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The James P. Myerson Collection of Pioneer Flight Mail 1910-1916 continued...

1912, August thru September Flights (AAMC 45-AAMC 60) continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
908 c Image1912, August 20-23, Rockport Ind. Rockport Fairgrounds Aviation Meet, Route 633,003 (AAMC 49a, 49b). Two items, first is picture postcard of Kearney ready for flight with printed "Souvenir of the Rockport Fair 1912", 1c tied by magenta "Aeroplane Station, Aug. 23, 1912, Rockport, Ind. from Rockport Fair" four-line datestamp to Marengo Ind., second is same postcard similarly tied by Aug. 23 datestamp to Newtonville Ind., Very Fine, mail was authorized to be flown each day from August 20 to 24 but was only flown on three days (21, 22 and 23) (Image)

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 $ 300.00

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
909 c Image1912, August 23-24, Plainfield N.J. Plainfield Driving Park Aviation Meet, Route 609,004 (AAMC 50, 50a). Two items, first is color postcard of woodland scene with 1c tied by purple "Via Aeroplane Mail Route, Plainfield, N.J., Aug. 23, 1912" double-circle datestamp, second strike, locally addressed, second is color postcard with 1c similarly tied by Aug. 24 datestamp and locally addressed, Very Fine cards flown by Lincoln Beachey on both days of the exhibition, ex Reinhard (Image)

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 $ 325.00

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
910 c Image1912, August 28-31, Boonville Ind. Fairgrounds Aviation Meet, Route 633,004 (AAMC 51, 51a two). Three items, first is souvenir postcard prepared for the earlier Rockport meet with "Boonfield Fair" label, 1c tied by "By Aerial Route, Aug. 28, 1912, Boonville Ind., From Boonville Fair" datestamp with illustration of plane and locally addressed, second is similar card with similar franking and Aug. 29 datestamp to Ky., third item is color postcard of Boonville court house with Aug. 29 datestamp locally addressed, some slight wear, Very Fine trio of covers (Image)

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 $ 950.00

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
911 c Image1912, August 31, White Plains N.Y. Welkin Aviation Association Exhibition, Route 607,003 (AAMC 52). Color postcard depicting lover’s lane in White Plains, bearing 1c tied by Special Aerial Despatch, Aviation Grounds, White Plains N.Y., Aug. 31, 1912” duplex datestamp and addressed to Bayonne N.J.

EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY PIECE OF MAIL KNOWN FROM THIS FLIGHT FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS TO THE WHITE PLAINS POST OFFICE.

Organizers of the Welkin Aviation Association Exhibition arranged for famed aviator Lincoln Beachey and a less well-known flyer, William B. Hemstrought, to put on display flights in Curtiss airplanes during a fair held at Westchester County Fair Grounds near White Plains, New York. On Saturday, August 31, Beachey flew a pouch containing 110 pieces of mail from the fairgrounds. A special post office was set up and route number 607,003 was assigned by the USPOD to one trip. The special duplex datestamp looks similar to one used earlier that month in Hohokus, N.J. (AAMC 45). Beachey dropped the mail bag to postal officials on the ground, but it ended up on the lawn of St. John’s Church, across the street from the post office.

Ex Reinhard and Jones. The history of this flight was described in an article by Thomas O’Sullivan (Air Post Journal, Nov. 1951). Illustrated in AAMC 7th Edition on page 52 (Image)

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 $ 4,500.00

SOLD for $4,250.00
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912 c Image1912, September 6-7, Cedar Falls Ia. Golf Links Aviation Meet, Route 643,002 (AAMC 53). Two items, first is 1c McKinley Postal Card cancelled by purple "Aeroplane Mail Service, September 5th and 6th, 1912, Cedar Falls, Iowa" boxed datestamp to Harry A. Truby in New Kensington Penn., second is 1c Grant Postal Card similarly cancelled to Dubuque Iowa, manuscript "Air Mail" at top left and "1912" at top right, Truby backstamp, some slight wear, Very Fine pair of flown cards, Lincoln Beachey flew mail both days of the meet (Image)

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 $ 800.00

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
913 c Image1912, September 10-12, Columbia Tenn. Fairgrounds Aviation Meet, Route 627,001 (AAMC 54). Cover with 2c tied by red "Aeroplane Station, Columbia, Tenn., Sept. 10-13, 1912" duplex datestamp to New York City, few small toned spots also affect stamp, otherwise Very Fine, mail was not carried on the 13th due to high winds (Image)

