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FAM 14 continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
107 cover 1936.10.21 imageFirst Passenger Flight San Francisco to Manila, 1936, this cover and letter were written by Mrs. Zetta Averill on hotel stationery to herself and flown on the first passenger flight of the Hawaiian Clipper, wonderful early FAM14; Averill and Clara Adams were the only two female passengers on this flight, Averill wrote the letter to herself while in Hawaii on Oct. 22 but she had already mailed envelope to herself in Manila the previous day while in San Francisco, Very Fine.


Discussed and illustrated in Jon Krupnick's book "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers, The Rest of the Story", p. 233 . (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
108 cover 1936.10.28 imageInbound First Passenger Signed Flight Cover Manila to Honolulu, 1936, with the signatures of the eleven passengers who were the first to fly the Pacific on the reverse, violet boxed "Via Clipper" handstamp and typed cachet at bottom left, each passenger paid $950 (nearly $18,000 in today's dollars) for the privilege, a wonderful early piece of airmail history, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
109 cover 1936.10 image16 Pan American Clipper flown covers with Oct. or Nov. 1936 cancels from San Francisco, Honolulu or Guam, including seven with First Passenger printed cachet, three with bold violet "Inaugural Trans-Pacific Air Passenger Service P.A.A. Clipper Hawaii -- California" handstamp cachet, and two addressed to famed passenger Clara Adams with one signed by the manager of the Midway Hotel on Midway Island that contains the original Form PT-8 enclosure and the other has four signatures on the reverse, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
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110 cover 1936.10.21 imageFirst Passenger Flight San Francisco to Manila, 1936, world traveler Clara Adams has addressed the envelope to herself as well as placing an address label to forward home after arrival in Manila, mixed franking with Philippines stamps for return journey, unused Pan Am aerogram used as a stuffer, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
111 cover 1936.10.21 imageFirst Passenger Flight San Francisco to Wake Island, 1936, world traveler Clara Adams placed a printed label self addressed to Wake Island, it bears signatures of Capt Edwin Musick, San Francisco Postmaster William McCarthy, and Wake Airport Manager Stewart A. Saunders, rubber stamp annotation at Wake Island for Oct 25th, Honolulu duplex cancel on the reverse, Clara Adams signature on Pan Am aerogram as a stuffer, Fine to Very Fine.


Both cover and aerogram illustrated in Jon Krupnick's book "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers, The Rest of the Story", p. 232 . (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $275.00
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112 cover 1936.10.21 imageFirst Passenger Flight San Francisco to Midway Island, 1936, world traveler Clara Adams placed a printed label self addressed to Midway Island, it bears signatures of F J. Noonan (navigator lost the following year with Amelia Earhart), San Francisco Postmaster William McCarthy, and PAA Midway Hotel Manager R D Clark, a Honolulu duplex cancel on the reverse has the outbound Oct 22nd date but the cover clearly traveled on to Midway, beautiful; slightly reduced at left, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
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113 cover 1936.10.14 imageFirst Passenger Flight San Francisco to Manila, 1936, originating in New York, this nicely franked envelope proceeded to California where it embarked on the China Clipper's first passenger's flight, self addressed to globe trotting Clara Adams, it is signed by famed Captain Edwin Musick, backstamp confirms receipt in the Philippines, a classic; slightly reduced at left, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
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114 cover 1936.10.30 imageInbound Flight Manila to Honolulu, 1936, wonderfully mixed franking envelope with Pam Am corner card from Manila through Wake Island and on to Honolulu, postmarks in Manila, Guam (on reverse), and Honolulu (on obverse), signed by Clara Adams and R F Bradley, Passenger No 1, unused Manila Hotel letterhead as a stuffer, Fine to Very Fine.


Cover and stuffer illustrated in Jon Krupnick's book "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers, The Rest of the Story", p. 230 . (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $160.00
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115 cover 1936.10.30 imageInbound Flight Manila to Honolulu, 1936, Pam Am corner card from Manila through Wake Island (with Mailed at Wake Island Pacific Ocean violet rubber stamp) and on to Honolulu, postmarks in Manila, Guam (on reverse), and Honolulu (on obverse), signed by Clara Adams and R F Bradley, Passenger No 1, unused Manila Hotel letterhead as a stuffer; missing corner on one stamp, Fine to Very Fine.


A very similar cover and stuffer illustrated in Jon Krupnick's book "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers, The Rest of the Story", p. 230 . (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $140.00
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116 cover 1936.10.30 imageInbound Flight Manila to Honolulu, 1936, Pan Am corner card from Manila to Midway Island, postmarked in Manila and Guam (on reverse), signed by Clara Adams, Midway Airport Manager John Boyle, passenger Edward Brier of Honolulu (on the reverse), and an unidentified doctor, a great piece, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
117 cover 1936.10.30 imageInbound Flight Manila to Honolulu, 1936, Clara Adams address label on legal sized airmail envelope with Philippines and United States postage, both the Manila and Honolulu postmarks are on the face and include the signature of the Director of Posts & Postmaster in Manila, Juan Ruiz, Manila Hotel letterhead enclosed, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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118 cover 1936.10.27 imageFirst Revenue Passenger Flight Guam to Manila, 1936, wonderful Trans-Pacific Air Mail envelope (number 99 of 100) printed specifically for the final leg of the first commercial flight from the mainland to the Philippines, two US stamps tied by "Guam Guam Oct. 27, 1936" duplex cancel and one Philippines stamp tied by "Manila P.I. Jan. 18, 1937" circular datestamp, reverse with "Manila P.I. Oct. 27, 1936" receiving datestamp and printed passenger and flight crew lists (documenting the importance of the first commercial air travel across the vast Pacific Ocean), Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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SOLD for $110.00
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119 cover 1936.11.01 imageUnique cover from both the VIP Flight and the First Revenue Passenger Flight, 1936, Amon Carter-prepared stylish Crosby cacheted cover showing the Philippine Clipper at Guam, cover postmarked Guam to Detroit with a San Francisco receiver indicating the cover was flown on a Westbound Clipper, with delightful original letter on Manila Hotel stationery, Very Fine, Very Fine.


Cover and letter discussed and illustrated in Jon Krupnick's book "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers, The Rest of the Story", p. 216, Krupnick writes, "The VIPs on their return flight (of the Hawaiian Clipper), arrived at Guam on October 25, 1936. For several days, the weather prevented them from flying on to Wake. While they were on Guam, the westbound Hawaii Clipper with the first revenue passenger also arrived….(Carter's) letter … was mailed too late to be placed on his flight home from Guam, so it remained on the island until the inbound return flight of the first revenue passengers returned from Manila to Guam. Carter's letter reached San Francisco on Nov. 4, 1936, two days after his return on the Philippine Clipper. Therefore, his letter is a unique souvenir of both the VIP Flight and the first revenue passenger flight." . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
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120 cover 1936.11.03 imageFirst Passenger Flight Hawaii to San Francisco, 1936, Pan American Airways Airmail legal sized envelope with Inaugural Hawaii to California Air Passenger Service addressed to Germany, 25c pays the Pacific airmail rate and 5c the charge cross country from California and across the Atlantic, clear Paris receiver on reverse, unusual, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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121 cover 1936.11.03 imageFirst Passenger Flight Manila to San Francisco, 1936, world traveler Clara Adams used a Pan Am Airmail envelope and added several Philippines and United States stamps to pay the rate from Manila through Guam, Wake, Midway, Honolulu, and on to New York to a friend, an aerogram signed Clara Adams was enclosed, very colorful, Fine-Very Fine. First Passenger Flight Manila to San Francisco, 1936, world traveler Clara Adams used a Pan Am Airmail envelope and added several Philippines and United States stamps to pay the rate from Manila through Guam, Wake, Midway, Honolulu, and on to New York to a friend, an aerogram signed Clara Adams was enclosed, very colorful, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
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122 cover 1937 imageFAM 14 pilot and crew signed covers prepared by Richard Singley, four comprising FAM 14-10a San Francisco to Macao franked by four Venezuela air mail stamps signed Capt. A.E. La Porte, FAM 14-11 (Honolulu to Hong Kong) signed by Capt. A.E. La Porte" and R.J. Nixon with erased pencil address, FAM 14-12a Guam to Macao franked with plate number pair of #C20 and plate number single of #CE2 signed by "Capt. A.E. La Porte, Hong Kong Clipper" and crew C.S. Sellin (Navigator) F.M. Briggs (Engineer) V.A. Wright (Radio) Wm. McCarty (Ant. Engineer) J.W. Stickrod and FAM 14-13 Manila to Hong Kong signed by the same six plus "Capt. R.J. Nixon", Very Fine group.


