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Heavier-Than-Air Flights continued...

U.S. Government Flights, First Flights and Related continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
421   image1921-80, Western U.S. first flights, over 800 covers housed in six volumes, 1921 Kansas City to Omaha (AAMC 148) and return (AAMC 148a), 1922 Omaha to Norfolk (AAMC 152a), 1923 Saint Joseph MO to Omaha (AAMC 163), 1926 crash cover (AAMC 26.5) that killed pilot Elmer Partridge, 1926 first flight CAM 8 Portland to Los Angeles, 1928 Dallas to Waco with Lindbergh cachet, 1928 Helena to Salt Lake City, 1928 non-stop aerial pickup Chillicothe to St Joseph, 1929 round trip St Louis to Omaha to Kansas City, 1930 first flight Oakland to San Francisco, 1930 CAM 8 Los Angeles to San Diego, 1933 steam plane flight cover from Oakland, 1934 Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, 1934 St Louis to K.C. to Chicago to Saint Paul, 1936 San Francisco to Oakland, with photos, picture postcards, autographed cards and newspaper articles enhancing the collection throughout, please examine carefully, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. (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 $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
422   image1926-80, Eastern U.S. first flights, over 900 covers in seven albums, better has 1920 first flight St Louis to Chicago (AAMC 131), 1922 card not flown due to accident (AAMC 151), 1922 Cleveland to Detroit (AAMC 153), 1925 Birmingham AL to Cleveland (AAMC 173), 1926 first flight Chicago to Detroit, 1926 Charlevoix to St James MI, 1926 round trip cover Chicago to St Louis return to Chicago, 1926 first leg Washington to New York City, 1927 New Orleans to Atlanta, 1928 Hammersport NY 20th Anniversary flight, first day of five-cent rate with Lindbergh photo cachet, 1929 round-trip first flight CAM 27 Cleveland to Toledo, 1930 first official airmail pick up, 1930 special short flight Coastal Airways, with photos, newspaper & magazine articles, a marvelous collection for the flight cover maven, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. (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)

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Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
423   image1926-39, Trans-Oceanic record flights, seven covers, including two each of TO-1044 and TO-1178; 3 signed, useful lot, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
AAMC TO-1044, 1178, 1205, 1213, 1310.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
424   image1928-48, souvenir historical (marine) flights, 20 covers, including AAMC #SH 581 & 581a; 681 (16) Marine Mass Flight (signed by pilot), 713, plus a 1948 ship-to-shore, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, fascinating lot.
AAMC SH 581, 581a, 682, 713.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
425   image1929-74, Transcontinental first flights, over 350 covers held in three albums, better include 1930 cover from LA to Westfield NJ signed, 1930 cover signed by Eddie Schneider (youngest transcontinental pilot), 1935 cover signed by Laura Ingalls (winner of the Harmon Trophy), 1937 cover flown by Howard Hughes on his Hughes Special "R256Y", 1937 cover signed by J.R. Weddell, 1938 US Army Corps flight, 1938 Bendix Race covers signed by Frank Cordova & Lee Geheback, 1938 Bendix Race cover signed by pilot Frank Fuller, and 1948 cover flown on B29 Bermuda to LA signed by pilot Darel Cole, along with photos, newspaper articles, schedules and ticket receipts, a collection worthy of your time and effort, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
426   image1932-48, miscellaneous first flights, 13 covers; of particular interest, 1938 Puerto Rico "Kofresi" with Semi-Official stamp tied; 1940 Stratosphere flight; 1935 test flight by Espiritu Quisqueyano, a few CAMs, most interesting group, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
427   image1939-40, Transatlantic or Transpacific flights, eight covers from various flights including five multi-country frankings: 1.) Montreal - London - Hong Kong - New York, Aug 10-Sep 12, 1939; 2.) London - Montreal - Hong Kong, Aug 3-19, 1939; 3.) New York - Hong Kong - Paris, Jun 20-Jul 11, 1939, 4.) Hong Kong - London, Jul 8-13, 1939; and 5.) San Francisco - Auckland - London - New York, Jul 30-Oct 21; the last an F.A.M.-19 cover remailed from Auckland to London on Jul 21, then again from London to the U.S. (date not struck up) with a final New York c.d.s. on Oct 21, three months later, having encountered a World War II censor somewhere along the way. An interesting lot.
AAMC TO 1328 etc.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
428   image1946-80, Transcontinental jet first flights, over 700 covers residing in six albums, airlines include Hughes Airwest, TWA, Northwest Orient, United, American Airlines, Martinair, Eastern Airlines, Air Canada, Braniff, Continental, Western Airlines, Seaboard World Airlines, USAir, with many transcontinental, also includes picture postcards, luggage labels, ephemera and photos, a comprehensive collection sure to please the most meticulous collector, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $750-1,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
U.S. Aviators
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
429   imageGlenn Curtiss, four postcards, 1910-14, two unused; includes a 1910 real photo card of a "Curtiss Aeroplane Ready for a Flight"; also includes a 1910 5" x 7" photo of Curtiss and a passenger in a biplane over St. Augustine, Fla. (corner clipped and small tear); one of the unused cards has facial abrasions, otherwise a Fine lot.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $50.00
Will close during Public Auction
430   imageFrank Hawks, 1930-31, six covers plus 12 autographed photos of Hawks, along with various newspaper clippings from the period; the two earliest covers, dated Apr. 6, 1930, were from Hawks' San Diego - New York flight (AAMC #SH 621), each bearing the shield "First Trans-Continental/Glider Flight/sponsored by/The Texas Company/San Diego - New York/Frank Hawks, Pilot" cachet, one bearing an additional pink label "This letter given service by/'Eaglet' Captain Frank/Hawks, pilot, on first/flight of sailplane, San/Diego, Calif. to New York", the other signed by Hawks, Duke Jernigan (tow pilot) and the Assistant PMG; third cover (signed) is #SH 633, Hawks' New York - Los Angeles - New York flight; followed by a Dec. 12, 1930, New York - Washington, DC, cover, an Aug. 13, 1931 New York - Hot Springs, SD, cover (signed), and finally a Ft. Worth - Newark Aug. 26, 1931, signed cover, Very Fine, set your own record and bid early, but remember: "Don't send it by mail…send it by Hawks".
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
431   imageJohn Macready, first non-stop transcontinental flight pilot; signed covers & ephemera, 1929-31, 3 covers, 2 from the 1929 National Air Races in Cleveland (each with cachet, 1 in black, 1 in purple), plus 1931 San Jose Good Will Flight cachet; the first 2 signed by Macready, the San Jose cover accompanied by Macready's calling card, signed; lot also includes autographed photos of Macready and Oakley Kelley, plus advertisements from Standard Oil Company of California and Phillips Petroleum touting the flight, letters from Bill Schneider to both pilots with their handwritten replies, a newspaper photo of the Fokker T-2, and information on the plane from the National Air & Space Museum and Air Line Pilot magazine, Very Fine, a nice group.
Estimate $150 - 200

