The Krupnick Collection

**Autographs**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
1		Byrd	Byrd's First Antarctic Expedition Cover Signed, 1930, postmarked the day Admiral Byrd's SS City of New York departed the Bay of Whales, franked with Canal Zone postage the envelope is signed by R E Byrd and his South Pole pilot Bernt Balchen who has annotated their flight dates, not flown but a great piece of Polar philatelic history, mild foxing, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) Get Market Data for [United States Possessions (Canal Zone) Byrd] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $200-300 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
2		Dahlstrom	Capt. Ralph Dahlstrom Warrant Record (defined as a repository for warrants, discharge certificates, letters of appointment, reappointment, or changes), the record contains 19 pages between 1923 & 1928, four examples of Dahlstrom's signature appear on three pages, most of the documents relate to Dahlstrom's time in the Marines while stationed in Port Au Prince, Haiti, the documents include his appointments to Corporal on October 1 1924, Sergeant on March 1 1926 and Gunnery Sergeant on Jan. 1 1927, and Dahlstrom's dog tag accompanies, as does a small photograph and a 8.5 x 11 photo of Dahlstrom with Pan Am employees Humphrey Toomey and Frank Hankins Jr. (typed note affixed to back), Dahlstrom was the Captain of the First Philippine Clipper Flight, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [Haiti Dahlstrom] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $75-100 SOLD for $50.00 Will close during Public Auction
3		Earhart 1930	Amelia Earhart Signed Cover from Feb. 8, 1930 New York Aviation Show, with lightly struck handstamp cachet at left, addressed to Oberlin PA, Very Fine. (Image) Get Market Data for [United States Earhart 1930] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $300-400 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
4		Earhart 1935	Amelia Earhart Signed First Solo Nonstop Flight Honolulu-Oakland, 1935 (AAMC AE 5), the first person to make the trip, man or woman, was Amelia Earhart, postmarked Honolulu Jan 11 and Oakland Jan 12, this legal sized cover is annotated and signed Amelia Earhart, AAMS reports 49 carried but those all appear to be addressed to her husband, GP Putnam, this cover addressed to the Society of Woman Geographers in Washington DC is one of the few not part of the original census, historic, Very Fine. AAMC $2,100. (Image) Get Market Data for [Oman Earhart 1935] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
5		Earhart 1937	Two Gimbels envelopes for Amelia Earhart Round the World Flight, 1937, unused, sold to finance Amelia Earhart's flight, 10,000 Type 2 (with stars) were produced and 6,000 sold for the original westward flight but the vast majority were lost in the Pacific Ocean, the rare Type 3 (Second Take Off) was only sold for a few months with only about 1,000 printed and most of these went missing after the eastbound second attempt; Type 3 faint staining, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [Autographs Earhart 1937] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,000-1,500 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
6		Earhart 1937	Signed Gimbels Round the World Flight, 1937, Type 1 (without stars) unused envelope sold by Gimbels department stores to finance Amelia Earhart's world flight signed by Amelia Earhart prior to around the world flight, the printed envelopes were available for $2.50 unsigned or $5 signed and could be retained or passed to the organizing committee to be carried by the aviatrix, this unflown example survived as approximately 6,500 covers carried on the flight were lost, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs Earhart 1937] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
7		Earhart 1938	Gimbels Amelia Earhart Round the World Flight Anniversary, 1938, Type 2 (with stars) used with #C23, tied by "N. Oakland Calif. May 21, 1938 Air-Mail Saves Time" slogan cancel, typed address to business promoter and close friend E.H. Dimity (after Earhart disappeared, Dimity founded the Amelia Earhart Foundation), ONLY THREE POSTMARKED SOUVENIRS OF EARHARTS ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT ARE KNOWN TO EXIST. Dimity saved at least two covers from loss when Earhart's plane disappeared. He had wanted to have some fun with the aviatrix by confronting her upon the successful completion of her journey with one piece of mail (probably addressed to himself) that was identical to the mail she was carrying and declare that the mail was faster than she. Dimity retained the unique cover after her plane disappeared during her second attempt. He likely retained this cover as well, had it signed by friend and fellow pilot Roscoe Turner and Postmaster Nellie Donohoe, and then mailed it to himself on May 21 1938, the one year anniversary of the start of her second attempt, Dimity is highy likely to be the source of the envelope mailed to Earhart's husband George P Putnam also on May 21 1938 that sold at public auction in 1995 for $15,000 - that cover is identical to the cover offered here but lacks the additional signatures, faint staining does not detract from this fabulous cover, a striking piece with wonderful history, the lot also includes a matched pair of covers flown from Detroit to Cleveland Over Lake Erie May 14, 1929 (AAMC 27E27) with "Amelia Earhart Special Pilot" handstamp cachets, one with 2c Aeronautics (Scott 649) tied by boxed purple "Railway Express Agency Received May 14, 1929 Superintendent Detroit Mich." and other with 5c Aeronautics (Scott 650) tied by boxed purple "Railway Express Agency Inc. Received May 14, 1929 General Mail Cleveland, Ohio." handstamped cachet, blue-green or purple commemorative and purple or blue green "Air Express" handstamp cachets, both with National Air Races labels and large white or yellow Air Shipment receipt tied by boxed cancel and with large commemorative handstamp cachets, and four covers from the U.S.S. Colorado and one from the U.S.S. Lexington that searched for Earhart -- one of the U.S.S. Colorado covers has the original letter from a son to his father that reads in part, "…. This is a cover for the search of Amelia E. … This is the second day out from Honolulu going south. We will cross the line about two days later. The Colorado is the base of the search. Every plane ship will refuel from us … I can't tell you the ship's destination for two or three months yet or neither can the Capt…", plus three small photos of Earhart, and a mailed advertising foldout cover lettersheet for Gimbels sale of Earhart Round-The-World Flight covers - $2.50 for unsigned and $5 for signed, Fine to Very Fine. Both this lettersheet and the cover offered are illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 543 . (Image) Get Market Data for [United States Earhart 1938] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $7,500-10,000 SOLD for $16,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
8		Ekins	H.R. Ekins Round-the-World in 18½ Days Tour, cover carried and signed by passenger and reporter Herbert R. "Bud" Ekins on his around the world journey in October 1936, also includes a souvenir cover from Ekins’ triumphant cross-country publicity tour, signed by Ekins, postmarked Cleveland, O., Oct 31, with rubberstamped cachet, "H.R. Ekins in Cleveland, 18½ Days Around the World", Very Fine, also including three newspaper articles including two headlines from the San Francisco News Oct. 1 and Oct. 19, 1936. Ekins, won a race with fellow reporters Leo Kiernan and Dorothy Killgalen by finishing in 18 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes, six days ahead of the other two. He had begun from Lakehurst NJ aboard the Hindenburg and finished in Newark NJ after over-flying Lakehurst . (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [Autographs Ekins] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $150-200 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
9		Itasca crew	*USCG Cutter Itasca* hand colored crew created mimeographed cachet, 1937, in support of the Amelia Earhart Round the World Flight, on legal-sized Official Business penalty envelope addressed to Ocean Beach CA, the plan was to print the Itasca cachet on the reverse of her envelopes when she landed and refueled at Howland Island, but she never arrived, each seaman was permitted two envelopes and there were 144 personnel onboard, but best estimates are that only about 100 envelopes were produced, important part of the Earhart story, Very Fine. (Image)** Get Market Data for [Germany (DDR) Itasca crew] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 SOLD for $850.00 Will close during Public Auction
10		Itasca crew	*USCG Cutter Itasca, 1937,* Crew created mimeographed cachet in support of the Amelia Earhart Round the World Flight, estimated that about 100 envelopes were produced for Coast Guard personnel on station at Howland Island, this uncanceled envelope includes a dozen signatures of key participants, 3¢ Washington (#720) uncanceled at top right, addressed to the Dept. of the Interior in Honolulu, very scarce, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [Germany (DDR) Itasca crew] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
11		Lindbergh	Charles A. Lindbergh signed FAM 5 Inaugural Air Mail, 1929, nice full signature on cover from Miami to Cristobal dated Feb 4th with the correct 27¢ franking and appropriate receiver mark, addressed to official with Pan American Airways, missing upper half of rubber stamp cachet, a great item, Very Fine. AAMC L-43. (Image) Get Market Data for [Germany (DDR) Lindbergh] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 SOLD for $850.00 Will close during Public Auction
12		Lindbergh	Charles Lindbergh themed collection of covers and ephemera, including five covers flown in 1929 on planes piloted by Lindbergh including British Guiana to Trinidad Sept. (then carried to San Juan by Jack Tilton who signed the cover), FAM 6 extension from San Juan to Paramaribo (Sept.), FAM 5 Miami to Canal Zone (Feb.), inaugural flight of FAM 8 Mexico City to Brownsville Texas (Mar.) also including three 8.5 x 11 in. and two 4 x 4 in. photos of Lindbergh, two 1927 event programs where Lindbergh spoke (Field Dedication of Des Moines Aviation Park on Aug. 29 and National Aeronautic Breakfast on June 13), more, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [United States Possessions (Canal Zone) Lindbergh] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $100-150 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