Sellin and Stickrod died in the explosion of the Sikorsky S-42 Samoan Clipper near Pago Pago on January 11, 1938 . (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $475.00
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123 cover 1937 imageHong Kong Clipper, ten FAM 14 flown 6 3/4 sized covers from Macao, comprising eight to San Francisco (FAM 14-15) including one signed by Capt. A.E. La Porte, and one then sent to Stanley Gibbons in London, two to Manila (FAM 14-15a) with one signed by pilot A.E. La Porte, and crew C.S. Sellin, F.M. Briggs, V.A. Wright, William. McCarty, and J.W. Stickrod, also including cacheted cover to Hong Kong which may not have been flown, Very Fine covers and signatures.


Sellin and Stickrod died in the explosion of the Sikorsky S-42 Samoan Clipper near Pago Pago on January 11, 1938 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $350.00
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124 cover 1937 imageBalance of 19 FAM 14 Clipper flown covers, 1937-41, better including cover by FAM 9 from Peru to Miami, then to San Francisco,then Hawaii Clipper (FAM 14) to Hong Kong, then Imperial Air to the Peruvian Consul General in Melbourne Australia, five covers from New Zealand franked with twelve stamps to a Naval Hospital in San Diego with receiving backstamps, registered cover to San Francisco with ten backstamps, "Oceanic Line Hawaii & South Seas New Zealand Australia America" printed on backflap, censored March 1941 Honolulu Clipper flown to Hong Kong then BOAC to Australia as engine trouble had disabled the California Clipper (Macao and Hong Kong backstamps, top flap removed), June 1938 registered cover by Philippine Clipper to Hawaii delayed 11 days by engine and mechanical problems then Imperial Air to Sidney and boat to New Zealand; few faults, overall Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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SOLD for $350.00
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125 cover 1937-38 image4 Navy Department Oversized Penalty Envelopes, 1937-38, each with 15 to 18 examples of 50¢ Clipper (#C22) singles and multiples, used with other stamps, tied by oval cancels, on registered approximately. 11 x 5.5 in. manila covers, carrying payroll from Washington D.C. to "The Commandant U,S. Naval Station Guam M.I." Washington D.C., San Francisco and Guam registry backstamps; few faults, Very Fine group. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $75-100
SOLD for $200.00
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126 cover 1937-39 imageGuam Postmaster James H. Underwood unofficial cachets on 14 FAM 14 Clipper flown covers, between May 1 1937 and March 8 1939, the collection begins with a Jan. 11 1937 uncacheted cover from Underwood to San Francisco, then the May 1 1937 cover with the simple design and simply "Guam" as text, then an April 12 1937 letter from Underwood to Bill Mullahey, who had moved up to Airport Manager at Guam, showing the three official cachets (the ones listed in AAMC) and a clipping showing the one he made with text "First Flight Guam to Macao", next covers are Dec. 24 1937 and March 18 1938 with text "J.H. Underwood Guam", then four May 1938 covers with text "Air Mail Week, Guam" including legal sized franked by ten 20¢ Golden Gate (#698) and one to with letter to John Lamiell the Director of the International Postal Service for the USPOD on Underwood's official letterhead (cover & letter illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 593), then back to the previous cachet on an Aug 18 1938 cover, then four covers from March 2-8 1939 with text "First Boeing Flight Guam" (one Crosby cachet), lastly a very primitive copy of the cachet on an Oct. 8 1939 cover and a small blue version with the P.A.A. logo below on a Feb. 22 1941 cover, also including cover addressed to Underwood and an index card sized note from 1938 handwritten and signed by Underwood, Very Fine lot, according to one of the enclosures, the design of a tree and boat was made by a native boy from linoleum. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $650.00
