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LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1641

PS10

Postal Savings, 1940, $1 gray black (Scott PS10), left margin plate block of 6, Gorgeous rich presence, o.g., top and bottom stamps are previously hinged, center stamps are never hinged, Fine to Very Fine, with 2016 P.S.A.G. certificate.
Scott $1,500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
Currently Opening at...$375.00
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1642

PS15

Postal Savings, 1941, $5 sepia (Scott PS15), plate #F22736 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, truly outstanding centering, rich color, intact perfs; usual light natural gum bends, the gum line is just shy of the perforations at top right and top center, Extremely Fine, with 2003 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott $475. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
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1643

Parcel Post, 1913, 4¢ Rural Carrier (Scott Q4), top margin plate number 6170 block of 6, fresh with sharp detail in wonderfully bold color; never hinged, but some hinge-reinforced separations in selvage and into top row, Very Fine, ex Curtis.
Scott $975. (Image)

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Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$300.00
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1644

q4.6347imprint6

Parcel Post, 1913, 4¢ Rural Carrier (Scott Q4), bottom margin plate number 6347 block of 6 with imprint, o.g., never hinged, eye-catching with radiant color and full plate wash, the paper bright with top half of value imprint printed; inclusion in upper left corner, still Very Fine.
Scott $1,650. (Image)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
Currently Opening at...$500.00
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1645

Parcel Post, 1913, 5¢ Mail Train (Scott Q5), right margin plate block of 6, Strong vivid presence, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Scott $950. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
Currently Opening at...$375.00
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1646

q5.6222

Parcel Post, 1913, 5¢ Mail Train (Scott Q5), bottom margin plate number 6222 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh with rich color, cleanly printed and solidly centered, near Very Fine.
Scott $1,550. (Image)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
Currently Opening at...$500.00
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1647

q6.6168

Parcel Post, 1913, 10¢ Steamship and Mail Tender (Scott Q6), bottom margin plate number 6168 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, in bold color with clean detail, fresh and sound and appealingly centered, Very Fine.
Scott $1,600. (Image)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
Currently Opening at...$500.00
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1648

q7.6258

Parcel Post, 1913, 15¢ Automobile Service (Scott Q7), full top margin plate number 6258 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, a glorious plate, sound and Post Office fresh with superlative color, clearity and centering, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $3,700. (Image)

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Estimate $2,500-3,500
Currently Opening at...$1,300.00
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1649

q8.6193

Parcel Post, 1913, 20¢ Airplane Carrying Mail (Scott Q8), full top margin plate number 6193 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh with bold, rich color on pristine paper, sound and attractively centered, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $9,000. (Image)

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Estimate $4,000-6,000
Currently Opening at...$2,000.00
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1650

q9.6176

Parcel Post, 1913, 25¢ Manufacturing (Scott Q9), top margin plate number 6176 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, in true Post Office fresh condition, with proof-like detail and color on immaculate paper; sound and eye-catching, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $3,500. (Image)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
Currently Opening at...$750.00
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1651

q10.6427

Parcel Post, 1913, 50¢ Dairying (Scott Q10), right margin plate number 6427 block of 6 with imprint, an exceptionally fresh plate block, sound with luminous color on bright paper; tiny inclusion position 5 noted for accuracy; lightly hinged at top, the bottom four stamps never hinged, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $15,000. (Image)

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Estimate $7,500-10,000
Currently Opening at...$3,750.00
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1652

Q11

Parcel Post, 1913, 75¢ Harvesting (Scott Q11), full top margin plate number 6287 block of 6, o.g., lightly hinged, choicely centered, fresh with bold color and detail; perforation separations in selvage and a few reinforced between positions 4 & 5, Extremely Fine nonetheless, a simply gorgeous plate, ex Curtis.
Scott $2,000. (Image)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
Currently Opening at...$750.00
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1653

q11.6288

Parcel Post, 1913, 75¢ Harvesting (Scott Q11), left margin plate number 6288 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, clean and crisp on fresh paper, Fine+.
Scott $3,000. (Image)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
Currently Opening at...$750.00
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1654