Macready and Oakley piloted the first non-stop transcontinental flight from Long Island to San Diego in 1922, making the journey in 26 hours and 50 minutes. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction
432   imageEarle Ovington, five different 1929-31 first flight covers signed by Ovington with his personal handstamp; also included is a 1938 National Air Mail Week cover signed by Mrs. Earle Ovington (Earle died in 1936); and a detailed typed letter to a representative of American Airways concerning incorrect artwork for a planned 20th Anniversary Flight commemorating Ovington's historic Sep 23, 1911 flight (one of the signed covers is of this flight); signed by Ovington with a handwritten notation pointing to "my private cachet used in autographing first flown air mail covers." Finally, there are a few contemporary newspaper and magazine clippings and a 16-page pamphlet, "Carrying the First U.S. Aerial Mail, by Earle L. Ovington, Licensed Aviator". It is an advertising piece for the Morrison-Ricker Mfg. Co., promoting their work gloves, a pair of which Ovington used during the 1911-12 flying season and attested to by Ovington in a letter written to the company, a reproduction of which is included in the pamphlet. The letter has five slight stains where it has been lightly affixed to a black backing sheet, otherwise everything is F-VF.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
433   imageEarle Ovington, six covers commemorating first airmail flight, 1931-61, five of which (from 20th Anniversary in 1931) signed by Earle Ovington; each bears at least one special commemorative cachet (many of the 1931 covers have two; these are AAMC #190, 190a (3), plus an unlisted Tucson commemorative cover); 1961 cover is AAMC #380; also includes photographs, contemporary newspaper clippings, picture post cards, and later articles on Ovington and his early airmail career, Very Fine, a wonderful opportunity for the early birds specialist.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
434   imageWiley Post, five vintage photographs, including one of his plane, Winnie Mae, signed by his wife, Mae Post; also three souvenir covers and a few articles and clippings.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
435   imageHugh Robinson, handwritten letter dated Jan 26, 1931, from Havana, Cuba; apparently in response to an enquiry, Robinson writes that he is "with the Curtiss Co. of Cuba". He also notes, not only his first Hydroplane Mail flight at the 1911 St. Louis Air Meet, but also "Then Oct-11-1911 I started down the Mississippi from Minneapolis with air mail also to Rock Island Ill., total 375 miles" - a flight that does not seem to have been previously chronicled. Also included is a Dec 1928 C.A.M. 25 first flight cover signed by Robinson as "U S Air Mail Pilot 10/71911" and an illustrated letterhead promoting Hugh Robinson, "America's most popular and successful Aviator" and his daredevil motorcycle act, the "Circle of Death"; the letterhead is identified in Robinson's hand as "Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows, Season 1914". (The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was an American traveling circus in the early 20th century that. at its peak, was second in size only to Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey). Both the letter and the illustrated letterhead have several tears, but are otherwise Fine overall.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
436   imageRudolph W. (Shorty) Schroeder, pair of covers, one from Schroeder to Brooklyn, NY, listing his aviation CV, the second a commemorative cachet cover for the 25th anniversary of Schroeder's "epic flight into the stratosphere" in 1920; both covers signed by Schroeder; includes an Oct. 26, 1950, letter from Schroeder to Bill Schneider, both covers Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300

Schroder set several U.S. and world altitude records, climbing to 38,180 feet in 1920, and was "Commercial Air Mail Pilot License #1". He went on to work for United Airlines as Vice-President for Safety. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
437   imageRoscoe Turner, 10 covers in all, 9 of which are signed flight covers; includes two 1932 covers from the Bendix Trophy Race (#SH668), in which Turner finished third; a 1933 Bendix New York - Los Angeles cover, and two Los Angeles - New York flight covers, where Turner set a new time record; two 1934 Bendix Los Angeles - New York covers (where Turner bested his own time), plus 1934 and 1935 Bendix Los Angeles - Cleveland covers; contemporary photos (several signed) and newspaper articles, plus two signed letters, one apologizing for not being able to carry the requestor's covers, Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
438   imageWright Brothers, eight vintage postcards, 1908-10, four French (2 unused) and four U.S.; one is a real photo and another is multicolor; one of the French cards, picturing Wilbur Wright at the controls of his plane, bears a label of the Jean Mermoz Aéro Club's Exposition of French Aviation Souvenirs, Jan 6-8, 1939; also includes a postcard size French press photo of the Wrights preparing for their historic round-trip crossing of the English Channel, June 2, 1910.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
439   imageEarly aviators' memorabilia, 1909-37, over 40 double-sided pages filled with covers, autographs, photos, articles and more about some of the earliest U.S. fliers; includes Lahm, Wiseman, Fowler, Foulois, Brabazon, Baldwin, glider soloists Babcock, Day and Kimball, Willard (fourth U.S. airplane pilot and the first barnstormer), Glenn Martin, Beckwith Havens & Augustus Post, Burge, first parachutist Henry Wacker, Billie Hank Miller ("Early Bird/Pioneer Girl Aviator-1912/Built Own Biplane, Logan, Ohio"), Blanche Noyes, Betty Gillies, Melba Beard, Viola Gentry, and much, much more, Very Fine, must inspect to truly appreciate.
Estimate $400 - 600. (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 $400-600
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
U.S. Attempted Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
440   image1926, Attempted Nonstop Flight, New York - Paris, recovered cover canceled Westbury, N.Y., Sep 15, with smoke and water damage, Fine to Very Fine. One of only seventeen covers recovered (nine with the Westbury cancel, two of which were signed by the pilot, René Fonck).
AAMC TO 1042b.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

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