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Heavier-Than-Air Flights continued...

U.S. Pioneer Flights continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
341   image1913 (Sept. 4-5), McLeansboro, IL, Aviation Meet and Street Circus, two post cards, one dated Sept. 4, the other Sept. 5; each bears blue "By Aerial Post From - /Aviation Meet and Street Circus/Sept. 1 to 6, 1913 McLeansboro, Ill." event cachet, postage tied by "By Aerial Route/Sept. 4, 5, 6, 1913/Aviation Field/McLeansboro, Ills." with plane special cancel (Sept. 4 in pink, Sept. 5 in purple); one card, plus later photo card "Irving Jumping from Francis' Biplane over S.W. Corner of square,/McLeansboro, Ill" (not flown) presented on exhibit page, Very Fine.
AAMC 72; $300.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
342   image1913 (Sept. 10-11), Carmi, IL, County Fair Aviation Exhibition, postal card cancelled Sept. 10, plus post card cancelled Sept. 11, each bearing "Mailed Via Airship" straightline magenta handstamp; Sept. 10 card addressed to H.A. Truby; additional (later) photo of group in front of plane included as well, Very Fine.
AAMC 73, 73a; $400.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
343   image1913 (Oct. 4), Natrona, PA, Experimental Aeroplane Mail Service, envelope franked with vertical pair of 1¢ Parcel Post stamps, cancelled and tied by Verona, PA, Oct. 17 duplex, addressed to H.A. Truby, with violet "Aeromail Service/Oct 4 1913/Natrona PA" handstamp; no backstamps, Very Fine.
AAMC 76; $275.
Estimate $150 - 200

The planned Oct. 4 flight did not occur due to mechanical difficulties, so pilot Theodore Stockman took the 45 pieces of mail still in his possession to the Verona Post Office, where they were postmarked and sent on by ordinary means. Covers were serviced by collectors, sent by Harry Truby and a few fellow members of the Aero Mail Club. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
344   image1913 (Oct. 17), Woodstock - Mount Jackson, VA, Shenandoah County Fair Exhibition Flights, 1¢ postal card addressed to Russell L. Stultz, cancelled by incomplete Oct. 17 Woodstock, VA, duplex with same-day Mount Jackson, VA, receiver; three-line "Aeroplane Mail/Service/Woodstock, VA" handstamp at upper right; an airmail item delivered to a Rural Route box number; reverse shows handwritten message, "To Mr. H.A. Truby - /With the compliments of/Russell L. Stultz.", dated April 20, 1914, with Truby's handstamped address, Very Fine, one of a total of ten cards and covers Stultz prepared.
AAMC 77; $400.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
345   image1914 (July 6-Sept. 7), Chautauqua Lake, NY, Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service, eight post or postal cards in all, from first flight on July 6 to the last on Sept. 7; first flight card addressed to John C. Morgan of New Kensington, PA, final flight card to Dorothy Elliott of Pittsburgh, all others to H.A. Truby; lot consists of AAMC #80, 80a (2, Bemus Point, July16 and July 30, the latter inscribed "Compliments of R.A. Scofield, P.M., Bemus Point, NY"), 80b (2, Celoron, Aug. 12 and Aug. 17), 80c (2, Mayville, July 19 and Aug. 8, the latter bearing an additional 5c Argentine "Pro-Aviacion Militar 1912" issue), and 80d (Chautauqua, Sept. 7); normal c.d.s. cancels each, with #80 bearing straightline "Hydro-Aeroplane Route" handstamp, all others with two-line "Via U.S. Aeroplane Mail/Route No. 607004" handstamp; additional colored picture post card "Flight by G.H. Curtiss over Lake Keuka, N.Y." (not flown) included, along with Stephen Reinhard's article from The Airpost Journal, Very Fine group, ex-Reinhard.
AAMC 80 vars; $3,200.
Estimate $500 - 750

The pilot of these flights, Al J. Engel, worked at Glenn Curtiss' factory in Hammondsport, NY. Chautauqua Lake was home to the Chautauqua Institution, where Engel took to flying during the summers of 1913 and 1914. He spent the summer of 1914 in the area, and contracted to do exhibition flying, and arrangements were made with the Post Office Department to carry post cards (and post cards only) along the lake's shores, with stops at Celoron, Bemus Point, Chautauqua and Mayville, Route #607,004 being assigned. Though under contract to perform from May 30 through Sept. 7, the earliest cards known are postmarked July 6 (Post Offices being closed July 4, a Saturday, and Sunday, July 5). Additional dates for covers from each town are given in the AAMC, but this is a fantastic start to a Chautauqua collection or exhibit! . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
346   image1914 (Nov. 3), Troy, AL, Pike County Fair Aviation Demonstration, 2¢ red Washington embossed envelope with violet "Aeroplane Mail Service" straightline and "Aerial Sub-Station/Nov/3/1914/Troy, Ala" c.d.s. with eight straight bars; addressed to Harry A. Truby; no backstamps, Very Fine, one of about 50 pieces of mail carried.
AAMC 83; $200.
Estimate $100 - 150