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127 cover 1937-41 image10 FAM 14 flown covers to a variety of destinations, including 1937 to Bahrain by Clipper to Singapore, then to Bahrain and returned to Sacramento by surface, 1937 registered to Trinidad by Clipper to Hong Kong then surface to Trinidad and returned to the sender in the US by surface mail - the sender franked with both US & Trinidad stamps prior to sending, 1938 Honolulu to Austria, 1939 triple rate legal sized cover with $2.55 meter paying triple 85¢ rate from New York to Tanganyika to Hong Kong where Type 5 AV2 applied, then Singapore, BOAC to Karachi then Cairo then Khartoum to Dar Es Salaam 41 days later, rest 1940-41 three to South Africa (including one to Internment Camp No. 2), Nigeria (via Honolulu Clipper, 50¢ rate), one to Sweden and one to Greece, wide variety of interesting frankings and rates including 20¢, 30¢, 50¢, 70¢ (two), 75¢, 95¢ (two), $1.90 (double 95¢ rate), $2.55, many censored, Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $1,100.00
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128 cover 1937.01.29 image2 covers, one from Wake Island and other from Midway, both to Honolulu then to San Francisco, Crosby Pan American Airways cacheted covers, the one from Wake Island is signed on the reverse by Theron E. Griffin - Flight Engineer, Frank F.M. Briggs - Second Officer, L. Hancock - Flight Steward, Harry W. Frantz - United Press, Earl M. Welty - Pan Pacific Press, ??? - P.A.A. Comm. Robert C. Larick - P.A. A. Comm. Jack C. Bonamy - P.A.A. Wake", franked by #C20 pair tied by Honolulu Jan. 25 1937 duplex cancel, Midway cover prepared by H.J. Strickland, Communications Dept. P.A.A. Midway Is., franked by #C21 tied by Honolulu Jan. 4 1937 duplex cancel, Extremely Fine duo. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
129 cover 1937.04 imageFAM 14, two pilot and crew signed Westbound flown covers, first China Clipper from Macao to San Francisco signed on the reverse by the Captains A.E. La Porte (Macao to Manila), W.A. Cluthe (Manila to Honolulu) and C.A. Lorber (Honolulu to San Francisco), franked with nine Macao stamps (#270, 280, 284, 2186, C2 (2), C3-C5) tied by four strikes of Macau 28.IV.37.11 hexagonal datestamps, printed cachet and three handstamp cachets at top including violet type F14e, "San Francisco May 4. 1937" slogan receiving backstamp, with original short letter, La Porte's signature is faded, second cover Hong Kong Clipper from Macao to Honolulu signed by pilot A.E. La Porte, and crew C.S. Sellin, F.M. Briggs, V.A. Wright, William McCarty, and J.W. Stickrod), Very Fine duo. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
130 cover 1937.04.21 imageFAM 14 San Francisco to Hong Kong, 1937, addressed to Amon Carter, this sumptuously engraved envelope sports blocks of the 20c and 50c Trans-Pacific stamps issued the month before, the $2.80 postage paid clearly exceeds the required 70c rate for aesthetic reasons, on the reverse is a magnificent first flight cachet in blue and a receiver marking from Hong Kong; faint toning, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
131 cover 1937.04.21 imageFAM 14-10 Hand Drawn and Hand Colored, 1937, on 1937 flown registered legal sized cover with "Alameda Cal." double oval cancel tying 20c & 50c Clipper (#C21 & C22) paying the correct rate for Pacific flights to Hong Kong; Hong Kong receiving backstamp; very faint toning, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
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132 cover 1937.05.10 image4 Glenn Martin signed covers, comprising three Clipper flown, two with both 25th Anniversary of the Newport Harbor Flight and four line "Carried by China Clipper …" handstamp cachets, one with different handstamp cachet (not flown), also including three unsigned legal sized with the two cachets, and a one page typed announcement by the Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce, all but one franked with US 6¢ Winged Globe (#C19), Extremely Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
