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Around-the-World Flights

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

278

1931.06.21

Winnie Mae Record Round the World Flight, 1931 (AAMC 1141), with cancels in New York (Jun 21), Berlin (Jun 24), and Moscow (Jun 29), carried on route from New York via Harbour Grace, Chester (England), Hanover, Berlin, Moscow, Nova Sibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagovestchensk, Khabarovsk, Nome, Edmonton, and back to New York, signed by pilot Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty, beautiful example, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $650. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

279

1935.11.22

FAM 14 Round the World Clipper flown registered cover, franked by US 25¢ Clipper (#C20) strip of three tied by "San Francisco Calif. Nov. 22, 1935" FIRST DAY duplex cancels and four Hong Kong stamps, reverse with three Brazil stamps and two Great Britain stamps including 2sh6p Seahorse, light handstamp cachet, Hong Kong registry label and airmail etiquette at left, signed by the Hong Kong Postmaster at top left, flown from San Francisco to Manila then by sea to Hong Kong then by air to Singapore, then by KLM air to Europe and to England, then flown by Air France to Pernambuco, then back to the US by Pan Am, five different backstamps including "Freshwater Isle of Wight 20 DE 1935" (ties British stamps) and magenta "San Francisco, Calif. Office Supt. of Mails Jan. 17, 1936" double circle datestamps, "Manila P.I. Nov. 29, 1935" machine cancel, Extremely Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $150-250
SOLD for $325.00
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280

1936-39

Eight Round the World Flights, 1936-39, sent via Hong Kong and carried on the Hong Kong Clipper from San Francisco, better including registered New York via Hong Kong Clipper to India to Marseilles and New York with US #C24 block of four and Bombay Registry label and two India stamps, legal sized with US Postage Dues, British King George VI and Belgian stamps, legal sized with US #C22 tied by Honolulu cancel, Hong Kong and Great Britian King George VI stamps, legal sized with car dealership corner crease in Jacksonville FLA by Graf Zeppelin to Germany, to London then Hong Kong by air, then to Manila by boat and air to USA backstamped Frankfurt Germany and Hong Kong with US and Hong Kong stamps, ninth is legal sized from San Francisco to Hong Kong by Hong Kong by Clipper but not sure it made it around the world, Very Fine group. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $550.00
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281

1937.04.17

Year Long Round the World Flight from New York, 1937, franked with #C21 and C22 tied by New York Apr. 17, 1937 duplex cancel, to San Francisco (Apr. 21, 1937 backstamp) to Hong Kong (Victoria Hong Kong 28 APR 37" double circle backstamp), the blue First Flight cachet at center indicates this was carried on the China Clipper, then from Hong Kong to Bombay India (5 May 1937 receiving backstamps, India Air Mail stamps affixed and canceled 6 May 1937 to Berlin Germany, where two stamps were affixed and tied by individual "Berlin 15.6.37" double-circle datestamps and flown on the Graf Zeppelin (magenta handstamp cachet at top) to Brazil (15 Jun. 1937 backstamp). The cover must have been in Brazil for almost a year, because the three Brazilian stamps are canceled 25.4.1938 and there are purple Miami Apr. 30, 1938 and black New York 5.1.1938 & magenta 5.2.1938 Registry backstamps, Very Fine cover. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $400.00
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282

1937.04.26

1937 Round the World Clipper Flown legal sized cover, from Shanghai China to Shanghai China, franked with China #C11, C13-C17, C18 (2), seven of the eight stamps tied by five "Shanghai 26.4.37" circular datestamps, #C14 also tied by green Chinese Postal Service U.S.A. First Flight handstamp cachet, #C11 also tied by blue AAMC cachet F14g, Pan American Airways System printed corner cards with Chinese black on blue air mail etiquettes below, the route is typed on the front of the cover indicating seven flights -- Shanghai to Hong Kong to San Francisco (via Pan American) to Miani, to Rio de Janiero (via Pan American) to London to Hong Kong to Shanghai, backstamped San Francisco, London, Canton, Brazil and Shanghai, Very Fine cover. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $225.00
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283

1937.04.17

Round the World Clipper Flown legal sized cover, 1937, from Irvington NJ (two neighboring Newark Apr. 17, 1937 backstamps) to San Francisco (April 19 and 21 purple and blue backstamps) to Hong Kong (28 APR 1937 backstamp) to Christchurch New Zealand (13 MY 1937 backstamp) to Germany (May 31, 1937 backstamp) to Irvington NJ (Jun. 8 1937 backstamp), frankings including US #C20-C22, four New Zealand airmail stamps and two Germany Zeppelin stamps, blue First Flight San Francisco to Hong Kong cachet (type F14c), Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $300.00
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284

1937.04.21

Round the World legal sized FAM 14 Clipper flown and Hindenburg cover, franked with horizontal pairs of #C21 and C22 tied by San Francisco Apr. 21 1937 duplex cancel and #C19 plate single canceld in New York City, ornate hand drawn illustrations at top left of Pan American logo and the Graf Zeppelin and the intended route and map of FAM route at bottom, FAM handstamp cachet and violet "Returned to Sender" handstamp at center, addressed to New York, four backstamps including NY April 20 1937 (when dispatched) then Hong Kong April 28 then Frankfurt Germany May 29 then back to New York on June 18, Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $120.00
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285

1938

1938 Round the World Philippine Clipper and United Airways and Air France cachets, from Wake Island (two different) and Midway Islands flown oversized top loading envelope with stamps from India (tied by State Hotel and Calcutta oval cancels), Iran (tied by Air France double oval), Indochina (tied by one of two strikes of red "Douanes & Regies Tonkin Aeroport de Gialam Hanoi" double circle handstamp), Iraq, Germany, Burma and Thailand on the front and US, Hong Kong, Philippine stamps on the reverse tied by New York, Honolulu, Victoria and Manila datestamps, two Wake Island handstamp cachets, Midway Island cachet, Guam cachet and two "Pam American Airways Co. N. Hong Kong" small oval handstamps and "Philippine Clipper NC 14715" also on reverse, light staining clear of stamps at bottom right barely detracts from this incredible cover. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $750.00
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286

1939.06.24

American Express Co. Round the World Flight, 10 x 5 in. cover carried by the "Northern" FAM 18 routes between AMEX offices NYC June 24 1939 to London (6/28) to Calcutta (7/5) to Singapore (7/7) to Hong Kong (7/14) to Manila (7/22) and back to NYC (7/29), with stamps from each country affixed and tied by city's circular datestamp, FAM 18 cachet handstamp and piece of airmail etiquette at bottom left, Very Fine, a beautiful cover, Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $600.00
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287

1939.08

United Airlines Around The World Flight, August and Sept. 1939 (AAMC TO 1327), five cacheted flight covers to same pencil addressee, comprising New York Aug. 1939 to San Francisco, Wake Island to Guam (no PO at Wake so stamp canceled at Guam) with three different Wake Island cachets in green (Wake Fish on back), Honolulu to Manila, and two Manila to Hong Kong, last three with receiving backstamps, Extremely Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction