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Postal History continued...

Airmail Postal History
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
3358 cover 1936 imageUnited States, Trans-Pacific Clipper Service, 1936, custom Amon Carter Phillipine Clipper envelope canceled along the route; postmarked San Francisco Oct 14th, Honolulu Oct 16th, Guam Oct 20th, Manila October 20th, Guam Oct 26th, and Honolulu Nov 1st; seven receiving marks beautifully struck on the reverse with the last in Fort Worth, TX; a great cover, Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
3359 cover 1937 imageUnited States, FAM 14 Flight to Shanghai, 1937, Postmaster General embossed envelope autographed by PMG James A Farley addressed to Amon Carter in care of the China National Aviation Corp, then a subsidiary of Pan American Airways in China; deliciously overfranked with four C22 and a pair of CE1 along with an attractive FAM 14 First Flight cachet; bold arrival postmarks in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
3360 cover 1937 imageUnited States, Texas-Sized Souvenir, 1937, beautifully hand lettered to Pan American Airways Vice-President Clarence Young, this Postmaster General embossed 8x10 envelope has 22 stamps (including blocks of Scott # C20-C22; nicely canceled in Fort Worth, the cover has next day Special Delivery receiver marks on the obverse along with the autograph of PMG James A Farley; magnificent, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
3361 cover 1937 imageUnited States, First Flight FAM 14, 1937, 8x10 Postmaster General embossed envelope (corner card hidden by stamps) autographed by PMG James A Farley and addressed to Amon G Carter in Hong Kong; somewhat overfranked (42 stamps amounting to $15 postage!) with Scott # C21-C22 blocks, blocks with plate numbers, and plate blocks; the reverse has a beautifully struck San Francisco to Hong Kong blue cachet as well as a receiving mark in Victoria, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
3362 cover 1937 imageUnited States, Knock Out First Day Covers, 1937, matched pair of oversized Amon Carter Scott # C21-C22 First Day Covers; stunning block block of 9 for each value (18 stamps per cover), one envelope has plate numbers on the top and on the bottom on the reciprocal cover, attractively postmarked in Washington addressed to Ft Worth; Scott lists single pair on FDC at $100, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
3363 cover 1938 imageUnited States, First Flight FAM 17, 1938, Amon Carter oversized (8x10) Postmaster General embossed envelope autographed by PMG James A Farley; addressed to Carter's teenage daughter, this FAM 17 cover is massively overfranked with 36 Airmail stamps and postmarked in Baltimore; clear same day receiving mark in Hamilton Bermuda on the reverse; a delight, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
3364 cover 1938 imageUnited States, First Flight FAM 17, 1938, Amon Carter oversized (8x10) Postmaster General embossed envelope autographed by PMG James A Farley; addressed to Carter's teenage son, this FAM 17 cover is massively overfranked with 36 Airmail stamps and postmarked in Baltimore; clear same day receiving mark in Hamilton Bermuda on the reverse; a second chance if you were the previous underbidder or interested in an impressive matched set, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
3365 cover 1939 imageUnited States, Oversized Yankee Clipper Mail, 1939, stunning Registered Express cover (8x10) addressed to Amon Carter in London; Postmaster General embossed envelope autographed by PMG James A Farley as well as Yankee Clipper Captain A E La Porte; the item is richly franked with 22 Airmail stamps and numerous plate block numbers; the reverse has New York Registration postmarks and the signatures of the 11 passengers including Amon Carter; beautiful, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
3366 cover 1939 imageUnited States, Cavernous Carter Cover, 1939, it took an 8x10 Postmaster General embossed envelope to hold 41 stamps totally $9.41; autographed by PMG James A Farley, this unique item left New York on June 24 and is marked FIRST FLIGHT-PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS and NORTHERN ROUTE with 1st NY to London in pencil; on this date the Yankee Clipper made the first Trans-Atlantic mail run to Southampton (FAM 18), in this case the only receiving mark in on return to the US when it reached Amon Carter's hometown of Ft Worth; Wow, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
3367 cover 1940 imageUnited States, American Clipper Matched Pair, 1940, pair of highly sought-after Amon Carter custom envelopes that show the world beginning at Shady Oaks Farm in Fort Worth and proceeding to San Francisco and then across the Pacific Ocean; attractive overfranking and autographs of Capt R J Nixon and 6 signatures on the reverse of the cover to New Zealand (no backstamp), and 13 signatures on the envelope (and a receiver mark) on the one to Canton Island; marvelous set. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
3368 cover 1940 imageUnited States, First Flight FAM 19, 1940, PMG James A Farley has autographed this 8x10 Postmaster General embossed envelope; franked with plate blocks of C20 and CE2, the cover is also accompanied by CE1 and C22 stamps; the envelope is addressed to Amon G. Carter in Fort Worth, it traveled from San Francisco by Clipper to Auckland before returning to San Francisco and on to Texas; a stunner, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
3369 cover   imageBetter Group of 20th Century Airmail Flights and FDCs, 23 mostly better flights, and a few better First Day Covers, individual retail $45-$250, including Zeppelin flights, catapult, crash, WWII Patriotic set of 3, etc., retail $2044; a few with slight toning, Fine to Very Fine overall. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
3370   image1892//1999, Two Balloon Fragments Salvaged from Accidents, the first a piece of the "Governor Russell", which fell into Boston Harbor on July 4, 1892, mounted in double-window matte with facsimile front page of Boston Daily Globe (accompanied by photocopies of additional newspaper articles); the second from the "Global Hilton Challenger" mounted below a matted photo of the balloon's night launch signed by pilot Dick Rutan—one of the few surviving pieces (the rest of the balloon was land-filled after an FAA investigation); two scarce items for the balloon fan, ex Lippman. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
3371 cover 1929.0423 image1929 (Apr 23-24), Mediterranean Flight, Friedrichshafen to Seville (Michel 20 Ib var.), 2m Zeppelin (C36) tied, along with a Roessler "Graf Zeppelin" overprinted 1¢ Franklin, by Friedrichshafen machine cancel on a Roessler-cacheted cover addressed to Roessler via the American Consul in Cairo, Egypt, but backstamped only with a Seville machine cancel. A most unusual cover from a fairly common flight. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
3372 cover 1930.0425 image1930 (Apr. 25), Two Roessler Graf Zeppelin Covers, one franked #C14 vertical pair, the other#C15 single, both covers with 1) stamps tied by April 25 1930 New York City (6th day) cancels; 2) purple and red handstamped Zeppelin flight cachets (red also ties #C15); 3) matching green cachets of Zeppelin flying over NYC; 4) Air Mail checkerboard border to same handwritten Newark NJ address; 5) blue two-line "VIA GRAF ZEPPELIN L.Z. 127" handstamp at top center; 6) green Zeppelin receiving cachet, Extremely Fine.
Scott $965. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-500
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
3373 cover 1930.0426 image1930 (Apr. 26-May 31), Trio of Graf Zeppelin South America Flight Covers, franked either #C13, C14 or C15, each tied by different New York City area cancels; #C13 & C14 on picture postcards and #C15 on cover, each with purple and red handstamped Zeppelin flight cachets, #C13 & C15 with cancels dated May 31 1930 to Germany, #C14 with cancel dated April 26 1930 to Paterson NJ (postcard shows Paterson NJ post office), #C15 with Friedrichshafen backstamp, Fine to Very Fine, each with 2011 Raybaudi certificate.
Scott $1,155. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
3374 cover 1930.0428 image1930 (Apr. 28), Graf Zeppelin South America Flight Cover, New York to Rhode Island (Scott C15), franked #C15 tied by "Varick St. Sta. N.Y. Apr. 28, 1930" slogan machine cancel on Zeppelin flown cover with purple and red handstamped Zeppelin flight cachets and black on blue airmail label, handstamp address to an aerophilatelist in Newport R.I., Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $575. (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
3375 cover 1930.0518 image1930 (May 18), Group of Four Zeppelin Covers, franked #C38 and/or C39, all tied by Friedrichshafen May 18 1930 circular datestamps, two are a set from Friedrichshafen with 2m to Seville and 4m to Pernambuco with matched typed Rock Island Ill. address, third is pair of 2m on wrinkled Roessler cacheted cover and fourth has two of each issue to Germany, 3 with red Zeppelin South American flight handstamp cachets, all backstamped, Fine to Very Fine group, see all four online. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
3376 cover 1930.0521 image1930 (May 21), Buenos Aires to New York Cover, complete set of five Zeppelin overprints (#C20-C24) plus 5c tied by five "Serv. Aeroposta Zeppelin 21 May 1930" handstamps on Zeppelin flown cacheted cover addressed to famous philatelist Charles J. Phillips at the famous Mayflower hotel in New York City, Zeppelin violet handstamp cachet at lower right, reverse with green Zeppelin receiving and sender's violet handstamp, scarce complete set on one cover, signed Roger Koerber, with 2006 Raybaudi certificate.
Sieger €650 ($730). (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
3377 cover Brazil 1930.0525 imageBrazil, 1930 (May 25-Jun 4), South America Flight, Rio de Janeiro - Recife - Havana (Michel 66IBg var., h), matching pair of covers one franked with surcharged 20,000 Semi-Official Airmails (4CL4-5) one with a pair of 5,000r, the other with a single 10,000, both canceled Rio, May 24, with an additional 300r stamp, a May 28 Recife transit, the U.S. flight cachet, and a Jun 4 Havana backstamp; addressed to Zeppelin Company representative, F.W. von Meister, in New York, Very Fine.
Michel €950 ($1,060). (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
3378 cover Spain 1930.0520 imageSpain, 1930 (May 20-Jun 2) South America Flight, Seville (1st landing) - Friedrichshafen (Michel 68Aa), card franked with 12p postage canceled Seville, May 19, with Spanish & U.S. flight cachets and Jun 6 Friedrichshafen backstamp, Very Fine.
Michel €1,500 ($1,680). (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
3379 cover 1954.1218 image1954 (Dec. 18), Rome-to-New York L.A.I. Crash Cover, recovered from Jamaica Bay and thus without adhesives, sent from Israel to New York City; with two-line inscription at bottom in black, the second line shifted to right; well-preserved given its ordeal, Very Fine.


The flight from Rome made three attempts to land at Idlewild Airport, crashing into Jamaica Bay on its fourth. Twelve crew and 22 passengers perished, but six passengers survived—as did the approximately 1200 kg of mail. Various handstamps were used on the recovered items. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction

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