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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
381 CVR   image1918 (June 3), New York to Boston experimental airmail flight, Aero Club of America cover, carried on the U.S. Government experimental airmail service between New York and Boston, franked with 24c carmine rose and blue Curtiss Jenny tied by bold “New York Air Mail Service / Jun 3 1918 – First Trip” circular datestamp, with violet straight-line “AERIAL MAIL” handstamp at lower left, reverse bearing Boston backstamp (6 Jun, 6PM) and New York Penn. Terminal transit (7 Jun), together with violet auxiliary markings “Special Delivery” and “Fee claimed by office at first address,” fine-very fine. (Sc. #C3, AAMC #104b) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
382 CVR   image1918 (July 15), New York to Washington experimental airmail flight, legal-sized Aero Club of America cover, carried on the first day of the reduced 16c air mail rate inaugurating the second contract period of the U.S. Government Air Mail Service, franked with 16c green Curtiss Jenny tied by “Air Mail Service New York / Jul 15 1918” circular datestamp, with violet two-winged “VIA AEROPLANE MAIL” cachet at lower left, light vertical crease at left, else very fine and attractive. (Sc. #C2, AAMC #106). (Image 1)



SOLD for C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
383 CVR   image1919, U.S. Occupation of the Dominican Republic, postcard from San Domingo, picture postcard “Puerta Principal de la Catedral, Santo Domingo” franked with 2c Washington definitive tied by circular San Domingo City, Dominican Republic datestamp, circa 1916–1919, during the U.S. military occupation, addressed to Ashland, Kentucky, a scarce and desirable example of U.S. stamp usage from the Dominican Republic under American administration rather than through a postal agency. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
384 CVR   image1920 (August 1), U.S. Postal Agency, Nicaragua, Marine Occupation Forces cover, franked with 2c Washington definitive tied by U.S. Postal Agency, Managua, Nicaragua duplex cancellation, with manuscript endorsement “Marine Occupation Forces” at top and reverse notation indicating origin from Capt. Phipps Column, 5th Co., 11th Reg’t, Ocotal, Nicaragua, a desirable example of U.S. Marine correspondence during the American occupation of Nicaragua, part of the broader “Banana Wars” period. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
385 CVR   image1920 (September 7), New York to San Francisco first transcontinental airmail flight, cover franked with a 2c Washington, paying the prevailing First-Class letter rate, tied by New York, N.Y. machine cancel dated one day prior to the official inauguration of the Transcontinental Air Mail Route (Sept. 8, 1920), with violet winged “AERO MAIL” cachet at top and endorsed “First New York–San Francisco Air Mail Trip,” addressed to San Francisco, very fine. (Sc. #528, AAMC #135) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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386 CVR K2 image1920 (December 4), U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, China to Hawaii, bearing 4c on 2c Washington overprinted “SHANGHAI / CHINA”, tied by bold U.S. Postal Agency / Shanghai, China duplex cancellation, addressed to Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, light edge wear consistent with transit, otherwise fine and attractive, a desirable example to an uncommon destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$170.00
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387 CVR   image1926 (November 25), Sir Alan Cobham, signed “S.S. Homeric” ship-to-shore flight cover, New York arrival, franked with Great Britain 1½d brown definitive overprinted HOMERIC together with U.S. 2c Washington, both tied by New York, N.Y., C.P.O. (25 Nov) duplex and showing Milburn, N.J. (26 Nov) receiving backstamps, carried from the approaching S.S. Homeric and transferred to a D.H. Moth seaplane piloted by Sir Alan Cobham, K.B.E., A.F.C., flown to Battery Point as the first air mail to reach New York from the east, the cover bearing the printed flight inscription at left and Cobham’s manuscript signature and date, a desirable early transatlantic ship-to-shore cover. (AAMC 1045, “Homeric Flight – Sir Alan Cobham”). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$70.00
