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Ligher-Than-Air Flights continued...

U.S. Dirigibles continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
241   image[U.S.S. Shenandoah] Hull Fabric salvaged from the 1925 wreckage, about 3" x 2½", along with a photocopy of an M. Ducar affidavit, dated April 10, 1931.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
242   image[U.S.S. Shenandoah] Hull fabric salvaged from the 1936 wreckage, piece of fabric about 3½" x 3" along with a faded photostatic copy of an affidavit dated Feb 19, 1937, from an M. Ducar, of Lorain, Ohio, who witnessed the crash on Sep 3, 1936, and actually picked up some fabric from the crash site.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
243   image[U.S.S. Los Angeles] 1924-25, Bermuda & Puerto Rico Flights, six covers: Frost 126-8A, 126-9-1A, 126-9-2A/C (both flight cachets), 126-9-2D (no flight cachet), 126-10-1A, 126-10-2B (San Juan mail).
Frost 126-8, 9, 10; $815+. AAMC Z-504/508.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
244   image[U.S.S. Los Angeles] 1924 (Oct 12-15), Transfer Flight of the Z.R. 3 to America, three flown covers Friedrichshafen - New York, one originating in Dresden, another with Jäger Zeppelin cachet; also an unused postcard of the Z.R. 3 over New York City, an unused postcard of the Z.R. 3 over Dresden, and a Visitor's Ticket to the Zeppelin Shipyard dated Aug 30, 1924, with rubberstamped signature of Airship designer, Dr. Ludwig Dürr; the ticket admitted a "Mr. Feucht with H. Dr. Lauter and one other person".
Michel 7 a, b.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
245   image[U.S.S. Los Angeles] 1924-25, Bermuda Flights, three covers: Frost 126-8A (with Roessler "Wrestler" corner card), 126-9-1A, 126-9-2C.
Frost 126-8, 9; $460. AAMC Z-504, 505, 506a.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
246   image[U.S.S. Los Angeles] 1925 (Jun 6), Lakehurst - Minneapolis, cover franked with 2¢ Norse-American tied by a light Jun 6 Lakehurst machine cancel with "U.S.S. Los Angeles" handstamp; bears blue datestamp of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank (the addressee).
Frost 126-12A; $800.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
247   image[U.S.S. Los Angeles] 1930 (May 31), Curtiss Marine Trophy Race Flight, Anacostia, D.C., legal-size cover (a Lakehurst Naval Air Station penalty envelope) franked with a 5¢ Washington tied by Mar 31 Washington D.C. duplex; typed statement acknowledging landing at Anacostia in a glider launched from the Airship, signed by the glider pilot, Lt. T.G.W. Settle and by Lt. R.F. Tyler, Very Fine. The cover is addressed to stamp dealer Donald Dickason in Wooster Ohio. Dickason was the recipient of the 17 Netherlands "Thoolen" covers that survived the Hindenburg Disaster.
Frost 126-17A; $3,000.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000

Thomas G.W. Settle was eventually transferred to sea duty and would reach the rank of Vice Admiral before retiring. Raymond F. Tyler would remain with lighter-than-air craft and would reach Captain and was commander of the Navy's Airship Wing One at the end of World War II. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
248   image[U.S.S. Los Angeles] Hull fabric, three pieces described in the accompanying photocopy of a letter to collector Fred Hambrock, Jr. on N.A.S. Lakehurst letterhead dated Dec 30, 1929, and signed by H.M. Dietzman, Production Engineer: 1.) "a small piece of one of the two parachutes carried on the U.S.S. Shenandoah on her disastrous flight"; 2.) a "piece of printed fabric…the kind and quality of cotton cloth used for the outer cover of the U.S.S. Los Angeles" which "was made in England for the Zeppelin Company in Germany, the builders of the Los Angeles"; and 3.) a piece of aluminized fabric "representative of the kind of fabric now used on the Los Angeles and is fast replacing the fabric used by the Germans.".
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
249   image[U.S.S. Akron] 1931-33, covers and ephemera, nine covers plus postcards, photos and clippings, Very Fine, an excellent study group.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
250   image[U.S.S. Akron] 1932, Hull fabric, piece of "‘duralumin’ and outer covering fabric from the damaged fin of the ‘Akron’ mishap on February 22nd" attested to in a typed letter dated April 1, 1932, on U.S.S. Akron stationery and signed only "R" to a "Friend Fred" (prominent airmail collector, Fred Hambrock, Jr.) for his collection; the piece of tail fin has been identified as such by "R" in ballpoint pen, the covering fabric includes a rivet; sizes are approximately 4-5" x 1½-2".
Estimate $200 - 300