13		Musick	China Clipper flown cover signed by the crew of the First Trans-Pacific flight, Capt. Edwin C. Musick, First Officer F.S.K. Lewis, Second Officer W.F. McDonald, Navigator George King, Engineer C.D. Wright, Radio operator Z.L. Wenkstern, Asst. Engineer G.J. Wernet, and Flight Steward Robert Blumenthal, the cover was prepared by Whipple Hall, a printer in Manila whose souvenir covers like this one helped students of these flights better understand the early flights, Very Fine. Krupnick discusses the flight covers prepared by Whipple Hall in his book Pan American's Final Flight pages 85-95 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) Get Market Data for [China Musick] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $100-150 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
14		Pan Am	Pan American Airways first letterhead, on one page typed Feb. 3 1929 letter to Pan Am pilot Donald Duke regarding mail to be carried on Col. Charles Lindbergh's first flight from Miami, the letter reads, "Relative to letters addressed to you for the inaugural flight tomorrow. I am sending 24 letters to you from this office and at the direct request of Col. Lindbergh which he desires for his personal use. Col. Lindbergh desires that you return these in a separate packet to me at this office and I will have them forwarded to him… Sincerely yours, V.E. Chenea, Ass't Gen'l Traffic Mgr." with short note below; usual horizontal file folds from mailing, Very Fine, Pan-Am's first logo was only in use for about eleven months. (Image) Get Market Data for [Germany (DDR) Pan Am] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $75-100 SOLD for $50.00 Will close during Public Auction
15		Pan Am	Presentation Book for the Inauguration of Trans-Pacific Air Mail Service Nov. 22, 1935 (FAM 14), presented to "Wm. H. Vanderbilt", 4to, paperboard covers, with imprinted title 22 pages, with 32 tipped-in silver gelatin photographs ranging in size from 2.25 x 3 in. to 8 x 10 in. showing the China Clipper and images of the event and the officials involved, accompanied by typed captions, text, and autographs, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.4 lbs. This very rare book documents the Inauguration of the Trans-Pacific Air Mail Service between the U.S., the Hawaiian Islands, and the Philippines via Midway, Wake, and Guam Islands. The contents of this book include typed transcriptions of the inaugural addresses of a variety of dignitaries including: Pres. Roosevelt, who was not present at the event but submitted the first letter to be sent to Pres. Manuel Quezon of the Philippines, Postmaster Gen. Farley, who turned the first bag of mail over to Pan American, Juan T. Trippe, Pres. of Pan American, Manuel L. Quezon, Pres. of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, plus signature, signed photos of the 7 members of the flight crew, Frank Merriam, Gov. of California, plus signature, and Joseph Poindexter, Gov. of Hawaii, plus signature. The final pages feature a Log of the China Clipper, outlining the schedule and flight information from San Francisco to Manila and back, plus pictures of the China Clipper at various ports of call made during the crossing. On Nov. 29, after traveling 8,210 miles, the airplane reached Manila and delivered 110,000 pieces of mail. The China Clipper remained in Pan Am service until Jan. 1945 when it was destroyed in a crash in Port of Spain, Trinidad. William H. Vanderbilt (III, 1901-1981) was a prominent Republican from Rhode Island who would be governor three years later. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [United States Possessions (Hawaii) Pan Am] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $2,500-3,500 SOLD for $2,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
16		Pan Am Ephemera	Pan American Ephemera, 4 items, comprising 8.5 x 11 in. Jupiter Rex Certificate for Dan G. Vucetich on May 15, 1939 for his completing flying on a survey flight from San Francisco to Canton Island (illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 503), a 4 x 8 in. pencil written note "Know Ye that on this Twenty-Fourth Day of March in the year of our lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Seven at 10:13 in the morning, Frank M. Briggs did enter the Realm of Neptunis Rex in the Good Ship "Pan American Clipper NXC-16734" signed Captain Edwin C. Musick" Imperial Plenipotentiary, 1645' - 57' West Long." (illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 249) and two items relating to Irving Brizendine -- first is a certificate for his promotion from Second Class Seaman to First Class and a mock subpoena and summons, Very Fine. Krupnick discusses Vucetich in "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 238 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) Get Market Data for [Ephemera Pan Am Ephemera] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $200-300 SOLD for $110.00 Will close during Public Auction
17		Pan Am Ephemera	Pan American Ephemera, 8.5 x 11 in. Certificate for "Domain of Phoebus Apollo Ruler of the Sun and Heaven" for Ralph A. Dahlstrom, who crossed the International Date Line on a China Clipper on Oct. 19, 1936, the certificate is signed by Dahlstrom at the lower right, and eight others including Pan-Am employee William Van Duren; tiny repair to paper at bottom right clear of signature, Very Fine. Similar certificates for Phil Berst and Frank Briggs are illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 76 and 196, respectively . (Image) Get Market Data for [Ephemera Pan Am Ephemera] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $100-150 SOLD for $90.00 Will close during Public Auction