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388 CVR   image1928 (May 13), U.S. Marines in Haiti airmail cover, franked with 2c Washington and 10c Monroe definitives tied by U.S. Marine Corps Port-au-Prince, Haiti duplex cancellation, showing clear “AEROPLANE MAIL” handstamp and typed directive “Via Pan American Airways,” addressed to Quantico, Virginia, a fine example of early Pan American Airways service used in conjunction with U.S. Marine Corps mail during the American military occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934, a period when U.S. forces administered the country’s customs, finance, and infrastructure systems. (Image 1)



SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
389 CVR 732 image1933 (November 28), Visiting Firemen of Philately, hand-painted Conflagration cover, franked with 3c National Recovery Association, tied by violet Leavittsburg datestamp, to renowned Canadian philatelist Fred Jarrett in Toronto, depicting a firefighter on horseback, and designed to commemorate the "Conflagration", as meetings of the organization were called, at the Akron, Ohio stamp show of December 1933, handstamp of illustrator and the society's founder Bruce R. McIntyre on reverse, some small imperfections, but a scarce souvenir of this philatelic society, accompanied by an exhibit introduction outlining the history of the group, striking and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for C$120.00
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390 CVR   image1935 (October 28), stationery cover from S.S. General Pershing, missent to China, 2c Washington Bicentennial postal stationery envelope, postmarked with Shanghai c.d.s., additionally struck with blue boxed S.S. Gen. Pershing Lines / Purser's Office cachet at left, the cover addressed to Canton, Ohio but misrouted to Canton, China where it received two bilingual Canton c.d.s. receivers (11 Nov) on reverse, a charming cover, (Image 1)



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391 CVR   image1937 (April 19), First Airmail ‘Round the World’ San Francisco to Hong Kong, large cover with FAM #14 handstamped cachet, multi-franking with United States 25c & 50c Transpacific issues tied by New York GPO duplex cancellations, originally addressed to Amsterdam, Holland, with subsequent addresses added as the cover was forwarded around the world, with corresponding frankings of Brazil, the Netherlands, and Straits Settlements, reverse with a range of transit backstamps including San Francisco (21 Apr), Victoria Hong Kong (28 Apr), Amsterdam (10 May), D.F. Brazil (18 May), various auxiliary markings including boxed ‘BY KLM’, ‘VIA PANAIR’ , etc, slight wear typical of such well-traveled covers, fine-very fine (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
392 CVR   image1939 (June 27), multi-stage first flight cover with United Kingdom, United States, and Hong Kong frankings, bearing 3d, 5d, and 7d King George VI definitives tied by Southampton (27 Jun) machine cancel for carriage on the inaugural North Atlantic FAM-18 service, then re-franked in the United States with 20c and 50c Trans-Pacific Airmail issues tied by New York (4 Jul) duplex for onward carriage on the FAM-14 route, and finally carrying a further 15c Hong Kong definitive tied by Victoria, Hong Kong (20 Jul) c.d.s., the reverse showing New York (1 Jul) transit, a striking three-continent combination franking demonstrating the coordinated Imperial Airways–Pan American Great Circle network, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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393 CVR   image1940 (November 16), registered cover from Boston to Hungary with “P.C. 116 DETAIN” label, franked 25c in mixed commemoratives, all tied by Boston duplex datestamps, the reverse showing Boston Registered and New York (Foreign Mail) transit backstamps (17 Nov), the front affixed with a printed white “P.C. 116 DETAIN” label at left with manuscript reference “S.M. 119/E 28.11.40 – 13828”, this label applied under early U.S. postal censorship procedures to mail destined for Axis or Axis-controlled territories during the American neutrality period, when selected overseas correspondence was intercepted and withheld at New York under Treasury Department authority, a scarce and striking cover, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$475.00
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394 CVR 905 image1944 (November 13), Tokyo Prison Camp, World War II Prisoner of War cover, franked with 3c violet Win the War, tied by Artesia, New Mexico machine cancel, with two red vertical Japanese script markings and blue crayon "Sendai" on front, U.S. Censor tape at left, addressed to Tokyo, Japan, P.O.W. 712, Tokyo Prison Camp No. 2, No. 1 Det., no receiver markings on reverse, small edge faults at top, else fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$70.00
