Pioneer Airmail Flights continued...
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Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 1681 |
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21 |
 1912 (Apr. 6-7) Coronado Polo Grounds Aviation Meet, San Diego, Cal. (AAMC 21), pair of postcards (one from the Apr 6 and
the other the Apr 7 flight) carried by Farnum Fish in a biplane and then carried by Lt. John Towers (USN) in a hydroplane; while as many of 2,000 items were carried, very few remain; catalog $1,000, Very Fine.
AAMC $500. (Image)
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Estimate $500-750
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| 1682 |
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21 |
 1912 (Apr. 21) New Era Park Aviation Meet, Eureka, Cal. (AAMC 21), 147 pieces of mail were dropped by Weldon Cooke during
the New Era Park Exhibition; nice examples of the cancel on a business corner card and a postmark; catalog $700, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $350.
(Image)
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Estimate $350-500
Currently Opening at...$180.00
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| 1683 |
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22 |
 1912 (Apr. 10) City to City Experimental Flight, New Orleans, La. to Baton Rouge, La. (AAMC 22), in the first demonstration
of airmail between major cities, George Mestach carried 32 pounds of mail in his Borel-Mathis monoplane between New Orleans and Baton Rouge; lot includes April 10 card, unflown City-to-City printed card, card postmarked in Baton Rouge for return
trip, and unique Apr 10 Baton Rouge envelope (unflown as Mestach's plane was damaged on landing at Baton Rouge; catalog $1,200, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $400. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $600-800
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| 1684 |
|
24 |
 1912 (May 15-16) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Marietta, Ohio (AAMC 24), only six of the 1,500 pieces carried have been found;
anyone putting together a well-rounded Pioneer collection needs this real photo postcard; includes used (but not flown) postcard advertising the aviation meet, Fine to Very Fine, 6 pieces reported.
AAMC $2,250. (Image)
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Estimate $1,000-1,500
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| 1685 |
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25 |
 1912 (May 18) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Altoona, Penn. (AAMC 25), Walter Bookins had planned to carry 1,200 pieces of mail
aloft but canceled at the last minute when police were unable to keep crowds off the field; nice examples on a postcard and postal entire, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $150. (Image)
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Estimate $150-200
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| 1686 |
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28 |
 1912 (May 30-31) State Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Milwaukee, Wis. (AAMC 28), The Milwaukee Journal had Farnum Fish
deliver copies of the newspaper; later on the first day, Horace Kearney planned to drop a pouch to postal officials but the bag got hung up in the undercarrage and required landing (and giving them to Fish) to deliver, Very Fine, 5 examples
recorded.
AAMC $1,500. (Image)
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Estimate $750-1,000
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| 1687 |
|
29 |
 1912 (May 30-June1) Atwood Park Aviation Meet, Cliftondale, Mass. (AAMC 29), Harry Atwood carried a real photo postcard sent
to Nova Scotia and Arch Freeman flew 2,700 items on Jun 1; catalog $500, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $250. (Image)
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| 1688 |
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30 |
 1912 (May 30-June2) Triple City Aviation Meet, Cicero-Elmhurst-Wheaton, Ill. (AAMC 30), despite 450 pounds of mail hauled
over four days, less than 15 has been reported; authorized by the Postmaster General, a postcard and envelope (Aero Club of Illinois corner card) flown Jun 1 (30d) it crashed shortly after taking off from Elmhurst; Paul Studensky piloted his craft to
Wheaton carrying mail held from the ill-fated flight; catalog $2,250, Fine to Very Fine, fewer than 15 recorded.
AAMC $750.
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Estimate $1,000-1,500
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| 1689 |
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31 |
 1912 (June 3-9) Race Track Aviation Meet, Lexington, Ky. (AAMC 31), the first week of June 1912 in Lexington was quite
gusty, so much so that the 15 mile flight envisioned by Paul Peck never came to pass; by Jun 13 the post office gave up, canceled the mail, and sent it on its terrestrial way, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $400. (Image)
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| 1690 |
|
32a |
 1912 (June 6-8) Evansville Courier Aviation Meet, Evansville, Ind. (AAMC 32a), three flown souvenir cards, a large card in
brown and another in blue, as well as a less common, smaller postcard, flown by Lincoln Beachey and Horace Kearney in Evansville; since the cancel covered the dates Jun 6-8, the only way to tell what day they were flown is if the sender wrote it;
catalog $1,050, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $350. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1691 |
|
33 |
 1912 (June 6-8) Lima Driving Park Aviation Meet, Lima, Ohio (AAMC 33), for three days in June, thousands crowded in to see
Charles Walsh and William Hemstrought drop 5,000 pieces of mail; the pilots would fly from Driving Park to the public square downtown where the mail bundle would be flung to the postal worker, this worked well the first two days but by day three
Walsh elected to jetison the mail in an empty lot so he would not injure the crowd; the four cards include one for each day and a fourth (33d) with the date omitted from the boxed postmark; catalog $1,000, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $250. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1692 |
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34 |
 1912 (June 7-8) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Mansfield, Ohio (AAMC 34), The Mansfield Daily News produced souvenir
cards for flights scheduled at the Fair Grounds Aviation Meet; Beckwith Havens experienced engine trouble on Jun 7th and had to make an emergency landing away from the fairgrounds; the following day Havens had trouble again and damaged the craft when
it landed in a ditch; in the end no mail was flown, Very Fine, only 6 recorded items found.
AAMC $2,000. (Image)
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| 1693 |
|
35 |
 1912 (June 27-28) Millbrook Driving Park Aviation Meet, Portsmouth, Ohio (AAMC 35), for two days Charles Walsh flew a pouch
from Millbrook Park to a point near the post office from which it was forwarded by the post office; about 5,000 cards and letters were originally carried but few remain; includes a postal card and an envelope, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $250. (Image)
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| 1694 |
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37 |
 1912 (July 3-4) Athletic Park Aviation Meet, Bedford, Ind. (AAMC 37), planned for a four mile flight to Oolitic and then ten
miles to Mitchell before returning to Athletic Park, high winds required that Max Littlie circle Bedford with the roughly 1,000 postcards before landing; the names and address have been scratched out, Fine to Very Fine, fewer than 10
reported.
AAMC $2,000. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1695 |
|
38b |
 1912 (July 4) Experimental Hydroplane Flight, South Amboy to Perth Amboy, N.J. (AAMC 38b), three envelopes and a postcard
transported by Oliver Simmons in a Wright-Burgess hydro-aeroplane; the flight traversed the Raritan River from South Amboy to Perth Amboy and took only 4 minutes; sponsored by the South Amboy Business Men's Association, the 1,220 pieces are now
largely gone; examples include a First Class and Third Class (no date in postmark) cancel, as well as a printed three line and a one line cachet; catalog $1,150, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1696 |
|
39 |
 1912 (July 12-13) Butler County Fair Aviation Meet, Hamilton, Ohio (AAMC 39), trio of postcards dropped to postal clerks at
Krebs Baseball Park; although more mail was flown on July 12th (1,250) compared to July 13th (1,000), pieces from the first day are less often encountered; lot includes one from the first day (39) and two from the following day (39a); catalog $1,200,
Fine to Very Fine, fewer than 10 reported, 39a ex Steinmetz.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1697 |
|
40a |
 1912 (July 17-18) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Benton Harbor, Mich. (AAMC 40a), Charles Walsh flew 500 pieces on July 17th
(although only two have so far been found), and on July 18 about 700 the following day; this lot includes a postal entire, a real photo postcard, and one of seven postal cards sent to renew memberships for members of the Aero Mail Club (predecessor
of the American Air Mail Society); catalog $525, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $175. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1698 |
|
41a |
 1912 (July 19-22) Queen City Aviation Meet, Coney Island (Cincinnati), Ohio (AAMC 41a), flying from Coney Island to
California Ohio, Paul Peck flew mail over the span of three days; two cards, one carried on the 19th and another flown a day or two later; catalog $1,500, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $750. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1699 |
|
42 |
 1912 (July 20-21) Nutwood Park Aviation Meet, Dubuque, Iowa (AAMC 42), pair of postcards carried by Charles Walsh and
sponsored by the Dubuque Business Men's Association; two different types of cancels; catalog $400, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $200.