RB31p

Proprietary, 1898, 5¢ brown orange, hyphen-hole perf (Scott RB31p), right margin plate block of 6, Gorgeous luminous tone, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $1,500. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
Currently Opening at...$375.00
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1655

rw15.160100-1

Federal Duck Stamp, 1948, $1 Buffleheads (Scott RW15), three plate number 160100 blocks of 6, fresh and bright group comprising upper left, upper right and lower right positions; all cleanly printed and well centered, o.g., never hinged; upper left with central vertical gum skip, bottom right with adherences position 3 and in selvage, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $1,200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $600-800
Currently Opening at...$300.00
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1656

rw16.160791

Federal Duck Stamp, 1949, $2 Goldeneye Ducks (Scott RW16), complete set of four plate number 160791 blocks of 6, o.g., never hinged, covering all four corners, each with lustrous color and appealing centering; lower right position with natural vertical gum skip in central column, Very Fine.
Scott $1,700. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $800-1,200
Currently Opening at...$400.00
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1657

rw17.161534-3

Federal Duck Stamp, 1950, $2 Trumpeter Swans (Scott RW17), bottom right plate number 161534 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, sound and Post Office fresh with crisp color and detail, Very Fine.
Scott $550. (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
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1658

rw19.162605-1

Federal Duck Stamp, 1952, $2 Harlequin Ducks (Scott RW19), three plate number 162605 blocks of 6, comprising upper left, upper right and lower left positions, o.g., never hinged, all clean and fresh; couple natural gum skips noted for accuracy, still Very Fine.
Scott $1,650. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $800-1,200
Currently Opening at...$400.00
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1659

rw19.162604-2

Federal Duck Stamp, 1952, $2 Harlequin Ducks (Scott RW19), two plate number 162604 blocks of 6, upper right and lower right positions, o.g., never hinged, both fresh-faced with clean impression; upper right with gum skips and gum soak at top, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $1,100. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
Currently Opening at...$200.00
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1660

rw24.166258

Federal Duck Stamp, 1957, $2 American Eider (Scott RW24), top left plate number 166258 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh and sound, well centered with rich color, Very Fine.
Scott $575. (Image)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
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1661

WS1

War Savings, 1917, 25¢ deep green (Scott WS1), bottom margin plate block of 6, Beautiful vivid presence, o.g., bottom center stamp hinged, other stamps never hinged, Fine.
Scott $1,200. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
Currently Opening at...$250.00
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1662

WS11

War Savings, 1945, $5 violet brown (Scott WS11), full top plate #F150131 block of 6, o.g., never hinged, proof-quality color and impression on bright paper; typical couple minor gum bends, Very Fine, elusive never hinged plate block with full top selvage, with 2002 P.S.A.G. certificate.
Scott $500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
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Pioneer Airmail Flights

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1663

1910 (Nov. 13) Ship-to-Shore Attempt, SS Pennsylvania at Sea to New York (AAMC 1a), scarce first attempted Ship-To-Shore Airmail to the United States; Glenn Curtiss had planned to alight from an elevated deck of the Kaiseren Augusta Victoria in anticipation that the upcoming 900 foot Europa would be capable of Ship-To-Shore operations; the pilot assignment was changed to J A McCurdy but his flight was posponed due to weather requiring a change both in ship (SS Pennsylvania) and pilot ("Bud" Mars); all was prepared on Nov 12th with 30 minutes to launch when the engine was engaged, stray rubber tubing left on a wing ingested into the propeller damaging the aircraft and canceling the flight; includes pair of unused envelopes (1d) on blue paper and a white one with Red Cross corner card; key rarity, Very Fine.
AAMC $3,000. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
Currently Opening at...$750.00
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1664

1911 (Sept. 16) Cal Rodgers "Vin Fiz" Flight, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. to Long Beach, Calif. (AAMC 2d), the Holy Grail of the Pioneer Period is the Cal Rogers "Vin Fiz" odyssey; on the final leg from Pasadena to Long Beach, Rogers was seriously injured at Compton; postmarked in Long Beach four days later, the postcard (with a mint example included) reads, "Machine wrecked / at Compton / Aviator Injured"; lot include a promotional slip dropped from the Flyer, and one of five recorded cards sent by mechanic Charles Wiggin (great Real Photo postcard of Rogers landed at Canisteo NY) mailed at Hornell (not flown); Creases, water stains, and small tear on left edge, Very Good to Fine, 11 reported.
AAMC $7,000. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $3,500-5,000
Currently Opening at...$1,800.00
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1665

1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, Garden City, N.Y. (AAMC 3g), 11 exhibit pages documenting the International Aviation Meet at Garden City with 16 of 19 flown (5 envelopes, 13 postcards, and a wrapper) and a mint postcard; bold first day flight cover on Associated Press stationery (cat $775), first day on postal entire missing "AERIAL SPECIAL DESPATCH" cachet (3h), card written on the 23rd but processed the next day due to heavy mail volume (3a), pair illustrating Official Postal Aviator Earle Ovington (3e), rare Airmail Semi Postal forerunner intended for sale but not approved by POD (3g), only recorded wrapper flown during the meet, Special Delivery envelope (unique), Advertising card from the meet (3d), Moisant Monoplanes promotional cards (one flown and one mint), Doubleday Advertising card to France then forwarded to Switzerland, inverted "1" date (3c), and only know flown card without the special AEROPLANE STATION postmark; powerful, Fine to Very Fine, 3 reported
3 reported.
AAMC $3,750. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $2,500-3,500
Currently Opening at...$1,300.00
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1666

1911 (Oct. 4-8) Aviation Meet, St. Louis, Mo. (AAMC 5d), four exhibit pages of the first official mail transported by hydroplane; 2 envelopes and 6 postcards carried by air at the St Louis Aviation Meet; local postal authorities mandated that "Aerial Post" appear in the lower left corner (a single line cachet reads "Aeriel Route") and required 2¢ postage, although the postcard rate was only 1¢; examples include Oct 4 (2), Oct 5 (3), Oct 6, Oct 7, and Oct 8; of the 25,000 pieces carried that week, less than 15 flew on Oct 8th; catalog $1,750, Fine to Very Fine, less than 15 reported.
AAMC $600. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Estimate $800-1,200
Currently Opening at...$400.00
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1667

1911 (Oct. 17-20) Mississippi River Flight, Minneapolis, Minn. to Rock Island, Ill. (AAMC 6), Hugh Robinson had planned to pilot his Curtiss Hydroplane from Minneapolis along the Mississippi River to New Orleans; while it is believed 600-800 pieces were flown, less than 10 have been documented; the card is from the first leg, Minneapolis to Winona; he got as far as Rock Hill IL before a lack of fiscal support ended the flight; scarce, Fine to Very Fine, less than 10 reported.
AAMC $1,750. (Image)

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Estimate $800-1,200
Currently Opening at...$400.00
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1668

1911 (Oct. 21) Aviation Meet, Rochester, N.Y. (AAMC 7), famed Early Birman Lincoln Beachey flew about 15,000 cards from Crittenden Park Station to Genesee Valley Park on his first of several flights as an airmail carrier, Very Fine.
AAMC $175. (Image)

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Estimate $150-200
Currently Opening at...$80.00
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1669

1911 (Nov. 3-5) Aero Military Tournament, Louisville, Ky. (AAMC 8), Clifford Turpin few mail a short distance on Nov 3rd and 5th as part of an event called "On the Mexican Border", which portrayed a battle between the US Army and Mexican guerillas; since this postcard was penned on the 4th (weather canceled flying that day), it was carried aloft on the 5th; rare, Very Fine, fewer than 5 reported.
AAMC $4,500. (Image)

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Estimate $2,000-3,000
Currently Opening at...$1,000.00
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1670

1911 (Nov. 5-6) League Park Aviation Meet, Fort Smith, Ark. (AAMC 9), 5 cards from the Fort Smith Aviation Meet; there remains some disagreement as to whether cards postmarked on Nov 5th were flown; some assert that since poor weather precluded aerial activity that day it was not carried, the consignor (a top specialist in the field) believes the card (autographed by pilot Beckwith Havens) was lifted aloft the following day with the mail canceled on the 6th; the exhibit pages also include an example from the 6th with red cancel (9a), a pair of Advertising cards (wide and narrow "6" variety), and one of two recorded large Advertising cards; catalog $750, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $150. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
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1671

10c

1911 (Nov. 16-18) Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet, Atlanta, Ga. (AAMC 10c), few of the 3,500 flown over three days at the Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet have been reported; lot contains two #10c (AERO POST poem, "They're Flying at the Speedway"), flown on Nov 16 and another on Nov 18; also a blue cancel on Nov 17 (10a), and violet cancel on Nov 18 (10b); catalog $2,250, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $750. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
Currently Opening at...$500.00
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1672