Katherine Stinson, the first woman to fly mail in the U.S., carried a mail pouch from the Fair Grounds to a spot near the Troy Post Office, where it was dropped. While she flew many days during the Fair, she carried mail only on November 3. Two biographical articles on Stinson included. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
347   image1915 (Feb. 20), Tacoma - Seattle, WA, Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Flight, 1¢ postal card cancelled Tacoma, Feb. 20, with "World's Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco 1915" slogan c.d.s.; also carries three-line "Aeroplane Mail/Carried between Tacoma & Seattle/By Gustave Stroehmer" cachet in black (the cachet misspelling the pilot's name [Stromer]); short Linn's (?) article included; slight upper left corner bend, still Very Fine, about 45 pieces of mail flown.
AAMC 84; $350.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
348   image1915 (Aug. 15), Rock Island, IL, Exposition Park Aviation Exhibition, picture post card franked by 1¢ Balboa, properly cancelled Rock Island Aug. 15, 4:30 p.m., bearing three-line black "Illinois' First Aeroplane Mail/Rock Island Expo. Park, Aug. 14, 1915/Carried by Patterson Aviators" handstamp; picture side of card shows three panels of pictures of planes (on the ground and in the air), with "Patterson Aviators/986 Trumbull Av., Detroit, Mich." below, with "Harry A. Truby" name stamp lower left, Very Fine, pilot Harry J. Webster flew 490 pieces of mail.
AAMC 87; $350.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
349   image1915 (Sept. 9), Detroit, MI, State Fair Aviation Meet, an official State Fair envelope bearing three-line violet "Detroit's First Aeroplane Mail/Detroit, Sept. 6-14, 1915/Carried by Patterson Aviators"; no backstamps, Very Fine, according to the AAMC, mail was carried aloft only on Sept. 8 and Sept. 10; covers with any other dates were not flown.
AAMC 88; $250.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
350   image1915 (Sept. 13), Milwaukee, WI, State Fair Aviation Meet, seven covers (six postal cards, one embossed envelope), flown Sept. 13, Sept. 14, Sept. 15 (two, one cancel black, the second violet), Sept. 16, Sept. 17 (two, one cancel violet, the other black); all bearing the special "Aeroplane Station" cancel; flown by Obert E. Williams around the Fair Grounds, Very Fine.
AAMC 87 vars; $700.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
351   image1915 (Nov. 5), Tucson, AZ, Southern Arizona Fair Aviation Demonstration, 2¢ red Washington embossed envelope, presented on gridded page, with violet commemorative postmark with indentation at right end of the lowest killer bar (variety noted in AAMC), Very Fine, one of about 100 letters carried.
AAMC 91; $200.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
352   image1916 (Oct. 5), West Branch, MI, Ogemaw County Fair Aviation Demonstration, one picture post card, one envelope (franked with marginal horizontal pair of imperf 1¢ Washingtons), each bearing the large circular "West Branch, Mich./Oct 5 1916/Aerial P.O." cancel in violet, the envelope exhibiting the "Oct 5 9161" (date slug inverted) variety, AAMC #95a; envelope with inconsequential stains from previous corner mounts upper and lower left and lower right (none at upper right and stamps or cancel), Very Fine, per AAMC, "very few items with the '9161' date are known".
AAMC 95, 95a.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
353   image1916 (Nov. 2), Chicago - New York, New York Times Experimental Aerial Post, a pair of flown covers, one a regular 2¢ embossed envelope (AAMC #97), the second a New York Times-produced souvenir card (#97a), each with appropriate Chicago Nov. 2, 6 a.m. duplex cancels and Nov. 3 New York 10 a.m. receivers; four-line cachet on envelope in black; card's cachet in red; slight crease to upper left of card, still Very Fine, 95 envelopes and 600 cards were flown.
AAMC 97, 97a; $1,100.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
U.S. Government Flights, First Flights and Related
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
354   image1918 (Sept. 9), Chicago to New York First Flight via Bryan & Cleveland, OH and Lock Haven, PA, a pair of covers, one flown Chicago to New York, the other Chicago to Bryan, OH, each franked with #C2 paying the airmail rate plus special delivery service; both cancelled by "Chicago/Sep 9/6 AM/ILL./1918" "29" duplex cancel, with Bryan-bound cover noted in typescript "Aeroplane Mail"; same-day Bryan, OH, and September 10 New York City Hall Station receivers on reverse, New York cover addressed to J.W. Scott Co., 36 John Street; showing vertical center fold and paperclip indentation, neither of which detracts, Very Fine, a lovely set.
AAMC 109, 109a; $250.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
355   image1918, Bayshore, NY, Naval Air Station picture post cards, 12 in all, showing biplanes on, over and out of the water at the Naval Air Station at Bayshore; includes original "10 Souvenir Post Cards/of/U.S. Aero Station/Bay Shore, L. I. N. Y." envelope, plus one card, "Back from its morning flight", used; obituary for Cmdr. John M.L. Rutherford, one of the select crew of the original "Eagles" (Naval flyers), who trained at Babylon, included, Very Fine, a fascinating look at how aerial military power began.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
356   image1918 (May 23), Katherine Stinson Special Flight, Chicago-New York, 1¢ postal card uprated by 1¢ green Washington, both cancelled by "Chicago/May 23/6 AM/IL" "29" duplex strikes, with black "Aerial Mail Service" on front; reverse shows black "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila./May/31/9 PM/1918/New York" receiver and handstamped address of Harry A. Truby, Very Fine, one of 60 pieces flown.
AAMC 102; $1,000.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