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133 cover 1937.05.15 image2nd Passenger Service From Manila, 1937, early Crosby cacheted airmail envelope with wonderful letter on reverse from National Geographic Society President Gilbert Grosvenor to Supreme Court Justice Harlan Stone, Grosvenor was hired in 1899 by Alexander Graham Bell as the first full-time employee of the National Geographic Society and served as its President from 1920-1954, Stone served on the United States Supreme Court from 1925-46 with the last five years as Chief Justice, a fabulous letter/cover between two titans, folds and reduced at left; folds and reduced at left, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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134 cover 1937.07.27 imageFAM 14 Clipper flown cover, from General Motors Export Division to Pacific Commercial Co. in Manila, franked by vertical strip of three of 50¢ Arlington and vertical pair of $1 Lincoln Memorial (#570 & 571) with perfins tied by "New York Jul. 27, 1937" duplex cancels, Manila P.I. Aug. 4, 1937 receiving backstamp, Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $75-100
SOLD for $40.00
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135 cover 1938-41 imageWake Island group of 11 covers, comprising FAM 14-12 with two different cachets addressed to the Chief Pay Clerk of the Fourth Marines in Shanghai China (backstamped both Hong Kong and China), others 1939-41, each with one or multiple handstamp cachets -- "Mailed at Wake Island / Pan American Airways System", "Wake" with image of fish, and "Mailed at Wake Island Pacific Ocean" three line handstamp, including one with all three in magenta Guam to NJ, two with the two "Mailed at Wake Island" (one green & one magenta) round trip Honolulu, one with first two cachets in purple from Leland Stowe, one prepared by Pan Am Flight Engineer Theron E. Griffin with three handstamp cachets -- "Mailed at Wake Island / Pan American Airways System" commemorative (magenta on front and back), "Wake Fish" (one magenta & one purple on front, two green & one magenta on back) and "Mailed at Wake Island Pacific Ocean" three line handstamp (green once on front & twice on back), one from US Consulate in Singapore to his sons in Mass., one prepared by Clara Adams with green Wake and blue Midway "Mailed at Wake Island / Pan American Airways System" handstamp cachets, one with all three in black on both front and back to PA, one with Wake three line on front and fish on front and back and green "Mailed at Wake Island / Pan American Airways System handstamp on front and back, one with the two Wake (magenta) and Midway blue "Mailed at Wake Island" handstamp cachets on front, one with three different Midway Island commemorative backstamps (strike 1, 2 and 4 times, respectively), and one with fish in magenta on front and "Mailed at Wake Island / Pan American Airways System" in green on back, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

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SOLD for $950.00
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136 cover 1938-41 image7 FAM 14 flown covers, US to Ceylon (four) and India (three), 1938-41 carried by either China Clipper or Honolulu Clipper or Philippine Clipper and then BOAC, four to Ceylon including one 1938 with large colorful label on reverse from 1939 World's Fair tied by backstamp, three to India are 1940 comprising one with postage meter and forwarded within India with "Transpacific Air Mail" and "Dept. Ruling No. 2 Complied With" violet handstamps, boxed "Not Opened by Censor" handstamp on front and back, boxed Indian Buy Defence Savings Certificates and two different Bombay receiving backstamps, two legal sized including one with $1 and pair of 20¢ Presidential issues (the only one with $1.40, others are 70¢ postage); few faults, Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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SOLD for $190.00
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137 cover 1938-41 imageMail from Wake and Midway Islands, 1938-41, four showpiece airmail envelopes before the start of the war, all are of the preferred smaller sized and have Pan Am cachets, Pan Am envelope with black "Mailed at Wake Island Pacific Ocean" (Murphy #2.2) on reverse and a pair of black "Mailed at Wake Island, Pacific Ocean, Pan American Airways System" (Murphy #2.3) on the obverse, postmarked Jul 8, 1938 with #C21 (postage due 20¢) addressed to Colorado, stunning Pavois multicolor image of Native American in headdress dated Feb 13, 1938 to compliment use of three #565 (still 32¢ postage due) with beautiful "Mailed at Midway Island, Pan American Airways System" cachet front and center (and another on the back) canceled in Honolulu, PAA Wake Island envelope (with unused lettersheet enclosed) from Clara Adams ("round the world flying passenger") to her home in PA, mailed at