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Album: Imperial Postage Stamp album (maroon), 8th edn 1897. Basically empty but with a few stamps here & there. Noted GB 6d olive-green FU. Ideal for continuation.
1910 (Nov. 13) Ship-to-Shore Attempt, SS Pennsylvania at Sea to New York (AAMC 1a), scarce first attempted Ship-To-Shore Airmail to the United States; Glenn Curtiss had planned to alight from an elevated deck of the Kaiseren Augusta Victoria in anticipation that the upcoming 900 foot Europa would be capable of Ship-To-Shore operations; the pilot assignment was changed to J A McCurdy but his flight was posponed due to weather requiring a change both in ship (SS Pennsylvania) and pilot ("Bud" Mars); all was prepared on Nov 12th with 30 minutes to launch when the engine was engaged, stray rubber tubing left on a wing ingested into the propeller damaging the aircraft and canceling the flight; includes pair of unused envelopes (1d) on blue paper and a white one with Red Cross corner card; key rarity, Very Fine. AAMC $3,000. (Image)
1911 (Sept. 16) Cal Rodgers "Vin Fiz" Flight, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. to Long Beach, Calif. (AAMC 2d), the Holy Grail of the Pioneer Period is the Cal Rogers "Vin Fiz" odyssey; on the final leg from Pasadena to Long Beach, Rogers was seriously injured at Compton; postmarked in Long Beach four days later, the postcard (with a mint example included) reads, "Machine wrecked / at Compton / Aviator Injured"; lot include a promotional slip dropped from the Flyer, and one of five recorded cards sent by mechanic Charles Wiggin (great Real Photo postcard of Rogers landed at Canisteo NY) mailed at Hornell (not flown); Creases, water stains, and small tear on left edge, Very Good to Fine, 11 reported. AAMC $7,000. (Image)
1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, Garden City, N.Y. (AAMC 3g), 11 exhibit pages documenting the International Aviation Meet at Garden City with 16 of 19 flown (5 envelopes, 13 postcards, and a wrapper) and a mint postcard; bold first day flight cover on Associated Press stationery (cat $775), first day on postal entire missing "AERIAL SPECIAL DESPATCH" cachet (3h), card written on the 23rd but processed the next day due to heavy mail volume (3a), pair illustrating Official Postal Aviator Earle Ovington (3e), rare Airmail Semi Postal forerunner intended for sale but not approved by POD (3g), only recorded wrapper flown during the meet, Special Delivery envelope (unique), Advertising card from the meet (3d), Moisant Monoplanes promotional cards (one flown and one mint), Doubleday Advertising card to France then forwarded to Switzerland, inverted "1" date (3c), and only know flown card without the special AEROPLANE STATION postmark; powerful, Fine to Very Fine, 3 reported 3 reported. AAMC $3,750. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
1911 (Oct. 4-8) Aviation Meet, St. Louis, Mo. (AAMC 5d), four exhibit pages of the first official mail transported by hydroplane; 2 envelopes and 6 postcards carried by air at the St Louis Aviation Meet; local postal authorities mandated that "Aerial Post" appear in the lower left corner (a single line cachet reads "Aeriel Route") and required 2¢ postage, although the postcard rate was only 1¢; examples include Oct 4 (2), Oct 5 (3), Oct 6, Oct 7, and Oct 8; of the 25,000 pieces carried that week, less than 15 flew on Oct 8th; catalog $1,750, Fine to Very Fine, less than 15 reported. AAMC $600. (Image)
1911 (Oct. 17-20) Mississippi River Flight, Minneapolis, Minn. to Rock Island, Ill. (AAMC 6), Hugh Robinson had planned to pilot his Curtiss Hydroplane from Minneapolis along the Mississippi River to New Orleans; while it is believed 600-800 pieces were flown, less than 10 have been documented; the card is from the first leg, Minneapolis to Winona; he got as far as Rock Hill IL before a lack of fiscal support ended the flight; scarce, Fine to Very Fine, less than 10 reported. AAMC $1,750. (Image)
1911 (Oct. 21) Aviation Meet, Rochester, N.Y. (AAMC 7), famed Early Birman Lincoln Beachey flew about 15,000 cards from Crittenden Park Station to Genesee Valley Park on his first of several flights as an airmail carrier, Very Fine. AAMC $175. (Image)
1911 (Nov. 3-5) Aero Military Tournament, Louisville, Ky. (AAMC 8), Clifford Turpin few mail a short distance on Nov 3rd and 5th as part of an event called "On the Mexican Border", which portrayed a battle between the US Army and Mexican guerillas; since this postcard was penned on the 4th (weather canceled flying that day), it was carried aloft on the 5th; rare, Very Fine, fewer than 5 reported. AAMC $4,500. (Image)
1911 (Nov. 5-6) League Park Aviation Meet, Fort Smith, Ark. (AAMC 9), 5 cards from the Fort Smith Aviation Meet; there remains some disagreement as to whether cards postmarked on Nov 5th were flown; some assert that since poor weather precluded aerial activity that day it was not carried, the consignor (a top specialist in the field) believes the card (autographed by pilot Beckwith Havens) was lifted aloft the following day with the mail canceled on the 6th; the exhibit pages also include an example from the 6th with red cancel (9a), a pair of Advertising cards (wide and narrow "6" variety), and one of two recorded large Advertising cards; catalog $750, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC $150. (Image)
