) Leopoldville to USA, New Caledonia 1940 to New Zealand and to Hawaii, New Zealand 1937 (Dec 29) to USA, 1940 via Auckland to Los Angeles and 1941 to Fiji. Also 3 GB flights incl. 1939 (June 30) first Imperial Airways to USA via Ireland, Newfoundland and Canada. A fine & varied lot. (Image)

Estimate £ 150-200

Starting Bid £ 150


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
368 imageAIRMAILS collection of covers (46) written up on leaves, mostly 1930's first flights with numerous USA incl. 1935 (Nov 22) to Hawaii and return, Honolulu to Wake Island, 1935 Pan-Am Guam survey covers (3) etc. Also 1935 China Clipper Manila to Guam and to USA, 1933 (Dec 2) and 1935 (Jan 12) Manila to Amoy (scarce covers), 1937 (April 28) Macau to Guam, Montserrat 1930 (July 20) to St. Lucia, British Guiana 1930 (Dec 31) to French Guiana with boxed flight cachet (106 carried, a scarce cover), also 1931 to Chile. Latin American flights incl. Uruguay with 1935 (June 3) to La Paz, Brazil, Ecuador etc, French Guiana to Guadeloupe and to Uruguay and 1937 (Aug 3) Cristobal crash cover. Many scarcer covers here and with an excellent variety, a very useful collection. (Image)

Estimate £ 350-450

Starting Bid £ 350


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
369 CATAPULT MAIL 1929-33 collection of covers or cards (45) mostly from the 'Bremen' or 'Europa', 26 from USA to Germany (a few to UK), the remainder Germany to USA, an excellent variety of flights, frankings, postmarks, commem cachets etc. A fine range of covers from this fascinating area, careful viewing recommended.

Estimate £ 500-650

Starting Bid £ 500


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
370 imageCATAPULT MAIL 1929-35 collection of covers (43) written up on leaves flown from either the 'SS Bremen' or 'SS Europa' incl. Germany to USA with '22 7 29 Katapult flug' cachet and USA to Switzerland (26 7 29), Germany to New York and to Southampton (29 4 30 franked by both German and US issues), extensive 1931-33 flights, 1934 Germany 3m Air on cover tied '19 5 34' to Southampton, flown to Friedrichshafen, then Zeppelin to Brazil etc. Also the final flights from the 'Europa' (2 10 35) and 'Bremen' (9 10 35) to Germany. A wealth of cachets, markings, frankings & routes, a superb collection. (Image)

Estimate £ 650-850

Starting Bid £ 650


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM
371 imageCATAPULT MAIL 1930-35 group of covers (7) written up on leaves from European countries to the USA, with Austria (3), Saar (2), Switzerland and Netherlands, with a variety of cachets, frankings etc. (Image)

Estimate £ 100-130

Starting Bid £ 100


Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM

Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

StampAuctionNetwork® is a registered trademark of Droege Computing Services, Inc | StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork® are Copyright © 1994-2026 Droege Computing Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Mailing Address: 20 West Colony Place, Suite 120, Durham NC 27705 | for help, try our new "AuctionDesk" automated help line. It is the best way to contact us and get help right away. Click (here). If you want to talk to me about anything other than selling your stamps, call 919-403-9459 and ask for Tom Droege, or email support@stampauctionnetwork.com We can help you evaluate or sell your collection so... Click here for help selling your Collection. Once you follow the instructions we can talk. But first we have a process. Sign up for a paid or free membership | Lost your Links? Return to StampAuctionNetwork® | Instructional Videos - Master StampAuctionNetwork® | Sign up for our Newsletter | Terms and Conditions.