Misc. Flight Commemoratives continued...
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| 6261 |
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 France, 25th anniversary Bleriot across the Channel, 1934, 3 Bate cachets on Lawrence Smith (stamp dealer) envelopes flown from Paris across the Channel to London; 8 cards postmarked Dover,
and 8 cards postmarked Calais to commemorate Bleriot's 1909 flight, attractive red Calais government postal marking. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6262 |
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 U.S.S.R., North Pole drift mail 1961-90, beginning in 1937 Soviets occupied floating tabular icebergs drifting over the top of the world; these polar event covers from the expeditions
document the activities and progress to further scientific investigations, provide weather reports for aircraft, and promote national security; included are a few postcards and mint entires (not counted) and several of the better cachets (Official);
33 fascinating envelopes. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6263 |
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 U.S.S.R., Soviet icebreaker covers in 2 volumes, late 1950-80s with Soviet (and later Russian) polar history documented on 134 envelopes; numerous icebreakers and arctic stations; many
exploded to display numerous cachets from the reverses; sizable number of official envelopes designed for the NP drift stations. Shipping charges apply - weight 6.8 lbs. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6264 |
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 U.S.S.R., Soviet Union, arctic icebreakers in polar waters, 1980-91, 500+ cacheted envelopes celebrating polar operations of nuclear icebreakers and support vessels; in addition to the
printed artwork, they all have intricate colored rubber stamps that further gussy up these covers; casual inspection reveals numerous NP drift mail envelopes (including some with official cachets); very little duplication; metric tons of enjoyment
for the winner of this lot. Shipping charges apply - weight 10 lbs. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6265 |
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 United States, 25th anniversary of powered flight, 1928, margin copy SC C11 postmarked Kitty Hawk NC 17 Dec 1928; envelope autographed by the local postmaster, Amelia Earhart, Orville
Wright, and Hiram Bingham; an accompanying magazine photograph shows a memorial tablet with invited guests, the photo shows Wright, Earhart (who had recently participated in a transatlantic flight), and Senator Bingham of Connecticut;
Bingham, who had also served as Governor from his state, organized primary flight instruction for the Army Air Service during the Great War.
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Suggested Bid $800-1,200
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6266 |
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 United States, Commentary in Orville Wright's hand, 1928, a mere 25 years after the first flight, some were already getting early aviation history wrong; here the coinventor of the airplane
began to correct mistakes and quickly gave up and simply wrote, "The dates on this card are mostly wrong. Orville Wright"; postmarked on the obverse at Kitty Hawk, NC on 2 May 1928. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6267 |
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 United States, Kitty Hawk anniversary, 1928, SC 649 and 650 tied by a 17 Dec 1928 hand cancel from Kitty Hawk, NC; autograph of Orville Wright and Charles Lawrence (inventor of
the air cooled radial engine); rubber stamp cachet in black and newspaper images attached; it was the tradition of the collector to mark (with a black cross) those pilots who had passed in his collection, in this case Lawrence died in 1950, Wright
passed in 1948 having lived long enough to see Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6268 |
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 United States, "Friendship" Day in Chicago, 1928, autograph of Amelia Earhart on Morrison Hotel advertising cover dated 19 Jul 1928, a month after her transatlantic flight;
"Friendship" Day was designed to honor her flight from Newfoundland to England in an aircraft of the same name; newspaper photo glued to bottom edge has resulted in moderate toning underneath. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6269 |
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 United States, Boston welcomes "Friendship" flyers, 1928, airmail postcard showing Air Mail routes on the reverse from the Boston chapter of the National Aeronautic Association autographed
by Amelia Earhart; faint toning noted. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6270 |
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 United States, Boston welcomes "Friendship" flyers, 1928, airmail postcard showing Air Mail routes on the reverse from the Boston chapter of the National Aeronautic Association autographed
by Amelia Earhart; moderate toning noted. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6271 |
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 United States, New York welcomes Earheart, 1928, attractive printed envelope showing the Statue of Liberty, the text reads, "July 6, 1928 New York Welcomes AMELIA EARHEART (sic) "Miss Lindy"
The First Woman to Cross The Atlantic"; autographed by Amelia Earhart; newsprint drawing glued at top has caused mild toning underneath. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6272 |
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 United States, Bremen fliers honored in Washington, 1928, C10 on Washington DC duplex dated 2 May 1928; on that date Congress authorized the President to confer the Distinguished Flying
Cross to the Bremen Fliers; receiver marks Chicago on reverse; autographed by Calvin Coolidge, Baron Von Hunefeld and navigator James Fitzmaurice.