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| 1700 |
|
43 |
 1912 (July 22-27) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Providence, Ky. (AAMC 43), Peck's Bad Boy of the Sky, Horace Kearney flew 300
cards (with no special marking); carried on July 26th and canceled the following morning, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $1,500. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1701 |
|
45 |
 1912 (Aug. 3) Hohokus Driving Park Aviation Meet, Hohokus, N.J. (AAMC 45), an envelope (one of 115), and a postcard (one of
1,445) mistakenly transported 20 miles in the wrong direction and then flown the correct route of 1 ½ miles before entering the mail stream; catalog $600, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1702 |
|
46b |
 1912 (Aug. 3-10) Inter-City Mail and Passenger Service, Ocean City to Stone Harbor, N.J. (AAMC 46b), four items demonstrate
the success of inter-city mail service between Ocean City and Stone Harbor; along this 20 mile route, passengers and mail traveled from Aug 3-10; with the success of the service, an extension was granted from Aug 12th to Sept 5th; lot contains items
from Ocean City (46), Stone Harbor (46a), and a postal card addressed to one of the seven members of the Aero Mail Club (predecessor of the American Air Mail Society) during the authorized extension (46b); catalog $1,950, Fine to Very Fine, only
three reported.
AAMC $700. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1703 |
|
47 |
 1912 (Aug. 6-8) Harvest Festival Aviation Meet, Fort Recovery, Ohio (AAMC 47), five cards and envelopes chronicle the
abortive aviation exhibition at Fort Recovery; scarce postal entire from Aug 6 (47), postcard from pilot to family on Aug 7 (47a and not flown) explaining that a busted crank shaft has delayed flights, an illustrated envelope also from the 7th, a
real photo postcard flown on Aug 8 (47b) addressed to Harry Truby, and one of less than 5 documented carried on the last day (47c); catalog $1,800, Fine to Very Fine, less than 5 recorded.
AAMC $600. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1704 |
|
48 |
 1912 (Aug. 10-11) Country Club Aviation Meet, Portland, Or. (AAMC 48), representing the first authorized airmail flown in
the Pacific Northwest, Walter Edwards flew seven miles from Portland to Vancouver; lot contains three exhibit pages including a postal card and envelope carried on Aug 10, a real photo postcard and cover flown on Aug 11, and flown facing slips
carried on each day; catalog $1,950, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $350. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1705 |
|
49 |
 1912 (Aug. 20-23) Rockport Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Rockport, Ind. (AAMC 49), over a span of three days Horace Kearney
carried 3,500 pieces of mail; three examples (one for each day) including the first day which is scarce; catalog $600, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1706 |
|
50b |
 1912 (Aug. 23-24) Plainfield Driving Park Aviation Meet, Plainfield, N.J. (AAMC 50b), Linclon Beachey piloted both days in
Plainfield; lot includes Aug 23 (50), Aug 24 (50), and the only double-circle postmark with no date (50b); catalog $825, Fine to Very Fine, unique.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $400-600
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| 1707 |
|
51 |
 1912 (Aug. 28-31) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Boonville, Ind. (AAMC 51), leftover Rockport meet postcards received a
"Boonville Fair" label for this two day event flown by Horace Kearney; pair includes one from Aug 28, and another from Aug 29; catalog $650, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1708 |
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53 |
 1912 (Sept. 6-7) Golf Links Aviation Meet, Cedar Falls, Iowa (AAMC 53), it was 2 miles by air from Cedar Falls to College
Hill Park where Beachey dropped mail to a waiting postal employee; the cachet for both days reads Sep 5 so they could have been carried between Sep 5 and Sep 7; catalog $800, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $400. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $400-600
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| 1709 |
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54 |
 1912 (Sept. 10-12) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Columbia, Tenn. (AAMC 54), for three days aviator Horace Kearney dropped
covers and postcards to postal officials in Columbia; attractive postal entire with bold Aeroplane Station postmark, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $250-350
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| 1710 |
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55c |
 1912 (Sept. 16-22) Grant Park Aviation Meet, Chicago, Ill. (AAMC 55c), three different pilots participated in mail drops
during the Cicero Flying Field International Meet; examples from the Sept 14 and 15 flights are on an exhibit page; catalog $1,000, Fine to Very Fine, only two recorded for Sep 15th date.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1711 |
|
56a |
 1912 (Sept. 21) Demonstration Flight, Glen Head, N.Y. (AAMC 56a), pair of Aero Club of Illionis postards; one with a
circular cachet only (no datestamp) likely flown as handback service, and a card postmarked Sep 16 (but unflown); catalog $500, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $200. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1712 |
|
58 |
 1912 (Sept. 25-26) West Side Ball Park Aviation Meet, Bluffton, Ind. (AAMC 58), soaring in a Curtiss biplane Charles Walsh
carried mail Sept 25 and 26; only four examples from the 26 have been found and this postcard is the sole example from the first date of the exhibition, Fine to Very Fine, only recorded example from that date.