1911 (Nov. 25-28) Athletic Park Aviation Meet, Savannah, Ga. (AAMC 11), Beckwith Havens was in Savannah at Athletic Park to wow the crowds with his Curtiss biplane; he circled the park and then traveled about a mile where he dropped the mail sack to a waiting postal clerk; the lot includes examples of both the violet and black cancels from the Nov 25 show (only three black cancels are recorded), and two violet from the Nov 28th flight (one autographed); nice lot, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $250. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $500-750
Currently Opening at...$250.00
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1673

12b

1911 (Dec. 12-13) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Columbus, Ga. (AAMC 12b), sponsored by The Columbus Ledger, Charles Walsh flew a Curtiss machine for an adoring crowd; the four items include a card and envelope flown on Dec 12th, a postcard on Dec 13 (12a), and a tiny envelope flown with the "1912" error date; catalog $1,450, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $750-1,000
Currently Opening at...$375.00
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1674

1911 (Dec. 28) South Atlantic League Aviation Meet, Albany, Ga. (AAMC 13), it was fortunate that Thornwall Andrews was performing at the Putney Memorial Exhibition in Albany on Dec 28; after tooling around for 10 miles over the city and dropping a locked pouch to a postal worker, Andrews crashed into a fence on landing resulting in a broken are a a demolished aircraft; philatelic evidence includes an envelope and postcard in violet, an Advertising card, and a flown facing slip that sat atop the bundle of mail; catalog $600, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $300-400
Currently Opening at...$150.00
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1675

1912 (Jan. 1-2) Highwood Park Aviation Meet, Wilmington, N.C. (AAMC 14), although 1,600 pieces were carried by Lincoln Beachey on New Year's Day, only a handful have ever been found; plans for a second flight the following day were tabled when bad weather rolled in; includes two examples from different canceling devices; scarce, Fine to Very Fine, fewer than 10 pieces reported.
AAMC $850. (Image)

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Estimate $800-1,200
Currently Opening at...$400.00
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1676

15c

1912 (Jan. 20-28) Dominguez Field Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, Ca. (AAMC 15c), 14 extraordinary examples from an international air meet held at Dominguez Field; includes Clifford Turpin flown card showing the Postmaster General passing the first Airmail to the pilot fours months previously; Type I envelopes and card flown by Glenn Curtiss (including one of two recorded Special Delivery); Type II (including one of two carried on Jan 28); Type III (one has imperforate adhesives), year on the third line (15c var), and unique time on the third line (15c), only recorded wrapper from the meet, and a pair from the final day carried aloft by Glenn Curtiss; catalog $2,575, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $1,200-1,800
Currently Opening at...$600.00
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1677

1912 (Feb. 17-25) Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet, Oakland, Cal. (AAMC 16), 6 better examples from the Third International Aviation Meet sponsored by the Pacific Aero Club; piloted by Farnum Fish (did his parents not love him?), pieces include opening day (whish is by far the most plentiful), as well as a cover and flown facing slip from Feb 18, and postcards from Feb 22, Feb 23, and Feb 24; catalog $1,800, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Estimate $800-1,200
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1678

17a

1912 (Mar. 2-3) Agricultural Park Aviation Meet, Sacramento, Cal. (AAMC 17a), extraordinary Postage Due example (probably because the address was written on the wrong side) of Agricultural Park Aviation Meet mail flown by Glenn Curtiss; stunning cancel, Very Fine.
AAMC $500. (Image)

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Estimate $250-350
Currently Opening at...$130.00
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1679

18a

1912 (Mar. 12-16) Aviation Meet, Hot Springs, Ark. (AAMC 18a), with only 6 cards reported for the event, this lot includes March 13 (three known) and March 15 (two known); Jimmy Ward and Nels Nelson undertook the flying duties; catalog $ 4,650; creases noted, Fine to Very Fine, 2 items recorded.
AAMC $2,500. (Image)

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Estimate $2,000-3,000
Currently Opening at...$1,000.00
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1680

1912 (Mar. 17) National School Grounds Aviation Meet, Galveston, Tex. (AAMC 19), Galveston Chamber of Commerce arranged to have Paul Studensky aviate a Curtiss-type biplane degigned and built by Leston Bratton; lot includes a postal card (with "squared comma" variety), Remington Typewriter Advertising, a postcard, and a second showing the aircraft on the field (written but not mailed); catalog $900, Very Fine.
AAMC $300. (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Estimate $400-600
Currently Opening at...$200.00
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