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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6273 |
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 United States, Republican national convention, 1928, postmarked at Kansas City MO during the Republican national convention in 1928; autographed by the nominee and 31st President of the
United States, Herbert Hoover. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6274 |
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 United States, Zeppelin Day in Washington, 1928, on 19 October Dr Hugo Eckener brought the Graf Zeppelin to the nation's capitol; flying at 500 feet the transatlantic airliner dipped its
nose twice as it passed; President Coolidge waved his welcome from the White House roof; Washington duplex with C11 franking; autograph of Calvin Coolidge; magazine page of the president with facsimile signature. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6275 |
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 United States, Pioneer aviators on cover, 1928, SC C11 tied with 17 Dec 1928 cancel to 25th anniversary envelope; autographed by Orville Wright (first pilot) and W P Mac Craken Jr
(first govt issued pilot's license); second envelope is a Chicago Aero Philatelic Society airmail envelope canceled during the International Aeronautical Exposition being held in the city. It is boldly autographed by Glenn H Curtiss. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6276 |
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 United States, Midwestern Philatelic Show, 1928, booklet pane with tab (C10a) and two SC #645 on registered envelope to London and then continental airmail to Germany, wonderful backstamps
in New York, England and Germany; C10 with bold hand cancel in purple on the first day of the show, also label from the exhibition; stunning C10a pane (no tab) and 645 single postmarked in green on multicolored cachet; C10a and 645 single on FDC with
eagle and shield; 645 FDC block and single paying the airmail rate, no cachet; bonus, 1 Sep 1927 Air Express New York to Chicago (2 examples) on oversized Roessler envelopes, colorful with address label and prepaid label on the same side of the item;
7 pieces. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6277 |
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 United States, Burial of Floyd Bennett, 1928, mourning cover with C10 tied Washington DC 27 Apr 1928 duplex; black framed box reads the envelope was mailed at the exact time (3pm) the
funeral processional at Arlington National Cemetery commenced; Bennett was first with Adm Byrd and Bernt Balchen over the North Pole (1926) and competed against Charles Lindbergh in first non-stop west to east across the Atlantic (1927); Bennett died
from pneumonia while racing to save the Bremen fliers (1928) with Balchen; autographed by Calvin Coolidge, who presented the Medal of Honor, R E Byrd, and Bernt Balchen; Chicago and San Francisco receiver marks on reverse; also
includes a typed letter signed from Bernt Balchen to the consignor from Aalesund, Norway dated 10 Jun 1933 inquiring whether the collector had received requested autographs. (Image) (Image2)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6278 |
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 United States, International Civil Aeronautics Conference, 1928, two Roessler cachets postmarked in green for the ICAC event; one has a block of SC 650 postmarked 13 Dec; the other has a SC
649 and 650 from the last day of the conference and is autographed by Orville Wright. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6279 |
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 United States, Bremen fliers scrapbook, 1928, Capt Koehl on vintage postcard; Col James C Fitzmaurice on Clarke City envelope; Fliers welcomed to New York City autographed by Mayor
James Walker, navigator James C Fitzmaurice and rescuer Hertha Junkers; Clarence Chamberlin on attractive NYC cachet; Duke Schiller on postal reply card from Sioux Lookout Ontario; numerous city celebrations
including Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago (with autographs of Mayor Thompson and Hugo Junkers, and another signed by William Brock, Edward Schlee, Jack Fitzmaurice and Bert Acoste with a wonderful 36 page deluxe pamphlet
called The Story of Acoste); Fred R Zimmerman Governor of Wisconsin on oversized cover; numerous commemorative covers; Detroit celebration signed by Capt Eddie Rickenbacker, George Haldemann and Col Jack Fitzmaurice;
celebration in St Louis, Boston and New York (Alfred E Smith signed here);Duke Schiller signature on 22 May 1928 Montreal envelope; handwritten note dated 20 Dec 1928 Winnipeg from Duke Schiller to a Chicago collector; 6
beautiful medallions (including four half dollar sized ones in silver); several well struck German postcard canceled Oct 1928 for "Bremen Day". Shipping charges apply - weight 6.4 lbs.
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 United States, Carried like a sack of potatoes, 1928, how "Lady Lindy" described her contribution as the first woman to travel by airplane across the Atlantic; after the successful crossing
by pilots Gordon and Stultz, the town of Middletown PA honored the fliers; autograph of Amelia Earhart soon after her transatlantic journey; mild to moderate toning at base of envelope. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