At Lakehurst, on February 22, the Akron suffered an embarrassing ground handling accident when, in front of a group of congressmen waiting to board the ship for a demonstration flight, the ship broke away from its handlers, striking its lower tail fin on the ground. Repairs took two months. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
251   image[U.S.S. Akron] 1932, group of four, three are from the May Coast-to-Coast flight to San Diego (one franked with only 5¢ but not charged postage due); the fourth is purported to have been carried on Akron's return flight to the east coast by a crewman; it is postmarked San Diego, Jun 6 (the flight departed on Jun 11), and is handstamped "Via Air Mail" with a manuscript inscription, "Via ‘Akron’ 1st flight East", there are no other markings and the inscription has been re-inked; also included is a Roessler "Air Mail/ U.S.S. Akron" pictorial label in red orange., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
252   image[U.S.S. Akron] 1933, Navy Day Round Flight, cover franked with 8¢ postage tied by Oct 28 Moffett Field, Calif. duplex, with printed flight cachet signed by the Postmaster, Jay A. Matthews, Very Fine.
Frost ZR55-Aa; $2,500.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
253   image[U.S.S. Macon] 1933 (Oct 12), Restationing Flight to Moffett Field, cover with "U.S.S. Macon" handstamp postmarked Lakehurst, Oct 12; a second 3¢ stamp was added and canceled Sunnyvale, Calif., Oct 19, whence the cover was returned by ordinary mail to its addressee in Washington, D.C., Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

The Macon flew from Lakehurst on October 12, arriving at Moffett Field in Sunnyvale on October 15, where she was stationed until her fatal crash in February of 1935. This was not an official mail-carrying flight, but the cover was apparently put or carried aboard by the sender, a Lt. Commander A.M. Bryan stationed at NAS Lakehurst. It is addressed to a B.J. Merritt at the Navy Dept. in Washington. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
254   image[U.S.S. Macon] 1933-34, covers and ephemera, 14 covers, plus postcards, clippings, photos, etc., Very Fine, an excellent study lot.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
255   image[U.S.S. Macon] Hull fabric, two pieces, one about 1¾" square, the other about 2½" x 1¾".
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
Great Britain Dirigible R-34
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
256   imageGreat Britain, [Airship R-34] 1919 (July 2-6), East Fortune, Scotland - Selmah, Nova Scotia, unfranked cover addressed to Warlingham, Surrey, England; postmarked Selmah, Nov 8 (one bag of mail was dropped over Selmah and was not found for more than four months); on reverse is Selmah Postmaster's handwritten statement, "This letter dropped by H.M. Airship R34 July 5th 1919 and picked up at Selmah, Hunts Co. N.S. Nov 8th/19 by Milton Weldon and forwarded to Halifax by C.S. Waugh. Postmaster"; the cover is handstamped "T/30" and "3d/F.B." for postage due; Fine and rare. The addressee was unknown in Warlington and the cover was finally returned to the Dead Letter Office in Ottawa on Jan 20, 1919.
Frost R34-Aa; $10,000.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500

This was the world's first transatlantic crossing by a lighter-than-air craft. Another mail bag was dropped over Grand Bank, Newfoundland, but was never found. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
257   imageGreat Britain, [Airship R-34] 1924-69, ephemera related to ZR-1, ZR-3 and R-34, over 200 pieces of ephemera including press clippings, photos (including crashes), articles, etc., Very Fine, must be seen to be appreciated, marvelous study lot.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

Heavier-Than-Air Flights

Great Britain Glider Flight
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
258   imageGreat Britain, 1923, Motor Glider Flight, "Carried by/Motor Glider/from/Lympne to Hastingleigh", stamp mounted on special label, signed by pilot, Very Fine, rare.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
DO-X Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
259   imageBrazil, 1931, three DO-X covers, Bahia - Rio de Janeiro (postmarked Jun 19), Para - New York (Aug 6) and S. Luiz-Maranhao (Aug 7), all cacheted and backstamped; last with small edge tears, Fine to Very Fine.
Haberer 11, 15, 16; $800. AAMC 9b, 10f [2]; $175.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
260   imageBrazil, 1931 (Jun-Aug), group of flown DO-X covers, 18 nearly all-different covers to and/or from Bahia, Belem, Curitiba, Havana, Natal, New York, Pelotas, Porto Alegre Port of Spain, Sao Luiz, Sao Paulo and Victoria; a marvelous lot.
AAMC 9-10 & vars.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

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