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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)
Estimate $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 750.00
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Lot No: 1664
Symbol: C
Cat No: 2d
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)
Estimate $3,500-5,000
Opening US$ 1,800.00
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Lot No: 1665
Symbol: C
Cat No: 3g
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)
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Opening US$ 1,300.00
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Lot No: 1666
Symbol: C
Cat No: 5d
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)
Estimate $800-1,200
Opening US$ 400.00
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Lot No: 1667
Symbol: C
Cat No: 6
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)
Estimate $800-1,200
Opening US$ 400.00
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Lot No: 1668
Symbol: C
Cat No: 7
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)
Estimate $150-200
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Lot No: 1669
Symbol: C
Cat No: 8
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)
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,000.00
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Lot No: 1670
Symbol: C
Cat No: 9
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)
Estimate $350-500
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Lot No: 1671
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 1672
Symbol: C
Cat No: 11
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)
Estimate $500-750
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Lot No: 1673
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $750-1,000
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Lot No: 1674
Symbol: C
Cat No: 13
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)
Estimate $300-400
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Lot No: 1675
Symbol: C
Cat No: 14
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)
Estimate $800-1,200
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Lot No: 1676
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $1,200-1,800
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Lot No: 1677
Symbol: C
Cat No: 16
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)
Estimate $800-1,200
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Lot No: 1678
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $250-350
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Lot No: 1679
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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Lot No: 1680
Symbol: C
Cat No: 19
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)
Estimate $400-600
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Lot No: 1681
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $500-750
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Lot No: 1682
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $350-500
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Lot No: 1683
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $600-800
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Lot No: 1684
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 1685
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $150-200
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Lot No: 1686
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $750-1,000
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Lot No: 1687
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $250-350
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Lot No: 1688
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 1689
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $200-300
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Lot No: 1690
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $500-750
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Lot No: 1691
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $500-750
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Lot No: 1692
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 1693
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $250-350
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Lot No: 1694
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 1695
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $600-800
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Lot No: 1696
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $600-800
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Lot No: 1697
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $250-350
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Lot No: 1698
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $750-1,000
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Lot No: 1699
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
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Lot No: 1700
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $750-1,000
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Lot No: 1701
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $300-400
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Lot No: 1702
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 1703
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 1704
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 1705
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Cat No: 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)
Estimate $300-400
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Lot No: 1706
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $400-600
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Lot No: 1707
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $300-400
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Lot No: 1708
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $400-600
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Lot No: 1709
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $250-350
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Lot No: 1710
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $500-750
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Lot No: 1711
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
Estimate $250-350
Opening US$ 130.00
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Lot No: 1712
Symbol: C
Cat No: 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)