Wake (with a green Murphy #2.3 cachet) on a Tuesday and mailed again the next day (across the International Date Line) also on a Tuesday as shown with a blue "Mailed at Midway" cachet, #C21 cancelled Honolulu Jul 13, 1939, and lastly a number 6 Airmail envelope from Capt E E Johnson on the S.S. Admiral Halstead at Wake Island to his assistant in San Francisco, franked with Prexies and a #C21, this marvelous cover has the Murphy #2.2, Murphy #2.3, and a pair of the seldom seen "Wake Fish", a powerful and very attractive collection of the period, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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SOLD for $550.00
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138 cover 1938-41 image16 Pan Am Clipper FAM 14 flown covers originating in the Philippines, 1938-41, including ten to the US - better including 9.5 x 6.5 in. registered cover with seven stamps Mar. 8, 1938 to SF bank & four with First Flight Boeing Clipper to San Francisco via Guam and Honolulu handstamp cachet, one addressed to Miss Catherine Berst (daughter of Phil Berst, a Pan American employee and a passenger on the Honolulu to Midway flight and remained in Midway for further inspections) signed by pilot W.A. Cluthe & one on U.S.S. Augusta legal sized cover to the Navy Dept. in Washington DC, six to foreign destinations comprising Germany, England, Holland, Scotland, Switzerland (all five via FAM 18 Lisbon Portugal), & Calcutta India (via Singapore), wide variety of frankings and markings, many censored, overall Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
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139 cover 1938.04.08 image100th Pan American Airways Flight Carrying Mail San Francisco to Manila cover, signed by Capt. W.A. Cluthe, Mail Clerk J.P. Peak, P.A.A. employee Theron E. Griffin, plus W.J. Burrows, R.E. Ralramsky, S.T. Peters, D.C. Pearson Jr., R.B. Phillips Jr., Harry H. Shaw and Roy L. Donham, addressed to Robert W. Clarke (c/o) The Postmaster Manila, Philippine Islands, with Clarke's Tucson Arizona return address on reverse and "Manila P.I> Apr. 14, 1938" slogan cancel, cover franked with 15¢ Statue of Liberty and 50¢ Clipper (#696, C22), Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $150-250
SOLD for $150.00
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140 cover 1938.05 imageP.A.A. employee Theron Griffin prepared cover, signed by the five passengers on the "Trans-Pacific Crossing #211" flight from Guam to Manila, cover franked with two 10¢ Map and 5¢ West Point stamps #789, C10), boxed "Registered No. 788" violet handstamp, Guam P.A.A. cachet handstamp cachet on front and back, four backstamps including violet boxed "Registered Postal Station No. 1, Manila P.I. May 25, 1935", two "Guam Guam Registered May 23 1938" and "Registry Section Manila Post Office May 24, 1938" double-circle datestamps, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $150-250
SOLD for $110.00
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141 cover 1939 image4 FAM 14 Clipper and KNILM flown covers from Netherlands Indies to the US, three legal sized comprising 1) United Artists Corporation cover shows an advertisement for the movie "Trade Winds" that is franked with seven stamps including block of four of the 1g issue, 2) purple consular handstamp and green registry label from Bataviacentrum to the Consul General of the Netherlands in NYC, 3) red registry label from Soerabaja to Hartford CT with image of solider carrying rifle at left, and 4) red registry label from Bataviacentrum on oversized cover carrying documents to the K.P.M. representative in San Francisco, Very Fine group. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $300-400
CLOSED
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142 cover 1939.02.05 image5 Treasure Island Clipper covers, comprising one not flown with signatures of the entire crew of eleven including W.A. Cluthe on front and blue handstamp cachet of the plane in flight on back, some tape stains in two corners, plus two flown inbound with the Honolulu Star Bulletin handstamp cachets in different colors (one normal sized and one legal sized) -- these covers for the last leg of this trip are the only ones known -- and two outbound flown with the handstamp cachet including one signed by postmasters in both Honolulu and SF, Extremely Fine.