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United States—Air Races & Early Aviation
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
395 CVR   imageAcosta, Bert, 1930 (September 1), Chicago National Air Races signed cover, airmail envelope using the 5c Blue Airmail postal stationery, tied by Glenview, Illinois machine cancel, showing the 10th Anniversary National Air Races cachet and boldly signed in green at top by Bert Acosta, addressed to Beloit, Wisconsin, very fine; a storied and sometimes controversial figure in early American aviation, Acosta served as an instructor in both Canada and the United States, set multiple records including endurance flights with Clarence Chamberlin, and gained notoriety for his daring low-flying stunts. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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396 CVR   imageAdamowicz, Benjamin & Joseph, 1934 (June 27), New York to Warsaw, pilot signed attempted non-stop transatlantic flight cover, franked with 2c red Washington, tied by City Hall Annex, New York, machine cancel, and Polish 5gr Air Post tied by Warsaw c.d.s., with New York (27 Jun) transit and Warsaw (2 Jul) receiver on back, signed at upper left by pilots Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz, a fresh and very fine example of mail from this was an attempted non-stop flight, which encountered difficulties en route and arrived in Warsaw on July 2, 1934. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
397 CVR   imageBarnes, Florence Lowe “Pancho”, 1931 (September 1), Cleveland National Air Races signed cover, envelope franked with 1c Franklin and a pair of 2c Von Steuben commemoratives, tied by Air Mail Field, Cleveland, Ohio duplex cancel, showing at left the violet cachet “National Air Races Cleveland, Ohio – Lorain the Lilac City” sponsored by the Lorain Chamber of Commerce with the orange National Air Races emblem at lower right, addressed to Columbus, Ohio and signed at top by Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes, attractive and very fine; though not a race winner at the 1931 meet, Barnes—a fearless contemporary of Amelia Earhart—was among the most colourful and pioneering women aviators of the period, founding the Women’s Air Reserve, breaking Earhart’s women’s world speed record in 1930, and becoming Hollywood’s first female stunt pilot. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
398 CVR   imageBayles, Lowell R., 1931 (September 7), Cleveland National Air Races signed cover, airmail envelope franked with 5c Winged Globe Airmail tied by Cleveland Air Mail Field duplex cancel, showing the cachet for the 1931 National Air Races and backstamped Akron the following day, boldly signed at left by Lowell R. Bayles, very fine; flying for the Granville Brothers in their newly introduced Gee Bee Super Sportster, Bayles captured the 1931 Thompson Trophy, the premier closed-course event of the meet, averaging an extraordinary 236.24 mph in a fiercely contested race against Jimmy Doolittle’s Laird Super Solution. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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399 CVR   imageBellanca, Giuseppe Mario, 1930 (February 1), New York Aviation Show signed cover, airmail envelope franked with 5c postage made up of 1c Franklin and 2c Washington (including a Nebraska Overprint) tied by New York, N.Y., Grand Central Annex duplex cancels, showing at left the purple cachet “The New York Aviation Show, under auspices of Aviators’ Post No. 743, American Legion,” addressed to Yonkers, New York and boldly signed across the cachet by G. M. Bellanca, very fine; born in Sciacca, Italy and later one of the most influential American aircraft designers of the interwar era, Bellanca founded the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation in 1927 and produced advanced monoplane designs chosen for numerous record-setting long-distance flights. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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400 CVR   imageBoyd, Erroll, 1933 (June 10), 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 Jun) datestamps, signed in ink "J. Erroll Boyd" at upper left, New York Gen Del. c.d.s. backstamp (Jul 3), a very fine and scarce flight cover signed by this famed aviator. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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