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LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1061 nh C15 image1930 $2.60 blue, n.h., well centered, with 2005 PSE certificate graded "XF 90" (SMQ $1,250) (Cat No. C15) (Image)

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SOLD for $750.00
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1062 E AAMC 22 imageFlight Covers. 1912 (10 Apr) New Orleans to Baton Rouge and return, card with special "U.S. Aerial Mail Service" cachet, typewritten "This card goes forward via the first aeroplane mail service between New Orleans and Baton Rouge - Geo Mestach, aviator and mail messenger. April 10, 1912", fine (on landing in Baton Rouge, Mestach swerved to avoid the crowd and ran into a fence. The plane was too badly damaged to allow a return flight scheduled for the next day (Cat No. AAMC 22) (Image)

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SOLD for $325.00
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1063 E AAMC 67 imageFlight Covers. 1913 (28 Feb) First Aerial Parcel Post Service, cover franked with 2x1c green (Panama-Pacific), New Haven, Conn, addressed to Cleveland, Tenn., with "Via First Aeroplane Parcel Post Harry M. Jones Aviator", New York, Mar 10 and Cleveland, Tenn March 11 pmks on back, fine cover, one of only eight carried, cat. $1500 (Cat No. AAMC 67) (Image)

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SOLD for $850.00
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1064 E   imageFlight Covers. 1918 (May 15) First Trip Washington to New York, cover franked with 4c and 20c Regular Issues, tied by violet First Trip pmk, with arrival cds on back (Image)



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1065 E   imageFlight Covers. 1918 selection of six Government Flight covers on pages, with 3 June New York to Boston (C3 franking), 9 Sep (Chicago to New York, Cleveland to Chicago, each with C2, also 5 Sep New York to Chicago), plus two 18 Dec, one registered from Cleveland to St. Joseph, Mo., the other from New York to Chicago, each with regular issue franking, fine-v.f. (Image) (image 1065a) (image 1065b) (image 1065c) (image 1065d) (image 1065e)

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SOLD for $700.00
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1066 E AAMC TO1052 imageFlight Covers. 1927 (30 Apr) Wilkins North Polar Expedition Roessler corner cachet cover franked with 2c red, tied by "Detroit News Wilkins Expedition" and Barrow Alaska 30 April pmk alongside, with "12,000 miles over Arctic by Airplane Lat. 77.45 Long.175 100 Miles on foot to Shore", addressed to Fairbanks and signed by Wilkins, backstamped May 16, v.f. (Cat No. AAMC TO1052) (Image)

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1067 E AAMC TO1060 imageFlight Covers. 1927 (21 June) Admiral R.E. Byrd Trans-Atlantic Flight, cacheted cover franked with 5c blue, canceled New York, June 21, 1927, with Ver-sur-Mer 2.7.27 arrival cds, v.f. Comdr. R.E.Byrd took off on his monoplane "America" from New York to Paris and was forced to land on the beach at Ver-sur-Mer (after a flight of 42 hours). As the mail pouch was soaked, many of the covers are without stamps or defective. This one is in excellent condition. Also included is an original photograph of the airplane (Cat No. AAMC TO1060) (Image)

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SOLD for $650.00
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1068 E   imageFlight Covers. 1930 (1 Aug) Mears and Brown attempted Round-the-World flight, 1c stationery card with additional 10c Special delivery franking, East Orange, United States to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, where the plane crashed upon take-off, v.f., scarce - only 25 cards carried (Image)



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1069 E   imageFlight Covers. 1931 (14 May) "Justice for Hungary" flown "1 dollar Detroit Budapest" specially prepared card from Flint, Michigan, with pre-printed bilingual cachet, 1c Coil franking, fine (in July, 1931, newspapers all over the world reported on the front page that two Hungarian pilots, Alexander Magyar and George Endresz crossed the Atlantic Ocean from the United States to Hungary in a Lockheed-Sirius airplane named "Justice for Hungary." The flight was intended to call attention to the dismemberment of Hungary after World War I. It was a spectacular success. On July 15, 1931, the Trans-Oceanic flight left Harbor-Grace for Budapest on a non-stop flight of 26 hours and 20 minutes (Charles Lindbergh's flight in 1927 took six hours longer) and marked the first time that an airplane crossing the ocean had radio contact both with the starting and landing aerodromes. It was also the first time such a flight was used for political purposes. The pilots were received as heroes in Budapest) (Image)



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1070 E   imageFlight Covers. 1931 Allen and Moyle, Japan to USA flight, Sep 8 illustrated cover with U.S. and Japanese franking, canceled in Tokyo and upon arrival at Seattle (Oct 9), signed by both pilots. The Second Trans-Pacific flight from Japan, the aviators were forced down for a week in the Aleutian Islands and again in Siberia (Image)



SOLD for $160.00
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1071 E AAMC TO1142 imageFlight Covers. 1931 (22 June) attempted Solo Transatlantic Flight by Ruth Nichols. Miss Ruth Nichols set out from New York for Paris in an attempt to be the first woman to make a solo Trans-Atlantic flight. Unfortunately, her Lockheed Vega Monoplane "Akita" was forced down and crashed at St. John's, Newfoundland, cover with appropriate cachets and signed by Miss Nichols (Cat No. AAMC TO1142) (Image)

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1072 E   imageFlight Covers. 1932 (18 Aug) specially prepared postcard to New York, franking missing, signed Thor Solberg (after managing to convince the Enna Jettick Shoe Company to fund his flight, Solberg made his first attempt to fly from the United States to Norway with Carl Petersen in a Bellanca K, named Enna Jettick. The pilots encountered fog and snow near Newfoundland and were forced to make a crash landing) (Image)



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1073 E   imageFlight Covers. 1932 (Aug 4) Germany-Iceland-Canada-USA Transatlantic flight Wolfgang Von Gronau, cover with Canadian, USA, Philippines, Japan, Netherlands Indies, Ceylon and Indian adhesives, canceled at their prospective stops, including Unalaska, Alaska (Aug 29) pmk, v.f., signed by Von Gronau (Image)



SOLD for $1,300.00
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1074 E AAMC TO1167 imageFlight Covers. 1932 (5 July) Mattern & Griffin Round the World Flight, cover franked with U.S., German and Russian adhesives, bearing appropriate postmarks and autographed by both fliers, usual adhesive toning partly showing through, otherwise v.f. The U.S. pilot Jimmy Mattern, with Lt. Griffin attempted to beat the "round-the-world" record, held at the time by Post and Gatty. After flying from New York via Harbour Grace, they landed in Berlin and later reached Moscow. Their plane crashed on the way to Siberia. Only 10 covers reportedly carried on this flight (Cat No. AAMC TO1167) (Image)

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1075 E   imageFlight Covers. 1933 Darius-Girenas Trans-Atlantic flight cover franked with 3c Newburgh, tied by Brooklyn July 15 cds, with "Lituanica" and corresponding Lithuanian cachets, signed by Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas, Kaunas July 18 arrival pmk on back, v.f. (After taking off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York, Darius and Girenas successfully crossed the Atlantic, only to perish on July 17th in the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany (now Pszczelnik in Poland). The planned route was: New York- Newfoundland-Ireland-London-Amsterdam-Swinemunde-Konigsberg- Kaunas (a total of 7,186 km). Due to weather conditions over Ireland, they veered to the north and reached Germany via Scotland and the North Sea. In 37 hours and 11 minutes, until the moment of the crash, they had flown 6,411 km, just 636 km short of Kaunas) (Image)



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1076 E   imageFlight Covers. 1933 (1 Nov) Pond and Sabelli flight to Rome, 8c stationery entire addressed to A.Wittnauer & Co (J.P.V. Heinmuller), with appropriate markings incl. Leact ui Concubair (15 May 34) and Rome, signed by Sabelli. The fliers reached Ireland, where they had to stop for repairs on the way to Rome (Image)



SOLD for $190.00
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1077 E AAMC TO1211 imageFlight Covers. 1934 (27 June) cover with U.S. and Polish franking, special cachet, v.f. (On June 28, Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz took off from Floyd Bennett Field in NYC and landed in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. The next day, they took off from there for a Trans-Atlantic trip. Through mechanical problems, a leaking engine and heavy rainstorm, they managed to reach Europe (near Caen in France). The next day, after repairing a landing gear, they took off to Paris, then to Germany, where they were forced to land due to fuel leaks. On July 2, the brothers arrived in Warsaw, Poland, treated as heroes. The Adamowicz brothers were possibly the first amateur pilots in the world to fly a plane across the Atlantic) (Cat No. AAMC TO1211) (Image)

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1078 E AAMC TO1237 imageFlight Covers. 1935 (22 June) Attempted Flight, New York to Rome, Italy, by George and Alfred de Monteverde in the airplane "Francesco de Pinedo." The attempt was unsuccessful. Cover with 2x6c franking, canceled New York on June 14, 1935, and again in Brooklyn on June 22, 1935. Printed inscription bears impression of a Notary's seal, reads "This is one of 500 letters placed aboard the "Francesco de Pinedo", fine (Cat No. AAMC TO1237) (Image)

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SOLD for $90.00
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1079 E AAMC TO1241 imageFlight Covers. 1935 (21 Sep) attempted non-stop flight from New York to Lithuania by Lit. Felix Vaitkus, in the plane "Lituanica II". After successfully crossing the North Atlantic, Lt. Vaitkus was forced down at Bellinrobe and covers were forwarded to Lithuania by other means. United States 6c stationery entire envelope with additional Lithuanian franking, appropriate cachet and Kaunas (2.X.35) arrival pmk, signed by the pilot, minor adhesive residue, fine cover (Cat No. AAMC TO1241) (Image)

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SOLD for $290.00
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1080 E   imageCatapult Flights. 1930 (15 June) "Bremen" Amsterdam-Bremenhaven flight cover with 20c franking, previously flown on Europe-Pan-America Round Flight Zeppelin dispatch ($2.60 franking removed), with all original cachets and arrival markings, some cover wear and tear, undoubtedly most unusual re-used Zeppelin cover (Image)



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