18		Sikorsky	Sikorsky World Record Flights, 1934, airmail envelope carried on initial flight of the S-42 on Apr 26 (postmarked the next day), and a second flown on a subsequent world record test (May 17), during the flight it carried the equivalent of 32 passengers, a crew of five, and 2,000 lbs of mail and cargo, signatures of Sikorsky test pilot Boris Sergievsky, copilot Raymond B Quick, and NAA Observer J P V Heinmuller, bonus 8" x 10" photograph that on the back in pencil reads "Licensing S-42 at Bridgeport L-R Musick, Priester, Lindbergh, Trippe, & Sikorsky", Very Fine envelope and photograph. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) Get Market Data for [Autographs Sikorsky] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $250-350 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
19		Sikorsky8	Sikorsky 8 World Record Flight, 1934 (AAMC L103), following test flights in Apr and May which demonstrated the ability to carry useful loads 2,500 (far enough to reach Hawaii), another series of records were set in Aug, envelope carried on that flight signed that day by Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Boris Sergeievsky, Pan Am Chief Pilot Edwin Musick, and Pan Am Technical Advisor C A Lindbergh, could not be nicer, Very Fine. Illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 55 . (Image) Get Market Data for [United States Possessions (Hawaii) Sikorsky8] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
20		Sikorsky8	Sikorsky 8 World Record Flight, 1934 (AAMC L103), atypical Sikorsky Aviation Corporation corner card airmail envelope carried on the record setting flight signed that day by Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Boris Sergeievsky, Pan Am Chief Pilot Edwin Musick, and Pan Am Technical Advisor C A Lindbergh, a magnificent alternative to the standard cachet, Fine to Very Fine. Illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 55 . (Image) Get Market Data for [Autographs Sikorsky8] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
21		Sullivan	Captain R.O.D. (Robert Oliver Daniel) Sullivan and Captain William S. Doxey, unique lot comprising four flown FAM 17 covers Baltimore to Bermuda March 15 or 16 1938 (actually an FAM 18 survey flight) with handstamp cachet at bottom left and addressed to "Capt. W.S. Doxey c/o Capt. R.O.D. Sullivan Pan American Airways Inc. Hamilton Bermuda", each cover signed by Sullivan and six others on reverse (probably crew), plus Aug 1 1931 Boston to Portland Maine and Aug. 3 1931 Bangor Maine to Portland Maine, also including four additional covers (three with original letters) signed Sullivan, also including eight postcards addressed to Doxey's then young son Bill Jr. -- six of which have signatures of Doxey and crew instead of messages and the others with messages from Doxey -- on Doxey piloted Clipper flights to South America (most franked with stamps from Latin American countries) and three flown covers signed by Doxey and co pilot W.W. Lynch to Columbia-- Doxey Sr. was a Pan Am pilot who did most of his flying in South America, this lot contains a few newspaper clippings about Doxey including one reporting that he left Pan Am to report for active duty in a heavy bombardment group (he was killed in the war) and a small Brazilian Bank Note, also including Aug. 2002 Airpost Journal article about Sullivan which states that Sullivan was the first person to make 100 Atlantic crossings and had accumulated over 14,000 flying hours. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [Timor Sullivan] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $300-400 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
22		Trippe	Juan T. Trippe Typed Letter Signed, on his letterhead signed simply "Juan" in black ink, to famed collector Amon Carter who was the owner of the Fort Worth Texas Star Telegram. The letter reads, "Dear Amon: Only this morning I received back from California the two first flight covers which I sent out to Eddie Musick asking that he sign them so that I could send them to you for your son and daughter. I am only sorry that they were addressed to me personally rather than direct to them for they would have been more interesting additions to their collections. Now that the Navy maneuvers are nearly completed our next survey flight to Hawaii and Midway will shortly get under way. I am still looking forward to your company as a fellow voyager on that first through passenger flight to the Far East. With best regards, Sincerely, Juan"; two horizontal folds from being placed in an envelope and very faint paper clip mark at top left, Very Fine signature. Illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 141 . (Image) Get Market Data for [United States Possessions (Hawaii) Trippe] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
23		Trippe	Pan American Airways President Juan T. Trippe typed letter signed, on company letterhead to Pan American Airways Vice President Evan Young expressing appreciation, with original legal sized Clipper flown cover from San Francisco to Manila FAM 14-1 addressed to Young at his home in South Orange NJ, FAM Handstamp cachet type F14a at left, US 25¢ Clipper (#C20) strip of three tied by two "San Francisco Calif. Nov. 22, 1935" FIRST DAY cancel, Manila Nov. 29 and South Orange receiving backstamps, cover opened roughly at left, letter is Extremely Fine. Illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 167 . (Image) (Image2) Get Market Data for [Germany (DDR) Trippe] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $150-200 SOLD for $80.00 Will close during Public Auction