1911 (Nov. 16-18) Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet, Atlanta, Ga. (AAMC 10c), few of the 3,500 flown over three days at the Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet have been reported; lot contains two #10c (AERO POST poem, "They're Flying at the Speedway"), flown on Nov 16 and another on Nov 18; also a blue cancel on Nov 17 (10a), and violet cancel on Nov 18 (10b); catalog $2,250, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC $750. (Image)
1911 (Nov. 25-28) Athletic Park Aviation Meet, Savannah, Ga. (AAMC 11), Beckwith Havens was in Savannah at Athletic Park to wow the crowds with his Curtiss biplane; he circled the park and then traveled about a mile where he dropped the mail sack to a waiting postal clerk; the lot includes examples of both the violet and black cancels from the Nov 25 show (only three black cancels are recorded), and two violet from the Nov 28th flight (one autographed); nice lot, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC $250. (Image)
1911 (Dec. 12-13) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Columbus, Ga. (AAMC 12b), sponsored by The Columbus Ledger, Charles Walsh flew a Curtiss machine for an adoring crowd; the four items include a card and envelope flown on Dec 12th, a postcard on Dec 13 (12a), and a tiny envelope flown with the "1912" error date; catalog $1,450, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC $500. (Image)
1911 (Dec. 28) South Atlantic League Aviation Meet, Albany, Ga. (AAMC 13), it was fortunate that Thornwall Andrews was performing at the Putney Memorial Exhibition in Albany on Dec 28; after tooling around for 10 miles over the city and dropping a locked pouch to a postal worker, Andrews crashed into a fence on landing resulting in a broken are a a demolished aircraft; philatelic evidence includes an envelope and postcard in violet, an Advertising card, and a flown facing slip that sat atop the bundle of mail; catalog $600, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC $200. (Image)
1912 (Jan. 1-2) Highwood Park Aviation Meet, Wilmington, N.C. (AAMC 14), although 1,600 pieces were carried by Lincoln Beachey on New Year's Day, only a handful have ever been found; plans for a second flight the following day were tabled when bad weather rolled in; includes two examples from different canceling devices; scarce, Fine to Very Fine, fewer than 10 pieces reported. AAMC $850. (Image)
1912 (Jan. 20-28) Dominguez Field Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, Ca. (AAMC 15c), 14 extraordinary examples from an international air meet held at Dominguez Field; includes Clifford Turpin flown card showing the Postmaster General passing the first Airmail to the pilot fours months previously; Type I envelopes and card flown by Glenn Curtiss (including one of two recorded Special Delivery); Type II (including one of two carried on Jan 28); Type III (one has imperforate adhesives), year on the third line (15c var), and unique time on the third line (15c), only recorded wrapper from the meet, and a pair from the final day carried aloft by Glenn Curtiss; catalog $2,575, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC $300. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
1912 (Feb. 17-25) Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet, Oakland, Cal. (AAMC 16), 6 better examples from the Third International Aviation Meet sponsored by the Pacific Aero Club; piloted by Farnum Fish (did his parents not love him?), pieces include opening day (whish is by far the most plentiful), as well as a cover and flown facing slip from Feb 18, and postcards from Feb 22, Feb 23, and Feb 24; catalog $1,800, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC $300. (Image)
1912 (Mar. 2-3) Agricultural Park Aviation Meet, Sacramento, Cal. (AAMC 17a), extraordinary Postage Due example (probably because the address was written on the wrong side) of Agricultural Park Aviation Meet mail flown by Glenn Curtiss; stunning cancel, Very Fine. AAMC $500. (Image)
1912 (Mar. 12-16) Aviation Meet, Hot Springs, Ark. (AAMC 18a), with only 6 cards reported for the event, this lot includes March 13 (three known) and March 15 (two known); Jimmy Ward and Nels Nelson undertook the flying duties; catalog $ 4,650; creases noted, Fine to Very Fine, 2 items recorded. AAMC $2,500. (Image)
1912 (Mar. 17) National School Grounds Aviation Meet, Galveston, Tex. (AAMC 19), Galveston Chamber of Commerce arranged to have Paul Studensky aviate a Curtiss-type biplane degigned and built by Leston Bratton; lot includes a postal card (with "squared comma" variety), Remington Typewriter Advertising, a postcard, and a second showing the aircraft on the field (written but not mailed); catalog $900, Very Fine. AAMC $300. (Image)
1912 (Apr. 6-7) Coronado Polo Grounds Aviation Meet, San Diego, Cal. (AAMC 21), pair of postcards (one from the Apr 6 and the other the Apr 7 flight) carried by Farnum Fish in a biplane and then carried by Lt. John Towers (USN) in a hydroplane; while as many of 2,000 items were carried, very few remain; catalog $1,000, Very Fine. AAMC $500. (Image)
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