Stinson was the first woman sworn in as a U.S. air mail pilot. She covered 600 miles from Chicago to Binghamton, NY, in 10 hours, but difficulties at take-off delayed her departure from Binghamton for 8 days. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
357   image1918 (June 1), Washington, DC, to Boston via New York, cover paid at the 24¢ rate, cancelled in black with "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila/Jun/1/1918/Washington" postmark, along with red violet straightline "Aerial Mail Via New York" and purple 2-line "First Air/Mail" handstamps, Very Fine, 28 pounds of mail were flown.
AAMC 103; $200.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
358   image1918 (June 3), New York - Boston Experimental Flight, two covers, each franked with a 24¢ Jenny and bearing straightline violet "Aerial Mail _______" cachet; both cancelled by four-bar "Air Mail Service/Jun/3/1918/First Trip/New York" c.d.s. (with "New York Philadelphia" removed); cover addressed to Winchester, NH, bears manuscript notation at bottom "Flown to Boston by Lieut. Vanel [sic]", with Winchester duplex receiver on face and Boston transit on reverse; cover to Marblehead, MA, has double strike of New York origin c.d.s. and no receiver, Very Fine.
AAMC 104b; $300.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
359   image1918 (Sept. 5), New York to Chicago First Flight, via Lock Haven, PA and Cleveland & Bryan, OH, 5 covers in total; four cancelled "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila./SEP/4/10PM/1918/New York" in magenta with matching 4-line oval "N.Y. Chic./Aero Mail/9-5-1918/First Trip" cachet, one each to Chicago (backstamped with black Chicago "SEP 6/8 PM" receiver for Max Miller's flight - along with a football-shaped "Mail Delayed/6/Train Late" handstamp), to Lock Haven, to Cleveland and to Bryan; fifth cover addressed to Chicago and postmarked Cleveland SEP 5; all franked with Scott #C2, paying the 16¢ airmail rate with special delivery service; New York-Chicago cover a little worn, otherwise a Very Fine group.
AAMC 108b-108e; $775.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
360   image1918 (Dec. 18), New York - Cleveland - Chicago, four A.C. Roessler covers - two "Winged Letters" and two "Air Plane Stamp News" cacheted addresses; cancelled December 18 in New York (wavy line c.d.s.), Bellefonte (PA, flag c.d.s.; not flown) and Cleveland (duplex), and Bryan, OH (duplex); flown three days after the single-ounce rate was reduced to 6¢; each franked with pair of 3¢ Washingtons (sheet, coil or imperf); no backstamps; face scuff to New York envelope with light stain to left stamp of pair, otherwise Very Fine, a nice set; accompanied by article from The Airpost Journal by Maj. Fredric C. Lynch.
AAMC 110, 110b-d; $375.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

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