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Aircraft Flights continued...

Misc. Flight Commemoratives continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
6281   imageUnited States, Adm Byrd Little America, 1928-35, Canal Zone #73 on City of New York cover posted 15 Sep 1928 at Cristobal during Byrd I; Dunedin machine cancel 29 Nov 1928 with New Zealand franking to Chicago autographed R E Byrd; 3 examples of 733 FDC; plus 20 envelopes with 733 or 735a from Little America (Byrd II) dated 1934 or 1935 season, many with add on or rubber stamp cachets. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
6282   imageUnited States, Zeppelin Day across America, 1928-1929, 17 envelopes and postcards, most with a document cachet honoring Dr Hugo Eckener either in red or blue; 4 postmarked Washington DC 19 Oct 1928, 4 canceled Philadelphia PA the same day, 5 with c.d.s. Chicago IL 21 Oct 1928 and lastly, 28 Aug 1929; bonus newspaper clippings included. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
6283   imageUnited States, Rotary International honors pilots, 1928, Northville MI on the 25th anniversary of the first powered flight, honored recent aviators of renown; the first envelope is autographed by the round the world pilots of the Pride of Detroit, Edward Schlee and William Brock, who flew 12,295 miles from Grace Harbour to Tokyo before quitting and returning by ship; the second is signed by Edward Stinson (Stinson Aircraft), who with 16,000 flight hours was the most experienced pilot in the world at the time of his death in 1932, and George Haldeman, the copilot for Ruth Elder in her 1927 transatlantic attempt; the last is signed by Bert Hassell, who was forced down in Greenland while attempting to fly from Rockford, IL to Stockolmn; nice covers of early pioneers. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
6284   imageUnited States, Potporii of early airmail events, 1928-1935, many are event items with newspaper clippings mounted to create unique covers and cards; airport dedications, army airfield maneuvers, 1 Mar 1929 CAM 25 crash mail, mint aviation postcards (Zeppelin, Junkers, Boeing), "Friendship" flyer card, C5 on cover from Chicago to Elko (1926); 5 first transcontinental glider postcards; autographed 1929 balloon races; 200+ items. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.6 lbs. (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
6285   imageUnited States, US-Canada cover carried by Floyd Bennett, 1928, A. C. Rosseler envelope postmarked 16 Mar 1928 flown from Staten Island to Winnipeg (receiver mark on reverse) carried by Floyd Bennett a month before the rescue of the Bremen fliers cost him his life, toning and staple marks at right; toned envelope cancelled at Floyd Bennett Field on Dedication Day, 23 Aug 1928 signed by Mrs Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen; airport dedication of Floyd Bennett Municipal Airport in Brooklyn, NY (staple damage at right; Boston, MA circle date stamp 27 Jun 1930 commemorating the homecoming of Adm Byrd (staple as well); magazine page with Balchen and Bennett prior to the relief flight to support the Bremen fliers and Hertha Junkers transporting parts for the Bremen; postal receipt card dated 2 May 1933 from Oslo signed by Bernt Balchen for a registered envelope sent from the consignor; ephemera cartoon panel honoring Balchen and Byrd. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
6286   imageUnited States, CAM 27 first flight guest pilot, 1929, while Charles Lindbergh is estimated to have carried more than a million pieces on hundreds of flights as an airmail pilot, "Lady Lindy" made only one flight; in 1929 Amelia Earhart was invited to pilot the first flight of CAM 27 from Detroit to Cleveland; the envelopes sell for a premium and this one is autographed. (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
6287   imageUnited States, Adams non-stop pick-up, 1929-1934, in an effort to collect airmail without landing, mail sacks were attached to lines strung across poles that permitted pilots to hook the sacks and continue to the next destination; lot includes 7 envelopes autographed by the pilot collecting mail in Youngstown OH on CAM 11; also 11 envelopes from the closing day of A Century of Progress 31 Oct 1934 signed by the pilot and system inventor Lytle S Adams; 18 flown envelopes; corner bumps and minor water stain on inventor's autograph. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
6288   imageUnited States, Hubert Wilkins and the Nautilus, 1931, 15 covers chronicle the Nautilus from first test to Arctic ice; most have newspaper clippings and typewritten documentation; 2 postmarked Camden NJ 17 Mar 1931 on first test from the shipyards; 3 postmarked at the US Submarine Base New London 3 Jun 1931, one with image of Commander Danenhower, one of Sir Hubert Wilkins, and a third autographed by Lady Suzanne Wilkins; 2 covers with Provincetown MA cds dated 5 Jun 1931 on the way north; 2 from New York 24 Mar 1931 in New York on the date of christening; 3 postmarked the same day in Brooklyn NY, one signed Sloan Danenhower and the other Hubert Wilkins; and lastly a registered cover from Alesund signed by Hubert Wilkins, another from Longyearbyen and the last from London autographed by both Hubert Wilkins and Sloan Danenhower; a powerful lot. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
6289   imageUnited States, Hubert Wilkins and the Nautilus, 1931, 11 covers chronicle the Nautilus from first test towards the North Pole; most have newspaper clippings and typewritten documentation; postmarked Camden NJ 17 Mar 1931 on first test from the shipyards; postmarked at the US Submarine Base New London 3 Jun 1931; New London circle date stamp autographed by Lady Suzanne Wilkins; 2 covers with Provincetown MA dated 5 Jun 1931 on the way north; New York 24 Mar 1931 in New York on the date of christening; 2 postmarked the same day in Brooklyn NY, one signed Sloan Danenhower and the other Hubert Wilkins; and lastly a registered cover from Alesund signed by Hubert Wilkins, another from Longyearbyen and the last from London autographed by both Hubert Wilkins and Sloan Danenhower; well worth a look. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
6290 C69 imageUnited States, 1964, 8¢ Goddard First Day Covers autographed by his wife (Scott C69), selection of better cachets including, Lowry, Fluegel, Fleetwood, Jackson, Art Craft, and two unidentified ones; each is autographed by Mrs Robert H Goddard; one is also signed by Joe Kerwin, Harrison H Schmitt, Bill Pogue and J H Glenn Jr; a TLS dated August 21, 1965 on personal stationary, is signed Ester C Goddard as is a second dated September 2, 1965; a bonus envelope with art from the Dutch Space Travel Archivs is autographed by Harry F Guggenheim, the man who funded Goddard's research; in total 8 envelopes, two letters, and a dozen autographs. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
Rocket Mail Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
6291 /o 11C1 imageAustria, 1931 (Oct 28), Friedrich Schmiedl - Grazerfeld - V 8 (Ellington-Zwisler 11C1), cacheted cover with one of the two triangular cachets tying a 10g Airmail stamp, signed and dated by Schmiedl, Very Fine. Only 77 covers (and 7 cards) were flown.
Hopferweiser FS-11a; €750 ($840). (Image)