The cover with the signatures is illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" p. 331 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Estimate $150-250
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
143 cover 1939.02.21 imageClipper flown flight cover from San Francisco to Manila, prepared by Pan Am Employee Edwin H. Olsen with US 50¢ Clipper (#C22) tied by "San Francisco, Calif. Feb. 21, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition" slogan cancel with typed "(N.C. 18602 - #18.) / "B_314 Boeing Clipper / (Trip #269.)", reverse with 22 signatures, most of which are identified by position on the flight including (pilot) W.A. Cluthe (2nd officer) Sam T. Peters (4th officer) B.S. Michael (1st Engineer) J.E. Trenty (3rd Engineer) J. Messner (1st Steward) Harry R. LaPorte (2nd Steward) L.R. Merrill, W.E. Beall, Phil B. Berst, Byron English, N.T. Miller; a photograph showing and identifying the 22 signers.


The cover is described on page 334 of Jon Krupnick's book "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers, The Rest of the Story" . (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $225.00
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144 cover 1939.03.08 imageFirst Flight of the California Clipper, 14 covers including legal sized and cacheted cover Honolulu to San Francisco signed "W.A. Cluthe" and "E. Bierer" (pilot and first officer) at center prepared by Pan Am employee Phil Berst with letter, plus five extra letters and a program from the opening ceremonies of the Christening of the California Clipper, legal sized cover Hong Kong to San Francisco with original typed letter describing the Clipper's landing in Hong Kong, legal sized cover Guam to Lt. Jesse Johnson on the U.S.S. Ranger (backstamped) with a very rare cachet with only 30 examples produced, Very Fine group.

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The covers to Berst and Johnson and the ceremony program are illustrated in Jon Krupnick's "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers The Rest of the Story" pages 337, 339 and 341 . (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $400.00
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145 cover 1939.05.20 imageFAM 18 Clipper flown cacheted round the world cover from New York May 20, 1939, with 30¢ Winged Globe (#C24) and 1¢ Navy (#790) to Macao where five Macao stamps affixed and returned registered to famed Air Mail collector Robert Schoendorf by Clipper, five backstamps - Marseilles May 22, Victoria Hong Kong May 31, Honolulu June 14, Brooklyn NY June 18 and Ridgewood N.Y. June 19 - the cover is sealed so the original enclosure has not been examined, Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $75-100
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
146 cover 1940-41 image8 Eastbound FAM 14 or FAM 19 flights from Siam/Thailand, franked with Siam stamps, July 1940-July 1941, including July 3 1940 Bangkok to Hong Kong by BOAC, then to Manila by S.S. President Taft then FAM 14 to San Francisco, Oct. 18 1940 sent surface to Hong Kong, then FAM 14 to San Francisco then to Canada with "A.V.2" marking -- the Bangkok to Hong Kong air link by BOAC was suspended due to Japanese involvement in Indochina, April 21 1941 Bangkok to Sidney Australia, then TEAL to Auckland New Zealand then by Honolulu Clipper to San Francisco, then to Gloversville NY, May 13 1941 Bangkok to Sidney Australia, then TEAL to New Zealand then by Honolulu Clipper to San Francisco, then FAM 18 to Lisbon Portugal, then BOAC to London England (two ocean mail), two censored including one with "California Clipper" handstamp, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

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