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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
831 CVR   image1930–1931, Dornier Do-X multi-stage first flight cover, signed Earle Ovington, with U.S. and German frankings. Addressed to Boston, franked with U.S. 5c Winged Globe tied by Boston, Mass. c.d.s. (10 Oct 1930) and three German airmail adhesives tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s. (13 Nov 1930), front with multiple flight publicity cachets including black Brazilian "Primeiro Vôo Europa–America do Sul–Estados Unidos", red German "Erster Überseeflug Amerika–Europa Dornier Flugschiffs Do-X", violet double-circle Dornier Do-X Flugpost, and violet Flight 1930 American Legion circular cachets, reverse with double-circle Correo Aéreo Rio de Janeiro (22 Jun 1931) and Boston arrival (8 Jul 1931), a lovely signed multi-legged souvenir of the famous Dornier Do-X world flight, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 120

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
832 CVR   image1931 (June 21), Gatty & Post signed “Winnie Mae” round-the-world flight cover, franked with 2¢ Washington, cancelled Mineola, N.Y. c.d.s. (21 Jun) with Berlin receiver (24 Jun) on face, bearing two violet Soviet civil aviation Dobrolet (Volunteer Air Fleet) cachets matching items that traversed Soviet territory on the Eurasian leg, boldly signed at upper left by pilot Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty, a highly desirable and well-preserved item from this celebrated flight, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$275.00
Will close during Public Auction
833 CVR   image1931 (June 22), attempted solo transatlantic flight by Ruth Nichols, crash souvenir cover, with magenta boxed cachet “First Woman’s Solo Transatlantic Attempt, New York to Paris, Lockheed Vega ‘Akita’ NR496M, Ruth R. Nichols” and matching magenta handstamp “Plane Crashed at St. Johns, New Brunswick / June 22, 1931,” addressed to Brooklyn, N.Y, with tricolour Via Air Mail banner, boldly autographed “Ruth R. Nichols” at lower left, reverse with printed Rye, N.Y. return address, without adhesives or postal markings, treated as a souvenir crash cover, Miss Nichols having set out from New York intending to be the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic before her Lockheed Vega Akita was forced down at St. Johns, Newfoundland, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 180

SOLD for C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
834 CVR   image1931 (August 1), John Henry Mears attempted “Round the World” flight card, 1¢ Jefferson postal stationery card with printed “’Round the World With John Henry Mears in Record Time” cachet, uprated with 10¢ Special Delivery adhesive, both tied by East Orange, N.J. machine cancel (1 Aug), with Harbor Grace, Newf’d c.d.s. (2 Aug) marking the site of the plane’s crash on take-off, reverse with green vignette showing portrait of Mears and descriptive text referencing the non-stop New York to Harbor Grace flight connected to the record attempt, a very fine examp of the 1931 round-the-world effort. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 150

SOLD for C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
835 CVR   image1935 (November 30), Baker Island “Oceanic Islands Survey” cover to Honolulu, showing illustrated Oceanic Islands Survey bird handstamp in dark blue with matching two-line Baker Island / Nov 30 1935 handstamp, manuscript endorsement Via “Kinkajou” (Schooner) at upper right and “Dana Coman” at top left, backflap imprinted On Board M.Y. Kinkajou Oceanic Islands Survey, a remarkable relic of the 1935 U.S. initiative to establish a presence on Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands, part of the American Equatorial Islands Colonization Project undertaken in anticipation of trans-Pacific air routes, referenced in Steve Pendleton’s article America in the Line Islands (American Philatelist, Jan. 2011) and illustrated in Jon Krupnick’s "Pan American’s Pacific Pioneers – The Rest of the Story", very fine; as nice an example as we have seen of these exceedingly rare and highly sought-after covers. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
836 CVR   image1935 (November 30), Howland Island Oceanic Islands Survey cover to Honolulu,Hawaii, showing illustrated Oceanic Islands Survey bird handstamp in dark blue with matching two-line Howland Island / Nov 30 1935 handstamp, endorsed in manuscript Via “Kinkajou” (Schooner) and "Dana Coman” at top left, backflap imprinted On Board M.Y. Kinkajou Oceanic Islands Survey, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$375.00
Will close during Public Auction
837 CVR   image1935 (December 29), Jarvis Island Oceanic Islands Survey cover to Honolulu,Hawaii, showing illustrated Oceanic Islands Survey bird handstamp in dark blue with matching two-line Jarvis Island / Dec 29 1935 handstamp, endorsed in manuscript Via “Kinkajou” (Schooner) at upper right and signed “Dana Coman” at top left, backflap imprinted On Board M.Y. Kinkajou Oceanic Islands Survey, scarce and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction
838 CVR SB1 image1936 (August 26), Joseph Costa pilot-signed attempted New York–Lisbon flight cover, franked with 2c Washington and 16c Airmail Special Delivery, each tied by New York, Madison Sq. Sta. c.d.s. (26 Aug), additionally bearing Lisbon Geographical Society Porte Franco semi-official issue overprinted “Costa Trans Atlantic Flight 1936,” with three octagonal “Costa Trans Atlantic Flight – New York Lisbon” cachets (one on front, two on reverse), reverse also showing New York, Times Sq. Sta. c.d.s. (26 Aug) receiver, signed by pilot Joseph Costa, who attempted the flight in his Lockheed Vega Crystal City from New York via Brazil before abandoning the Lisbon leg, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction
839 CVR   image1937 (April 18–May 26), FAM-14 registered first flight cover, New York via San Francisco to Hong Kong, onward through Asia, Europe, South America and back to the United States, franked with 20c and 50c Trans-Pacific airmails tied by New York slogan cancel (18 Apr) and backstamped San Francisco (21 Apr), carried across the Pacific with Victoria, Hong Kong transit (28 Apr) and Canton c.d.s. (30 Apr) tying three Chinese airmails added for onward carriage, reverse with three French airmails and Pont du Gard definitive applied on redirection to Europe, each tied by Paris R.P. Avion c.d.s. (15 May), onward across the South Atlantic with two Brazilian airmails tied by Correio Aéreo Distrito Federal (18 May), return route showing San Juan, Puerto Rico transit (24 May), Miami, Fla. (25 May) and final receipt at Yonkers, N.Y. (26 May), edge wear as expected from such a well-travelled cover, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$375.00
Will close during Public Auction
840 nh/blOCK OF 4 832-834 image1938, Presidential series, centre line blocks of four, the $1 and $2 values with top margin plate numbers, the $2 block with trivial crease at lower right and a mark in the top left margin, all never hinged and very fine, the key blocks for the United States and Presidential series specialist. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Scott U$ 467

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction
841 CVR   imageOffices in China, 1917 (September), WWI censored cover from Shanghai to New York franked with 4c Washington, tied by U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, China c.d.s, manuscript routing “S.S. Empress of Russia” indicating Pacific steamship carriage via Japan to North America, left edge sealed with large censor tape overstruck by violet “No. 118 – V.R.” handstamp, envelope with fraying at top and along censor label side and a shallow horizontal crease, still an appealing wartime usage of the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 100

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
842 CVR   imageOffices in China, 1928 (April 20), military cover from Shanghai to New York, bearing 2c Washington, tied by 4th Reg. USMC West Coast Expeditionary Force c.d.s. (20 Apr, A.M.), addressed to New York City, sender’s manuscript on flap reads “Sgt. Julius Grossman, 19th Co. 4th Regt. U.S. Marines, Shanghai, China,” a usage by a U.S. Marine, minor creasing and a nibbed upper left corner on the stamp, otherwise fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 100

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
US Confederate States
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
843 CVR 1 image1863, 5c green Davis pair on cover from Yorktown, Virginia to Montgomery, Alabama, tied by partially legible Yorktown, Va. circular datestamp, coarse buff envelope addressed in manuscript to Montgomery, some staining and toning with age, otherwise superior quality to the typical example of Confederate mail. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Scott U$ 300

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
844 CVR 7 image1862 (circa), 5c blue Davis pair on cover from Martin’s Depot to Anderson, South Carolina, cancelled in manuscript with an “X” on each stamp, without dated town strike, envelope addressed to Rev. J. Scott Murray, interior fashioned from recycled legal forms reflecting the paper shortages of the period, noticeable toning and water staining front and back, still a presentable example. (Image 1)

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Scott U$ 200

SOLD for C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
USA Territories & Possessions -- Canal Zone
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
845 CVR   imageCanal Zone: 1919 (May 7), “First Trip Submarine Mail” cover, carried on U.S.S. C-3, official Victory Loan Committee oversized penalty envelope printed “This envelope contained subscription … carried by the first ocean-to-ocean Submarine Mail Service U.S.S. C-3,” with blue Cristóbal c.d.s. (7 May) and matching blue V / First Trip / Submarine Mail / U.S.S. C-3 cachet on front, violet Balboa Heights / Received handstamp (7 May), preprinted address to the Victory Loan Committee, Balboa Heights, with manuscript endorsements and printed titles Director of Posts and Chairman, Victory Loan Committee with signatures, a historic cover marking the first official submarine mail service across the Panama Canal, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 150

SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
846 CVR J6 imageCanal Zone: 1917 (September 28), postage due cover from Port Antonio, Jamaica to Balboa Heights, unfranked and endorsed “Urgent,” backstamped by Port Antonio c.d.s. (28 Sep) and Kingston machine cancel (29 Sep), taxed on arrival with encircled “T” handstamp, payment made by affixing a Panama B/010 Pedro Sosa issue overprinted Canal Zone and used as postage due, tied by Balboa Heights c.d.s. (11 Oct), envelope with faults including repair at upper left and small piece missing from top back flap, nevertheless a rare and highly desirable usage of this seldom-seen postage due issue, (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Scott U$ 175

SOLD for C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
USA Territories & Possessions -- Hawaii
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
847 CVR 39 image1892 (January 23), shortpaid cover from Honolulu to Callington, Cornwall, England, endorsed “Via San Francisco and New York,” franked with 5c blue King Kamehameha issue tied by Honolulu c.d.s, showing red “T 25 CENTIMES” deficiency marking on entry with British conversion to postage due expressed as bold black “5d / F.B.” handstamp, both applied on front, payment collected at delivery, addressed to Callington with receiver (26 Feb) alongside, sender identified as from Hamakua, Hawaii on reverse, a small tear below the adhesive and a mount trace on reverse, otherwise very fine, a scarce Hawaiian Kingdom period usage to the United Kingdom. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 150

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction
USA Territories & Possessions -- Philippines
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
848 CVR   imagePhilippines, 1906 (September 11), official penalty envelope from Santa Cruz, Laguna to Manila, with violet handstamp of the Provincial Treasurer of La Laguna at upper left, franked with 5c blue Lincoln bearing black Philippines overprint and red O.B. (Official Business) handstamp, tied by Santa Cruz, Laguna c.d.s. (11 Sep), reverse with Manila, P.I. Rec’d c.d.s. (11 Sep), slightly irregularly trimmed at right, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 120

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
Virgin Islands
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
849 CVR   image1904 (October 17), registered “Bickel” cover from Tortola to Munich, franked with the 1899 short set of seven to 1s, each stamp tied by a very fine Tortola c.d.s. with oval registration handstamp below, London (3 Nov) transit and Munich (4 Nov) backstamps, a lovely and desirable cover, very fine. (SG 43/49). (Image 1)

Estimate C$ 250

SOLD for C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
Yugoslavia
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
850 nh C55 image1953, 300d Esperanto Congress Star & Flags, never hinged, fresh and very fine. (Image 1)

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Scott U$ 190

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

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