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Midway Island

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

209

1905-41

Midway Island cover and card group, 21 covers and eight cards, 1905-1907 & 1937-1941, variety of cachets, origin postmarks and Clippers (China, Philippine, etc.), better covers including earliest cover with a Midway Island address (mailed from Newfoundland Jan. 1905 to the Commercial Cable Company) -- one of two covers & three picture postcards related to the Company in this lot, 1905 cover with US issues to Belfast Ireland (backstamped), cover sent from the U.S.S. Beaver (May 23, 1935) when at Midway prepared by Karl Leuder to Evan Young at Pan American NYC headquarters with original invitation to a luncheon (cover illustrated in Jon Krupnick's book "Pan American's Pacific Pioneers, The Rest of the Story", p. 116), one with "Midway Det. 3rd Def. Bat. Fleet Mar. Force 4 Dec. 1940" duplex cancel containing a Christmas card and business card of Edward Crookshanks Manager of the Midway Inn, one cover addressed to a private and Pueblo Chieftain named Rudolph Slezak (1920-1998) who participated in the battle of Wake Island was taken prisoner by the Japanese, cover with original letter from Pan Am employee Theron E. Griffin (Aug. 4 1939), few from Engineers, Naval Construction Co. employees, cover from U.S.S. Preble May 4 1937, cover with large multicolor, Golden Gate International Exposition label affixed, three QSL cards, and a 1907 picture postcard with a faint Midway Island cancel, overall Very Fine group. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

210

1905-61

Midway Island balance, comprising 11 covers, five cards, and two collateral items, better including 1905 Midway Island cancel with Commercial Pacific Cable Co. logo corner card, 1909 picture postcard, 1916 multicolor postcard to Nova Scotia, 1907 Midway Island cancel on cover, three covers with large blue handstamp cachet with two gooney birds, three legal sized penalty envelopes from the Marines on Midway to Pearl Harbor in 1941, cover with violet seagull cachet on front and back, with 6 x 9 in. black and white press photo of the Clipper landing on the lagoon at Midway and a typed letter from 1961 of someone who was at Wake in 1904 describing how mail was handled at the time, Very Fine group. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

211

1936

Midway Island, 3 covers, one including letter describing the landing of the Philippine Clipper, comprising 1) Feb. 5 1936 cover San Francisco to the Pan Am owned supply ship S.S. North Haven on its second charter, 2) cover with "Mrs. George Bryant Perry Midway Island North Pacific Ocean" printed on top backflap of cover addressed to New York franked with #637 (5) tied by Honolulu Apr. 28 1936 duplex cancels, Mr. Perry was the superintendent of the Commercial Pacific Cable Company from 1935 to 1936, 3) cover with typed personal letter datelined "March 3rd, 1936" that reads, "My Dear Ruth and Vic, Receiving your letter today via the Phillippine (sic) Clipper, was indeed a very pleasant surprise. The Clipper landed here at 2:30pm, after a trip of nine hour's time from Honolulu. The large plane landing in our lagoon is certainly a wonderful sight, as you can imagine. Less than a year ago, there was no Pan-American Airways on Midway Island, and nothing but the Cable Station was here. Now they have a machine shop, wireless station, electric lighting plant and many other things important in making a complete airways base. Some weeks ago, the S.S. North Haven arrived with the material for the new hotel. After a two-day wait, she left for Wake Island, being unable to unload on account of the rough weather. We are expecting her return around the end of this month. The new hotel to be built here is for the accommodations of passengers passing through, and promises a summer resort some time in the future…" He then describes the climate, activities (golf, tennis, fishing, boating), and apologizes for there not being a post office on Midway. He closes with "This letter will go via the China Clipper, arriving here from Wake Island Thursday, and leaving for Honolulu, Friday morning", Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

212

1937.07.18

Silver Pan American Airlines Airport Midway Island Crosby cacheted cover, with pair of US 20¢ Clipper (#C21) tied by "Honolulu, Hawaii Jul. 18, 1937" machine cancel, addressed to Oklahoma, Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $100.00
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213

1937.09.24

Red Pan American Airlines Airport Midway Island Crosby cacheted cover, with US 20¢ Clipper (#C21) tied by "Honolulu, Hawaii Sep. 24, 1937" machine cancel prepared by Pan Am Flight Engineer Theron E. Griffin to California, purple "Mailed at Midway Island Pacific Ocean" 3-line backstamp, Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $100-150
SOLD for $110.00
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214

1939-40

12 Pan Am Clipper flown covers from or via Midway Island, eleven have US frankings (mostly Presidential issues of 1938), one is July 1939, others are 1940, addressed to a U.S. destination, including one with U.S. Engineers handstamp cachet and original letter datelined Nov. 1, 1940 that begins with "Dear Capt. Just a few lines to let you know that the Army Engineers are going to transfer their tugs to the U.S. Navy and as the engineers haven't any more work at the present time, the Navy wants me to go skipper on one of the tugs…", variety of cachets, twelfth cover has a registered label from Wantsai to Midway Island and franked on the reverse with five Hong Kong King George VI stamps, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $750.00
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215

1941.05.05

Two FAM 14 First Flight Covers Midway Island to Singapore, with multicolored cachet at left and purple triangular censor markings and identical frankings US 30¢ Winged Globe and two 10¢ Map Air Mail issues (#C7, C24) tied by "Midway Del. … Mar. Force Parcel Post May 5, 1941", first with manuscript "First Flight from Midway Islands to Singapore" on both sides, Guam May 8 and Singapore May 10, 1941 backstamps, second with purple "UNCLAIMED" handstamp struck twice, four backstamps including Guam May 8 and Singapore May 10, 1941, plus Honolulu Sep. 15, 1941 machine and Jan. 8, 1942 Dead Letter office cancels, Very Fine.

According to the AAMC, Vol. 3, pages 148-149 "On May 1 (1941), it was announced … that FAM-14 service to Singapore would begin with the flight departing May 2….Actual departure from San Francisco was at 3:37pm, Saturday, May 3. Arrival at Singapore was on Saturday May 10…" Because of the very little advance notice of the inauguaration of this service, there was insufficient time to create first flight covers for this flight. Thus, they are very scarce . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $150-250
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

216

1942.04.09

Midway Island legal sized censored cover, with rare gold on red embossed label "U.S.M.C. We'll Hold Midway Till Hell Freezes Over" affixed at top center -- the label was used for just a few days until prohibited by authorities, cover with "Guy V. Gibbs U.S.M.C. Midway Islands", pair of #901 tied by "US Marine Corps Apr. 9, 1942 Midway Island" cancel; light vertical creases, Very Fine, a rare use of this label on cover. (Image)

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Estimate $75-100
SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction