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Postal History, Foreign continued...

United States continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
721 CVR   image1870 (July), 10c brown New York Foreign Mail cover to France, adhesive tied by intaglio fancy cancel and red New York Foreign Mail cancel (Weiss type TR-W18A), to Paris,black GB/10c accountancy and Calais entry c.d.s. (Jul 23) struck on front, no backstamps, a scarce strike, Weiss having recorded only one example, this example believed to bring the total now known to three, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate. (Scott 150) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
722 CVR   image1872, 6d New York Foreign Mail cover to Germany, franked with 6c carmine, tied by black New York Foreign Mail fancy cancel, struck with red "NEW YORK JUN 18 PAID ALL DIRECT" exchange office datestamp (Winter 237), carried on the NGL Line "New York" with boxed Bremen transit struck on front, Coburg Banhofs-Post EXP arrival backstamp, Weiss records seven examples dated between 5/6/1872 and 15/6/1872, this not being among them, a rare cancellation and a desirable usage to Germany, with 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate, it backstamped as ex-Kirke. (Scott 148) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
723 CVR   image1918 (December 17), Washington D.C. to New York inaugural flight cover, franked with 6c Air Post, tied by inaugural flight c.d.s., handstamped "By Airplane Mail", addressed to Roessler in East Orange, a nice usage on this second day of the new 6c rate, fine. (Scott C1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
724 CVR   image1929 (March 15), Clarence Chamberlain and Charles Lindbergh real photo postcard , franked with 25c Niagara, two 1c Franklin, tied by Miami duplex, to G. (Gerald) Bliss, Postmaster General of the Canal Zone, with Cristobal machine receiver (17 Mar), handstamped "C. A. Lindbergh" signature, a scarce card, likely sent by Lindbergh to his friend, Bliss, upon his return from carrying the first official air mail to the Canal Zone in February, 1929; Bliss helped facilitate Lindbergh's early airmail flights. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
725 CVR   image1929 (May 16), Jimmy Doolittle signed Army Air Maneuvers flight cover, 5c Airmail postal stationery cover, postmarked Columbus, Ohio, with ARMY AIR MANEUVERS NORTON FIELD COLUMBUS OHIO handstamped cachet, signed "J.H. Doolittle” at left, no backstamps, attractive. J.H. Doolittle of the famed "Doolittle Raid" on Japan in World War II was also one of the most renowned American pilots of the inter-war years, completing many coast-to-coast flights and competing in a number of aviation races.

Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
726 CVR   image1929 (September 2), 1929 National Air Races, Clarence Chamberlain signed cover, from Cleveland Ohio, with handstamped cachet, franked wih 5c Beacon Airmail, tied by Air Mail Field Cleveland duplex, handstamped AKRON DAY / SEPT 2 1929, next-day Chicago arrival backstamp, signed "Clarence Chamberlain" in ink, attractive and very find; Chamberlain flew the "Columbia" across the Atlantic on 4-5 Jun, 1927, eclipsing Lindbergh's time and distance record, and carrying the first passenger on a transatlantic flight. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
727 CVR   image1930 (May 29), Roscoe Turner Los Angeles to New York signed flight cover, franked with four ½c Hale, single 1c Franklin and 2c Washington, tied by Los Angeles duplex, endorsed "from Los Angeles to New York / and Return By Capt Roscoe Turner", reverse signed "Roscoe Turner" in ink below notation "My record time was 18h42m54s New York to Los Angeles 5-27-30", some discoloration to front, yet a rare signed cover from this famed flight which broke the east to west transcontinental speed record, particularly desirable with Turner's notation in addition to his signature; with "Record Made In East-West Flight" newspaper clipping. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 180

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
728 CVR   image1930 (June 26), Bernt Balchen signed New York Airport dedication cover, franked with 5c Air Post, tied by Brooklyn slogan cancel, printed "Welcome Home Admiral Byrd" cachet and handstamped Floyd Bennett Municipal Airport Brooklyn New York City dedication cachet, signed "Bernt Balchen" at left in ink, attractive and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
729 CVR   image1930 (August 18), World's Endurance Flight signed cover to Toledo, Ohio, franked with 2c White Plains and 3c Washington, tied by St. Louis machine cancel , "World's Endurance Flight / St. Louis Municipal Airport" cachet, signed in ink "Dale Jackson," "Forest O'Brine," "Bill Brewster", and "P.V. Chaffee", a rare cover signed by the two men who flew the "Greater than St. Louis" as well as the refueling plane "Patsy Ann." (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 180

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
730 CVR   image1931 (April 16), Walter Hinton signed NC-4 Aviation Tour cover, franked with 5c Air Post, tied by SAN FRAN & LOS ANG RPO duplex, with large handstruck cachet for the flight beginning at Toledo, Ohio and ending at the National Exchange Club convention in Memphis, Tennessee, signed "Walter Hinton" in black, scarce and attractive. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 80

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
731 CVR   image1931 (September 23), Earle Ovington & Frank Hitchcock signed flight cover, franked with 5c Air Post, tied by Los Angeles machine cancel, two handstruck cachets "Twentieth Anniversary / First Air Mail Flight / P.O. Department / September Twenty Third" and "Earle Ovington - Santa Barbara CAL / First U.S. Air Mail Pilot", signed "Earle Ovington" and Frank Hitchcock / P.M.G. 1909-1913, no backstamps, a few stains to front, an attractive piece of aviation history. Ovington piloted the first official airmail flight in the United States in a Blériot XI on September 23, 1911; Hitchcock was Postmaster General at the time. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
732 CVR   image1932 (April 11), Clyde Pangborn, New Orleans Carnival of the Air signed cover, postmarked New Orleans, with "NEW ORLEANS / CARNIVAL OF THE AIR" handstamped cachet, signed "Clyde Pangborn" in ink, handstamped KILLED - APRIL 11, 1932, further cachet strike in black on reverse, an attractive cover signed by this famed barnstormer and aviation pioneer who flew the "Miss Veedol" across the Pacific to Japan with Hugh Herndon. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
733 CVR   image1933 (June 10), Erroll Boyd signed Columbia first flight cover, franked with 8c Air Post and 10c issue of Haiti, cancelled respectively by New York City Hall Annex (Jun 10) and Port Au Prince (12 Juin) datestamps, signed in ink "J. Erroll Boyd" at upper left, New York Gen Del. c.d.s. backstamp (Jul 3), a scarce flight cover signed by this famed aviator. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
734 CVR   image1933 (Jul 18), Italo Balbo signed flight cover, franked with 3c and 5c Los Angeles Olympics, tied by Lakehurst, New Jersey machine cancel, “Crociera Aerea del Decennale / Roma – Chicago – New York – Roma” flight vignette affixed to front, signed “Italo Balbo” alongside, second label of a different design on reverse, photographic USS Macon Lakewood Stamp Society cachet, depicting the airship leaving Lakehurst to greet General Balbo’s armada, additional signature below, attractive and rare. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
735 CVR   image1933 (July 23), Italo Balbo Return Flight, New York to Rome, cover franked with 1923 10c Monroe, 20c Golden Gate, 30c Buffalo, 50c Arlington Amphitheatre (2), and $1.00 Lincoln Memorial (2), tied by New York / Varick St. Annex duplex, endorsed in manuscript "By Italian Air Cruise / New York to Roma", dual blue "Crociera Aerea de Decennale / Italia - Nord America" and violet "Italian Air Cruise / New York - Roma" handstamped flight cachets, reverse with "Crociera Aerea del Decennale / Lido Di Roma" (12 Aug), Torino (14 Aug), and New York (22/23 Aug) backstamps, serially numbered "2698", a striking and scarce cover. (AAMC 1184f) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 800

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
736 CVR   image1933 (October 4), Graf Zeppelin Century of Progress Flight cover, franked with three 50c Century of Progress Air Post, tied by New York machine cancel, with dual "Graf Zeppelin / Flight Dispatched from Friedrichshafen" and "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" triangular flight cachets, endorsed "from Friedrichshafen to Chicago, Illinois", with exposition arrival backstamp (26 Oct), two stamps affixed slightly over edge of cover, a desirable flight and attractive franking. (Scott C18) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
737 CVR   image1934 (April 26), World Altitude Record Boris Sergievsky signed flight cover, franked with 8c Airmail, postmarked with Bridgeport duplex, with violet cachet of the Worlds Altitude Record / Seaplane / CAT With 2000 & 5000 / Kilo Load, signed "Boris Sergievsky" in black, with signature of N.A.A. Observer below, to Pennsylvania, a pleasing cover signed by this WWI Flying Ace of Russia and subsequent Test Pilot. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
738 CVR   image1934 (June 17), Hugh Herndon signed airmail cover, to Chicago, Illinois, franked with 8c Air Post, tied by Joplin machine cancel, typed endorsement "Welcome Hugh Herndon", signed in ink below, a clean cover signed by this important aviator, well-known for his famous trans-Pacific flight with Clyde Pangborn on the "Miss Veedol." (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
739 CVR   image1934 (June 27), Mono-Plane Warsaw signed flight cover, franked with 2c Washington, 5gr Polish Airmail, the former tied by City Hall Annex New York machine, the latter by Warszawa c.d.s., printed "Trans-Atlantic Flight/ of Mono-Plane "Warsaw" map illustrated cachet, signed above in blue ink "Benjamin Adamowicz" and "Joseph Adamowicz", who completed the first transatlantic airmail flight to Poland, a scarce signed cover from this historic flight. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
740 CVR   imageConfederate States, 1863 (circa), Nashville & Chattanooga Rail Road cover to Alabama, franked with 10c gray blue, four good to very large margins, tied by typically blurry impression of route agent's oval "Wartrace / N & C.R.R." datestamp, some light wrinkling, but a scarce and desirable railway cancellation. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction

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