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Postal History continued...

United States—Air Races & Early Aviation continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
421 CVR   imageOvington, Earle, 1931 (September 23), signed flight cover with Frank Hitchcock, 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 trivial marks to front, else a very fine. 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. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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422 CVR   imageO’Donnell, Gladys & Noyes, Blanche Wilcox, 1929 (August 20), dual-signed Women’s National Air Derby cover from Douglas, Arizona, franked with an imperforate block of four 1½c Harding stamps tied by clear duplex cancel, bearing the official purple cachet for the Opening of the Douglas International Airport held in conjunction with the Women’s National Air Derby, the first officially sanctioned transcontinental air race for women, the front neatly signed by Gladys O’Donnell and Blanche Wilcox Noyes, a clean, bright, and well-preserved example, very fine.

Gladys O’Donnell finished second in the Heavy-Plane Class of the 1929 Derby, flying a Travel Air biplane in the inaugural competition from Santa Monica to Cleveland. Blanche Wilcox Noyes, who placed fourth, survived a dramatic in-flight fire near Pecos, Texas, extinguished the flames, repaired her aircraft, and continued on to complete the race. Noyes later achieved national prominence by teaming with Louise Thaden to win the 1936 Bendix Transcontinental Air Race — the first time women had defeated men in a major cross-country contest. A desirable dual-autograph cover associated with two of the most accomplished pilots of the pioneering Women’s Air Derby. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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423 CVR   imageRankin, Tex & Holman, Charles “Speed”, 1929 (August 23), National Air Races registered airmail cover, carried on the Portland–Cleveland route and franked with 20c airmail adhesive tied by small black circular handstamp, the front bearing the bold orange diamond-shaped Swan Island Airport cachet dated August 23, 1929 and signed by both Tex Rankin and Charles “Speed” Holman, addressed to Portland, Oregon, the reverse showing the large orange circular National Air Races cachet with Swan Island Airport – August 23 at centre and concentric legends Nine Entries – National Air Races flanked by Portland and Cleveland, together with violet Portland, Oreg. (23 Aug), 1929 and Cleveland, Ohio (25 Aug) datestamps, very fine.

Tex Rankin finished second in the men’s derby of the 1929 Air Derby from Portland to Cleveland, trailing only Ted Wells, while Charles “Speed” Holman, after running strongly in the early stages and holding second at Milwaukee, was forced to retire at Sandusky, Ohio, likely due to engine trouble. Both men were among the most celebrated Golden Age pilots. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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424 CVR   imageSergievsky, Boris, 1934 (April 26), World Altitude Record 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, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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425 CVR   imageShoenhair, Lee, 1930 (August 29), Chicago National Air Races signed cover, airmail envelope franked with 5c Winged Globe Airmail tied by Chicago, Illinois machine cancel, showing the National Air Races cachet and signed at left by Lee Shoenhair, addressed to Erie, Pennsylvania, very fine, an uncommon signature; according to the contemporary race programme Shoenhair placed third in the 1930 Non-Stop Derby—one of only three pilots to finish and thus last among the official finishers. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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426 CVR   imageSmith, J. Wesley, 1930 (August 24), Chicago National Air Races signed cover, airmail envelope franked with 5c Beacon Airmail tied by Chicago, Illinois Air Mail machine cancel of the opening day of racing, showing the striking red-and-blue Tenth Anniversary National Air Races cachet and signed at left by J. Wesley Smith, addressed to Compton, California, very fine; Smith won the Men’s Class B Atlantic Derby from Hartford to Chicago flying a Monocoupe and securing the $1,250 prize. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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427 CVR   imageTait, Maude Irving, 1931 (September 2), Cleveland National Air Races signed cover, airmail envelope franked with 5c Winged Globe tied by Air Mail Field, Cleveland, Ohio duplex cancel, showing at left the green National Air Races cachet together with the bold purple handstamp “Jimmy Doolittle Day, Sep 2 1931,” addressed to Norwalk, Ohio and signed at lower left by Maude Irving Tait, very fine; one of the pioneering women aviators of the early 1930s, Tait flew a Gee Bee Model Y at the 1931 races where she captured first place in the Cleveland Pneumatic Aero l Trophy Race. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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428 CVR   imageTurner, Roscoe, 1930 (May 29), 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, else a very fine and scarce 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. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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429 CVR   imageUdet, Ernst, 1929 (August 28), Cleveland National Air Races signed cover with Graf Zeppelin flyover connection, airmail envelope postmarked Cleveland, Ohio and franked with 5c Beacon Airmail tied by duplex cancel, showing at left a violet commemorative cachet for the 1929 National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition (24 Aug–2 Sep) together with a two-line magenta handstamp “Arrival of Graf Zeppelin and Los Angeles,” addressed to Chicago, Illinois, the front signed by Ernst Udet, the reverse bearing Chicago (29 Aug) violet receiving handstamps with machine Received General Delivery marking, very fine. Udet was one of Germany’s most celebrated pilots, having previously served in the First World War as one of Germany’s highest-scoring aces with sixty-two confirmed victories. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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430 CVR   imageWells, Ted, 1929 (August 23), National Air Races signed registered airmail cover, carried on the Portland–Cleveland route and franked with 10c yellow and 10c blue airmail adhesives tied by small black circular handstamp, the front bearing the large orange diamond-shaped Swan Island Airport cachet dated August 23, 1929 and signed by Ted Wells, the reverse showing the bold orange circular National Air Races cachet with Swan Island Airport – August 23 at centre and concentric legends Nine Entries – National Air Races flanked by Portland and Cleveland, together with violet Portland (23 Aug) and Cleveland (25 Aug) datestamps, very fine.

Ted Wells, flying a Travel Air aircraft, won the Portland Derby of the 1929 National Air Races, securing the $3,000 first prize and outperforming leading competitors including Tex Rankin and Charles “Speed” Holman. His victory, widely reported in the contemporary aviation press, confirmed his position among the foremost pilots of the Golden Age of air racing. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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431 CVR   imageWilliams, Alford J., 1930 (September 1), Chicago National Air Races signed cover, airmail envelope franked with 5c Beacon Airmail tied by Chicago, Illinois machine cancel, showing at left the colourful commemorative cachet for the 10th Anniversary of the National Air Races (23 Aug–1 Sep), addressed to Newark, New Jersey and boldly signed by Al Williams, very fine; one of the foremost Navy stunt and test pilots of the period, Williams astonished spectators at the 1930 meet by flying the entire racecourse inverted—banking around the home pylon upside down at a 50-degree angle, closer and smoother than most competitors achieved in normal flight. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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United States (Possessions) - Canal Zone
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
432 CVR C3 imageCanal Zone, 1929 (February 6), uprated 2c Air Mail cover to New York, franked with 25c on 2c carmine, tied by Balboa machine cancel, blue Canal Zone - USA First Flight cachet, reverse with Miami (13 Feb) and New York (15 Feb) backstamps, unlisted from Balboa in AAMC on this date, scarce and fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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United States (Possessions) - Philippines
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
433 CVR   imagePhilippines, 1899 (June 8), Spanish-American War era cover, franked with the 5c Trans-Mississippi issue (Sc. #288) tied by Mil. Sta. No. 1 Philippine Islands Manila duplex datestamp, addressed to San Francisco, California, with San Francisco (12 Jul 1899) machine receiver on reverse, blue crayon manuscript “For Eustace” personal notation, minor edge wear and back flap reaffixed or replaced though not detracting, a very fine strike and a scarce example of the 5c Trans-Mississippi used from Manila during the early U.S. occupation following the Spanish-American War and the onset of the Philippine-American conflict. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
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434 CVR   imagePhilippines, 1906 (January 25), official penalty envelope of the Philippines Constabulary, Zamboanga, Mindanao, legal-size envelope franked with 4c Lincoln “PHILIPPINES” overprinted Bureau issue tied by Zamboanga, Mindanao duplex datestamp, addressed to the Quartermaster, Bureau of Constabulary, Manila, P.I., with Manila (31 Jan 1906) receiver on reverse, a fine and scarce example of official Constabulary correspondence from the southern island of Mindanao, a region of continuing Moro resistance and strategic importance during the early U.S. occupation, covers from Zamboanga being scarcer than those originating from Luzon or the Visayas. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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435 CVR   imagePhilippines, 1906 (April 2), official penalty envelope of the Philippines Constabulary, Bacolod, Negros Occidental, legal-size envelope franked with 3c Jackson “PHILIPPINES” overprinted Bureau issue tied by Bacolod, Negros Occidental duplex datestamp, addressed to the Quartermaster, Bureau of Constabulary, Manila, P.I., with printed corner imprint of Inspector and Supply Officer Ernest S. Hailes, trimmed at right, Manila (6 Apr 1906) receiver on reverse, a fine example of official Constabulary correspondence during the early American colonial administration of the Philippines, when the Constabulary served as a paramilitary police force maintaining order in the post–Philippine-American War period. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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United States (Possessions) - Samoa