AAMC $1,700. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $800-1,200
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| 1713 |
|
59 |
 1912 (Sept. 26-28) Aviation Meet and Street Circus, McLeansboro, Ill. (AAMC 59), Cummercial Club printed postcards to
celebrate the Aviation and Street Circus in McLeansboro; lot contains a pair of postcards and one of very few envelopes carried; catalog $600, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $200. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1714 |
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60 |
 1912 (Sept. 28) Crawford's Puget Sound Aerial Mail, Puyallup to Tacoma, Wash. (AAMC 60), Harvey Crawford prepared printed
postal cards (Via Crawford's Puget Sound Aerial Mail) for the flight between Puyallup and Tacoma; lot consists of two cards with one autographed by the pilot; catalog $1,800, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $900. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $800-1,200
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| 1715 |
|
61a |
 1912 (Oct. 4-12) State Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Springfield, Ill. (AAMC 61a), an ambitious plan fly to six nearby
communities each day for 11 days ended up as two days as the result of weather and mechanical issues; lot contains a flown Advertising cover on Oct 8 and envelope mailed Oct 10; also material postmarked Oct 9 and 12 which were not flown; catalog
$1,300, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $400. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1716 |
|
63 |
 1912 (Oct. 12) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Lock Haven, Penn. (AAMC 63), a pair of postcards carried at the Old Home Week
Flying Exhibition from Lock Haven to Mill Hall from a temporary post office erected at the race track; catalog $800, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $400. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1717 |
|
64 |
 1912 (Oct. 31-Nov.2) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Cuthbert, Ga. (AAMC 64), a small amount of mail was lofted by Fred De Korn
during the Randolph County Fair Aviation Exhibition; the lot contains a postal card and postal entire flown on the last day of the event; catalog $600, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1718 |
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65 |
 1912 (Nov. 24) Ingleside Park Aviation Meet, San Francisco, Cal. (AAMC 65), pilot Harvey Crawford flew 48 postcards and a
few envelopes from Ingleside Coursing Park to the Presidio, a miliary reversation in northwest San Francisco; postcard with four postmarks ("First card mailed at Aviation Station"), and a postal entire addressed to the Postmaster of San Francisco;
catalog $1,000, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $500. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1719 |
|
66d |
 1912 (Dec. 25-Dec. 29) Tanforan Park Aviation Meet, San Francisco, Ca. (AAMC 66d), only seven examples from the Tanforan
Park Race Track have been recorded; postcard flown on the final day and dropped to the crowd and then mailed to a friend in Maine, Fine to Very Fine, one of two recorded from this date.
AAMC $2,000. (Image) (Image2)
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| 1720 |
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67 |
 1913 (Jan. 13) First Aerial Parcel Post Service, Boston to New York (AAMC 67), First Class and Parcel Post mail originated
in Boston and worked its way to New York over a period of several weeks; just getting to New Haven required landings in Providence, West Mystic, and Niantic due to weather and mechanical issues; this cover flew from New Haven to New York before
eventually arriving in Cuba, Fine to Very Fine, only eight New Haven covers are reported.
AAMC $1,500. (Image) (Image2)
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