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 $ 500.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
914 c Image1912, September 9-15, Cicero-Aurora Ill. International Aviation Meet (AAMC 55b). 1c Postal Card cancelled by "Cicero Ill. Sep. 14 5-PM, 1912" waving-flag machine cancel to typed address in Cambridge Mass., purple "Aerial Mail" in circle handstamp, "Chicago Ill. Sep. 14 9:00PM 1912" machine cancel, contents reads "This is carried by aviator Max Lillie from aero field to Aurora, Ill. 27 miles away Sept. 13, 1912" and signed, Very Fine, based on the postal markings the note is incorrect, this was flown on the 14th by aviator Chance M. Vought, illustrated in AAMC 7th Edition on p. 307 (Image)

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 $ 500.00

SOLD for $375.00
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915 c Image1912, September 9-15, Cicero-Aurora Ill. International Aviation Meet (AAMC 55c). Color postcard of Washington Park in Chicago with 1c tied by "Cicero Ill. Sep. 15 9-AM, 1912" waving-flag machine cancel to Gentry Ark., purple "Aerial Mail" in circle handstamp, "Chicago Ill. Sep. 15 12:00PM 1912" machine cancel, Very Fine, very few are known flown on the 15th, ex Reinhard and Dr. Scott (Image)

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 $ 500.00

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
916 c Image1912, September 9-15, Cicero-Aurora Ill. International Aviation Meet (AAMC 55d). Picture postcard of plane about to land, 1c tied by "Cicero Ill. Sep. 16 5-PM, 1912" waving-flag machine cancel to Syracuse N.Y., purple "Aerial Mail" in circle handstamp, two Chicago datestamps with 8PM and 10PM markings, souvenir contents, card with few creases, Very Fine and very rare use flown the day after the meet ended, according to the AAMC, the local postmaster authorized mail to be flown during the four days of the meet (Sep. 12-15), at least one is known postmarked on the 16th and was flown by either J. Romano Montero or Charles L. Wiggin (Cal Rodgers's mechanic on the Vin Fiz flight), who moved to Grant Park for the next air meet on the 16th rather than the day before, ex Judge O'Sullivan and Dr. Scott (Image)

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 $ 500.00

SOLD for $200.00
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917 c Image1912, September 21, Glen Head, Long Island, New York Demonstration Flights (AAMC 57). 2c booklet pane stamp with s.e. at left and bottom, tied by "Glenwood Landing N.Y. Sep. 21, 1912" duplex datestamp on cover to Brooklyn N.Y., back of cover with large "ACROSS L.I. SOUND FOR POSTAGE/GLEN HEAD, L.I. TO (SEE POSTMARK) BY WRIGHT HYDROAEROPLANE" three-line cachet -- the misspelling of the word Hydroaeroplane ("Hydrooerplane") in the cachet was corrected by hand with an "a" over "o" -- "Brooklyn New York Gen. Del. Sep. 21, 1912 12PM" receiving backstamp

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY REPORTED PIECE OF MAIL CARRIED ACROSS LONG ISLAND SOUND FROM GLEN HEAD, LONG ISLAND, TO NEW ROCHELLE. A WONDERFUL ARTIFACT OF THE PIONEER AVIATION ERA.

On September 21 and again on October 12, aviator Charles Wald flew a Wright biplane equipped with pontoons for water landing, to demonstrate its use for sport, rescue and carrying passengers. This is the only recorded piece of mail reported from the September 21 flight; none are known from the October 12 flight.

Ex Reinhard and Jones. Illustrated in AAMC 7th Edition on p. 309 (Image)

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 $ 6,000.00

SOLD for $5,250.00
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918   Image1912, September 25-26, Bluffton, Indiana West Side Ball Park Aviation Exhibition (AAMC 58a). Color postcard of a street view in Bluffton with 1c tied by "BLUFFTON INDIANA/AERIAL MAIL/5P.M. 9 26 12" three-line datestamp to Petroleum Ind., Very Fine and rare, AAMC notes only four are reported used on the 26th and only one is reported used on the 25th, ex Stevens, illustrated in AAMC 7th Edition on page 310 (Image)

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 $ 1,000.00

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

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