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
436 CVR   imageSamoa, 1913 (January 10), registered cover from Pago Pago to New Zealand, small envelope franked with 15c Clay definitive tied by violet Pago Pago, Samoa double-circle datestamp, manuscript “Registered” at upper left with boxed REGISTERED handstamp and manuscript number, addressed to Auckland, New Zealand with Auckland (25 Jan 1913) receiver on front, reverse showing two violet Pago Pago c.d.s. transits matching the one tying the stamp, a fine and scarce example of U.S. postal usage from American Samoa. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$600.00
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Worldwide — Mexico 1970 FIFA World Cup Signed Card
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
437   imageBelgium, 1970 “Sportimex” World Cup team autographed souvenir card, numbered 048, issued for the Exposición Filatélica Deportiva in Mexico City, June 1970, under the joint auspices of FIFA and the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie, official double-panel card bearing the exhibition label “Exposición Filatélica Deportiva $2” cancelled “INAUGURACIÓN EXPOSICIÓN FILATÉLICA 19 VI 1970,” with a matching reverse pair of Mexico’s 1970 World Cup stamps cancelled “CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE FÚTBOL 21 VI 1970,” the reverse with contemporary blue-ink signatures of Belgium’s 1970 World Cup squad, including Raoul Lambert, Wilfried Van Moer, and probable Odilon Polleunis, together with others consistent with Beurlet, Heylens, and Thissen, a fine European representation from Mexico 1970. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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438   imageBrazil, 1970 “Sportimex” World Cup team autographed souvenir sheet, numbered 029, issued for the Exposición Filatélica Deportiva in Mexico City, June 1970, under the joint auspices of FIFA and the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie, official double-panel card bearing the exhibition label “Exposición Filatélica Deportiva $2” cancelled “INAUGURACIÓN EXPOSICIÓN FILATÉLICA 19 VI 1970,” with a matching reverse pair of Mexico’s 1970 World Cup stamps cancelled “CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE FÚTBOL 21 VI 1970,” the reverse with approximately fifteen contemporary blue-ink signatures of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup–winning squad, including a large clear “Pelé”, together with names reading Félix, Clodoaldo, Rivelino, Tostão, Piazza, and likely Jairzinho and Fontana, a vibrant souvenir from the team widely regarded as the greatest in World Cup history. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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439   imageBulgaria, 1970 “Sportimex” World Cup team autographed souvenir card, numbered 044, issued for the Exposición Filatélica Deportiva in Mexico City, June 1970, under the joint auspices of FIFA and the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie, official double-panel card bearing the exhibition label “Exposición Filatélica Deportiva $2” cancelled “INAUGURACIÓN EXPOSICIÓN FILATÉLICA 19 VI 1970,” with a matching reverse pair of Mexico’s 1970 World Cup stamps cancelled “CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE FÚTBOL 21 VI 1970,” the reverse with roughly twelve contemporary blue-ink signatures of Bulgaria’s 1970 World Cup squad, including names consistent with Shalamanov, Zhechev, Penev, and Bonev, a scarce Eastern European representation from Mexico 1970. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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440   imageCzechoslovakia, 1970 “Sportimex” World Cup team autographed souvenir card, numbered 036, issued for the Exposición Filatélica Deportiva in Mexico City, June 1970, under the joint auspices of FIFA and the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie, official double-panel card bearing the exhibition label “Exposición Filatélica Deportiva $2” cancelled “INAUGURACIÓN EXPOSICIÓN FILATÉLICA 19 VI 1970,” with a matching reverse pair of Mexico’s 1970 World Cup stamps cancelled “CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE FÚTBOL 21 VI 1970,” the reverse with approximately fourteen contemporary blue-ink signatures of Czechoslovakia’s national squad, including clearly written Václav Migas, Jozef Adamec, Ivan Hrdlička, and Ladislav Kuna, with others consistent with Polánec Josef and teammates, an especially legible and desirable example. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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