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Airmail Postal History

LotNo.

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CatNo.

Lot Description

1343

Air and Space Collection 1926-84, 100+ interesting aviation related covers in a binder; 17 vintage items from Charles Lindbergh career including real photo postcards, Underwood and Tuck postcards, round-trip flown Chicago to St Louis cover, flown FAM 5 to Canal Zone, first flight American Clipper (crash mail), and other items carried by Lindbergh; several Air Derby and other aviation related events; pilot carried and signed in 1935 Mitchell Air Race (2nd, 4th, and 5th place); 25 space event covers including Prime Recovery Ship for Apollo moon landing; 30+ pilot signed American and Canadian flown covers from 1929-1934 period; dozen better picture postcards of 1935-1960 aircraft including real photo postcard of B-17 over Mt Rainier; 12 rocketmail envelopes from 1933 Germany (6 autographed by Gerhard Zucker); Chula Vista CA cornercard on first trans-continental glider flight, and more; view on website, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.4 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

1344

Alaska Emergency Air Mail Service, 1934-46, 52 examples from the territory of Alaska in binder pages; cancels include Flat, Holy Cross, Council, Anvik, False Pass, Kiana, Kodiak, Golovin, Kotzebue, Koyukuk, Nome, Sitka, Yakutat, Baranof, Kake, Chatham, Kokrines, Unalakleet, Selawik, Kimshan Cove, Haines, Funter, Elfin Cove, Tenakee Springs, Hydaburg, Haycock, Shishmaref, Ruby, Nenana, Point Hope, Nulato, Noorvik, Kobuk, Saint Michael, Deering, Wales, Kivalina, and several others; large percentage have censor tape and includes a 1929 real photo postcard mailed from the Yukon of a family of sledge dog malamutes, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

1345

Airmail Cover Collection, 1930-2008, 250 covers with majority in 3 binders; includes 80+ National Air Mail Week, 40+ Wright Brothers related envelopes; various collecting areas including airport dedications, Army air maneuvers, National Air Races, commemorative envelopes, and experimental pick-up; about 40 American airship related covers including 11 flown on the USS Akron with the remainder commemorative (including one handpainted); a fun group, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 7.4 lbs. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

1346

Worthwhile Flight and First Day Cover Collection, strength in the Zeppelin covers including #C10 block plus 572 and C9, C14, C18 (4), and a few better foreign flown covers, approximately 150 CAM covers franked with #C7, and approximately 250 mostly First Day Covers including better Express Mail and Special Delivery issues, overall Very Fine, see the highlights online, ex-Faye Heller of Milwaukee. Shipping charges apply - weight 22 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $400-500
SOLD for $550.00
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1347

Catapult, Helicopter, and Autogiro Collection, 1931-1950, 42 envelopes carried by unusual means; 3 Ship to Shore postmarked Honolulu and backstamped SS City of Los Angeles, 2 Pick-Up Route First Flight (AM 49B and AM 49E), 13 Autogiro flights, and 23 Helicopter first flights (7 from 1946, 6 from 1947, as well as a beautiful 1948 San Gabriel cachet, 3 from 1949, 3 from 1950, 2 from 1952, and 1 from 1953); unusual, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
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1348

Large First Flight Collection, 1926-48, 625 Airmail covers packed in 4 binders; pair of unusual 1930 Col Arthur Goebel Trans-Continental flight covers, lots of CAMs and AMs, First Jet Service, 1st flight Lockheed Constitution (addressed to Australia), Pan Am first flights (Guatemala, Auckland, Zurich, Moscow, Santiago, Lima, Manila, Entebbe, Singapore, Agana, and Saigon), first flight Cleveland to Detroit with pair of Scott # C1, CAM 9 addressed to Indian Motorcycle Co, 1931 Army Air Corps combat demonstration, Charles Lindbergh carried mail, first flight Boeing 737, and much more; large percentage are 1926-1932 timeframe, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 17.8 lbs. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $400.00
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1349

S S Leviathan Catapult Collection, 1927-29, extraordinary collection of covers, photographs, and postcards related to experimental ship-to-shore catapult mail; while aircraft of the era did not have the capacity to routinely fly the Atlantic, it was recognized that a plane launched from an ocean liner en route could permit mail to arrive a day sooner by air than waiting on the ship; pair of Roessler envelopes marked FIRST AIRMAIL Steamer to Shore USS Leviathan off Fire Island, one is boldly signed by the pilot Clarence D Chamberlin, both backstamped Hasbrouck Heights NJ; an arrival date Hasbrouck Heights to Hoboken covers in annotated, "1st Air Mail to the United States from SS Leviathan by CD Chamberlin" in the pilot's handwriting; 3x5 photograph from a nurse on the ship in 1927 of Chamberlin in his airplane ready for launch on the catapult deck of the Leviathan; two dozen vintage postcards of the ship underway; stereocard of the Leviathan in the Hudson River sometime after the post Great War upgrade to serve as an American passenger liner; abstract from Voyage #12 East from New York to Southampton via Cherbourg in 1924 on the reverse of a postcard sized picture with location, miles traveled, and remarks about the weather; 12 real photo postcards showing various aspects of the deck and hull, other sepia photos of the interior further expand the story; three Adams Air Mail Pick-Up covers (one printed blue to the ship, and two rubber stamp (one red and one blue from the ship) from the 1929 attempt which was postponed, included is a letter on United States Lines stationery describing the catapult mail system; a historic lot, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.4 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1350

Zeppelins and Airships, 1928-36, 17 envelopes related to lighter than air travel; most are legal-sized and flown while three are commemorative in nature, one welcoming the USS Akron to Sunnyvale in 1932 and two with the striking printed Memorial Day 1933 cachet honoring the lives lost in the Akron disaster; eight were carried on the coast to coast USS Akron flight (many on uprated postal stationery); a pair of Graf Zeppelin first US to Germany (Sieger 22b), one from Santa Barbara to Paris (with receiver mark) and the other from Los Angeles to Berlin (with backstamps) and returned to sender; and four Hindenburg covers (409a, 409b (2), and 409c) from New York to Frankfurt; a byegone era, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction