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Heavier-Than-Air Flights continued...

U.S. Crash Covers continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
461   image1932 (Mar 31), Bedford, Ohio, one known, one piece of orange and one piece of grey fabric from the wreck, plus notarized note of attestation, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, rare mementos.
AAMC 320331.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
462   image1932 (Jun 2), Fresno, Calif., AAMS 32.10, badly charred remains forwarded to Los Angeles in USPO Penalty ambulance cover with explanatory note, Fine, rare thus.
AAMC 320602.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
463   image1932 (Dec 13), McCleland, Iowa, charred remains of cover with USPO explanatory note, franked 7¢ with "Postage due 8 Cents/ M.15" auxiliary marking, Fine.
AAMC 321213.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
464   image1933 (Jan 10), Pittsburgh, Pa., three covers, one with attestation, all charred, one in official ambulance cover (franked with 2¢ Washington Bicentennials), two with explanatory notes, Very Fine, lovely and scarce group.
AAMC 330110.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
465   image1933 (Jun 4), Upper Zion, Va., badly charred cover "Damage due to/air mail interruption/at/Upper Zion Va", Fine, scarce.
AAMC 330604.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
466   image1933 (Jul 28), Kansas City, Mo., AAMS 33.7; three covers each with cachet "Damaged at Kansas City/Jul 28. 33 when plane/fell in the river," two in green, one in magenta (unlisted), Very Fine.
AAMC 330728.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
467   image1938 (May 25), Cleveland, Ohio ephemera, cover plus large piece of silver fabric and burnt piece of mailbag with letter of attestation, Very Fine, unusual.
AAMC 380524.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
468   image1938 (Nov 29), Point Reyes, Calif., AAMS 38.7; franked by pair of 3¢ Washington coils, cachet "Damage due to air mail/interruption near/Point Reyes, Cal/Nov 29. 1938"; press photo of pilot accompanies, Very Fine.
AAMC 381129.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
469   image1939 (Mar 26), Oklahoma City, Okla., charred envelope with cachet "Damage due to air mail/interruption near/Oklahoma City, Okla/Mar 26, 1939.", with accompanying ambulance envelope, Very Fine.
AAMC 390326.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
470   image1942 (Jan 12), Las Vegas, Nev., Carole Lombard crash, crash in which Carole Lombard died; cachet "Delay due to/air mail interruption/at/Las Vegas, Nev./Jan 16, 1942,"; with newspaper clipping, Very Fine, four recorded.
AAMC 420116.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
471   image1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am "Yankee Clipper" North America-Europe flight, cover salvaged at Lisbon (Portugal), commercial envelope with pre-printed "HAMILTON and FRASER and ASSOCIATES", Piedmont, California, return address; sent to London, England; with boxed violet straightline "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachet; "EXAMINED BY/10074" tape seals left edge, and British Post Office Seal #RLS54 seals flap, Very Fine.
Nierinck 430222o; SFr 160 ($170).
Estimate $100 - 150

Carrying mail from both the U.S. and South America, the Clipper crashed and sank when landing on the Tagus River. 93 bags of mail were recovered and forwarded to their destinations. Numerous markings are known (Nierinck lists 6 for mail destined to Great Britain alone). (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
472   image1920-80, crash covers, about 60, with AAMC 20.3 Ill to CA with "Rec'd Oakland/from Airplane/Wreck", 21.4 with label from postmaster WY, 21.5 with purple "S.F.Calif. July 16 1921/Damaged in Air Plane Fire", 22.1 Porcupine Ridge UT with purple "Delayed by forced landing/Air Mail Plane-Porcupine/Ridge Utah Dec 15 1922/Recovered Dec 27 1922", 28.7 Polk PA with tag "Damaged in crash of night air plane near Polk PA on Oct 18 1928", and many more identified by AAMC number, a rare opportunity to find so many identified, please examine, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
U.S. Airlines
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
473   imageAmerican Airways, 1932 (June 15), First Night Flight, Los Angeles - New York, route A.M. 33, cancelled "Air Mail Field'Jun/15/1932/4 PM/Los Angeles, Calif." and bearing a green Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce cachet commemorating the flight; signed by the L.A. - Tucson segment pilot; accompanied by a picture post card of an American Airlines plane; back with great "First Night Air Mail Flight/via/Fairweather Route/June 15, 1932" showing "The Sunshine City", Tucson, AZ, and personal greetings from the pilot; plus the 1989 obituary of Walter Ballard, who flew the first leg from San Diego to Phoenix on the transcontinental airmail route for American Airways in 1932, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
474   imageInterstate Airlines, six flight souvenir cards, four of which are signed by three pilots, plus two unsigned cards inscribed "The Route of Happy Landings", to be given to passengers who made a flight in the pictured plane; also include a printed biography card of Larry Harris, one of Interstate's pilots, with a handwritten inscription to Bill Schneider, Very Fine, a fun set, showing a biplane (clearly marked C.A.M. 30) and a monoplane.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
475   imagePan American Airways, 1946, test flights, 10 covers, with 1946 Nov 1 New York to Buenos Aires and return cover, 1946 Nov 1 New York to Ascunsion and return cover, 1946 Nov 1 New York to Rio de Janeiro and return cover, 1946 Nov 1 New York to Montevideo and return cover, all with mixed franking, Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
476   imagePan American Airways, 1950-87, Trans-Atlantic inaugural flights, approximately 80 covers, including 1950 Oslo to New York, 1960 Seattle to London, 1966 Berlin to Frankfurt and return; 1970 First Commercial Boeing 747 Clipper flights to and from New York, including several cached covers; 1971 Boeing 747 Clipper flights to and from Vienna; other first flights out of New York include the Airbus A310 in 1985, and to Leningrad in 1986; letter sheet and envelope to Clipper Club members, some postcards, and a Clipper Express passenger baggage sticker, Very Fine, a historic lot that would please any aviation collector, historian or enthusiast.
Estimate $200 - 300. (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)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
477   image1978-90, airlines first flight covers, over 150 covers mounted on pages, includes 1985 Apr 12 American Airlines Frankfort to Denver cover, 1978 Mar 18 Braniff Dallas to London cover, 1990 May 16 Frankfurt to Chicago cover, 1978 Apr 30 Delta New Orleans to London cover, 1980 Oct 27 Western Airlines Anchorage to London cover, 1979 Jun 20 Capitol Chicago to Brussels cover, 1978 May 6 National Miami to Amsterdam cover, also Air Florida, Arrow, Seaboard airlines, newspaper clippings, luggage tags and labels, picture postcards, photos, excellent crop of U.S. airlines, Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750. (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)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
478   image1979-90, airlines first flight covers, over 160 covers mounted on pages, includes 1979 Mar 31 NWA United Nations to Copenhagen cover, 1979 Sep 11 NW Orient New York to Glasgow, cover, 1984 Jun 9 NW Orient Frankfurt to Minneapolis cover, 1970 Jun 5 TWA New York to Rome cover, 1971 Sep 16 TWA Rome to Athens cover, with magazine ads, timetables, ad napkin, photos, luggage tags, excellent value, a lot to please every airline collector, Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750. (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)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
U.S. Rocket Mail Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
479   image1959 (Dec. 31), Reaction Research Society's Third Rocket Mail Flight, Mojave Desert, five covers, one each from Rocket F1, F2, F3, F5 and F6; each with full black pictorial cachet, blue R.R.S. Rocket Mail/Dec. 30-31, 1959 stamp with black rocket design cancel, and black handstamp of Rocket number, Very Fine, 20 rockets were used, carrying a total of only 240 covers; only a small number of covers were carried on each rocket, scarce.
Ellington-Zwisler 28; $375.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
U.S. Territories Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
480   imageAlaska, 1924 (Feb 21), Fairbanks - McGrath - Fairbanks, 2¢ stamped envelope postmarked Fairbanks duplex, Feb 21, 7 a.m., with McGrath receiver at 11:45 (time handwritten) and another Fairbanks duplex at 7 p.m. the same day, all markings on the front; signed by pilot, Carl B. Eielson, Very Fine. Also signed on the back by pioneer Airmail collector and dealer, Harry A. Truby.
AAMC 2/3.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

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