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Ellington-Zwisler $750
Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
6292 15A1b imageAustria, 1932 (Jul 23), Friedrich Schmiedl - Schoekel - 1s blue (Ellington-Zwisler 15A1b), complete sheet of 8, each stamp with "Flugspende" and red "Schmiedl" signature handstamps on the reverse, o.g., lightly hinged in selvage only, Very Fine. (Image)

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Ellington-Zwisler $500
Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
6293 20A1c imageAustria, 1932 (Dec 10), Friedrich Schmiedl - St. Johann & Paul - 60g green on white, perf 11 (Ellington-Zwisler 20A1c), complete sheet of 8, each stamp with "Flugspende" and red "Schmiedl" signature handstamps on the reverse, o.g., lightly hinged in selvage only, Very Fine. The perforated white paper variety is not listed in the original E-Z. (Image)

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Ellington-Zwisler $300
Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
6294   imageAustria, 1933 WIPA Promotional Labels - History of Mail Transport, 10 different designs, "From the Post Office Runner to the Post Office Rocket", issued to promote the 1933 Vienna International Philatelic Exhibition; the labels were printed in sheets of 40 in 20 different colors, each sheet made up of four blocks of the 10 designs se-tenant. This lot includes a.) a complete set of 20 blocks of 10; b.); a complete set of 20 of just the "Rocket" label; c.) set of the 10 designs imperforate in a special WIPA Presentation folder signed by the labels' designer, Ludwig Hesshaimer - this folder was given to anyone who donated at least 50S (30RM) to the organizing committee; and d.) five se-tenant blocks, each block with a different private promotional overprint that were sold at various time after the Exhibition. The mint blocks have been hinged on two stamps, the imperforates are affixed to the folder, which has a light crease in the cover affecting one stamp. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
6295 /o   imageAustria, 1933 WIPA Private Postal Stationery - Post Office Rocket, 13 cards and four envelopes (all different) with the green "Post Office Rocket" illustration in the corner; nine cards and three envelopes have privately imprinted stamps - three mint & nine used; four cards and an envelope have no stamp imprint, but are franked with various stamps including a card with a 50g WIPA Semi-Postal (B110) tied by a Jun 27 WIPA cancel (Scott $260 on cover); a marvelous lot of these scarce Rocket-themed postal stationery. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
6296 24A1e, 24A1f imageAustria, 1933 (Dec 29), Friedrich Schmiedl - Stausee - 30g violet overprinted "Katapultflug" (Ellington-Zwisler 24A1e, 24A1f), two tête-bêche pairs: one normal, one with one overprint inverted, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. (Image)

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Ellington-Zwisler $550
Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
6297 24C1a imageAustria, 1933 (Dec 29), Friedrich Schmiedl - Stausee - K2 (Ellington-Zwisler 24C1a), properly cacheted cover with red "30g Rocket Flight surcharge paid" handstamp instead of Rocket Stamp; additionally, the blue & red Rocket Label has the red text doubled; signed by Schmiedl, Very Fine. (Image)

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Ellington-Zwisler $300 ++
Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
6298 36C1 var. imageAustria, 1961 (Sep 9), Graz Philatelic Society - 40th Anniversary souvenir cover (Ellington-Zwisler 36C1 var.), bearing the souvenir sheet with green overprint inverted, Very Fine. Believed to be unique! . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
6299 8C2 var. imageBelgium, 1936 (Jun 4), Carl Roberti - Heyst (Knocke) (Ellington-Zwisler 8C2 var.), properly cacheted photo card without Rocket Stamp as always, the two 5c Belgian stamps tied by Jun 4 Knocke c.d.s.s, Very Fine. 200 cards were flown, but most were postmarked at Heyst on June 5. (Image) (Image2)

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Ellington-Zwisler $175 ++
Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
6300 1C1 imageCuba, 1939 (Oct 1), Antonio Funes - Havana (Ellington-Zwisler 1C1), properly cacheted cover with First Rocket Flight overprint on the 25c Matanzas provisional, signed by Funes and by Dr. Tomas Terry, president of the Cuban Commission for the First Rocket Mail, Very Fine. Only 60 covers were flown.
Hopferweiser AF-01a; €500 ($560). (Image)

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Ellington-Zwisler $350+
Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

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