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United States and Foreign Airmail Covers continued...

Space Covers continued...
Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate
2281 image1972/75 Apollo-Soyuz Autographed Covers Group. four covers; 1) cacheted cover with Houston Jul 6 1972 machine cancel and signed by American Deke Slayton and Russians Alexey Leonov and Valery Kubasov; 2) US Navy Recovery Force cacheted cover with signatures of Slayton, Leonov and Kubasov plus American V Brand, San Francisco Jul 24 1975 slogan cancel, 3) rubber stamp cacheted cover with Kennedy Space Center Jul 15 1975 launch date slogan cancel and Jul 17 2005 hand cancel signed by Leonov and Kubasov; 4) Russian 1975 Apollo-Soyuz issue Fleetwood cacheted FDC signed by Leonov and Kubasov, F-VF (Image1) 250-350

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:34 PM
2282 image1983 STS-9 Space Shuttle "Columbia" Crew Signed Flight Cover, rubber stamped cachet with launch details and signed by crew members Brewster Shaw, Owen Garriott, Robert Parker, Ulf Merbold and Byron Lichtenberg (complete crew less John Young) plus support team members John Neilson (Cargo Project Management) and William Rock (Shuttle Project Management), Kennedy Space Center launch date roller cancels tie US and German stamps (crew member Merbold from Germany), Very Fine (Image1) 100-150

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:34 PM
2283 image1986 Space Shuttle STS-51-L "Challenger" Launch Cover signed by crew member S. Christa McAuliffe on airmail envelope with Merritt Island L.N.M.I. Br. Jan 28 1986 hand cancel, small pictures of the Challenger crew and design of the flight patch also affixed, back side with a Mission 51-L informational handstamp, Very Fine, McAuliffe was chosen among 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space and had been scheduled to conduct two classes while in space (Image1) 400-500

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:34 PM
2284 image1989 STS-33 Space Shuttle "Discovery" Crew Signed Cover, Artopage generic space cacheted envelope signed by John Blaha, Fred Gregory, Story Musgrave, Sonny Carter and Kathy Thornton plus S David Griggs who was to have been the pilot of this mission but was killed in a vintage WW II plane crash in June 1989 during training for the mission (replaced by Blaha), Kennedy Space Center Nov 22 1989 slogan cancel, small flight patch sticker at upper left, Very Fine and unusual (Image1) 200-250

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:34 PM
Airline Labels and Ephemera
Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate
2285 Early Airmail Ephemera, couple hundred unusual paper ephemera in two binders, circa 1930-50, include: labels from various airlines, shipping labels, price chart, WWII American fighter aircraft (all in color), few stamps and covers, generally Very Fine, great lot and ideal for aero philatelist in need of close inspection (see online scans) 300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:35 PM
U.S. Airmail and Flight Covers Lots and Collections
Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate
2286 US Flight and Airmail Covers Group, includes C4 on four 1926 CAM flight covers serviced by Dinnebier, C18 flown FDC (NY City), eleven 1920s/30s flight covers incl numerous with C24 and a 1927 with C1 (oxidized) and Lindbergh Day cachet plus boxed "Carried in Mail Plane Escort to Col Lindbergh", eleven legal sized 1950s Pan Am Airways System flight covers to/from USA, Philippines 1936 "Manila to Alameda" Philippine Clipper "Return Final Inspection Trip" covers to Amon Carter (2; one legal size) with attractive airmail franking, F-VF (see online scans) 200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:35 PM
Foreign Airmails by Country
Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate
2287 imageEGYPT, 1916/26 Flight/ Airmail Covers Selection. 6 covers, 5 of which are unfranked OHMS incl 1916 to Alexandria with Base APO Z cds and "No 21 Reserve Squadron / Royal Flying Corps" cachet, 1917 Censored to England with FPO GM2 Z cds (HQ of 2nd Echelon of Royal Flying Corps in the Middle East - Cairo) and "Middle East Brigade Royal Flying Corps" cachet, 1919 RAF Emergency Services to Egypt and Palestine flight with boxed "Aerial Post E.E.F." cachet in violet and double circle "Certified Official Army & Navy Canteen Board" handstamp, 1923 from US family in Persia (franking on reverse) sent airmail to US via Baghdad and Cairo with a boxed "Poste Aerienne Bagdad-Caire" cachet, 1926 to Abu Sueir Egypt (RAF Air Base) with two different RAF cachets, etc., Fine group (see online scans) (Image 2) (Image1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:36 PM
2288 imageEGYPT, 1914 Flight Under Auspices of "Ligue Nationale Aerienne" between Cairo and Khartoum by aviator Marc Pourpe, postcard (view of Omdourman) with Egypt 4m (corner off) tied by Heliopolis bilingual cds and nice strike of the "POSTE AERIENNE / CAIRE-KHARTOUM / L.N.A. MARC POURPE 1913-14"flight cachet, addressed to England with message "Greetings by first aerial Post from the Sudan...22.1.14", card a bit of wear but Fine and rare (AAMC 4 var) (Image1) 400-600

SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:37 PM
2289 imageEGYPT, 1919 Emergency Air Mail Service Covers Selection, 8 unfranked OHMS covers on fully annotated exhibit type pages, all with assorted military markings and postmarks including several of the scarce boxed "AERIAL POST / E.E.F.", includes a letter to the Military Infectious Hospital at Choubra, to the officer commanding the 92nd Sanitary Section in Kantara, to the Controller of Munitions in Karachi, Heliopolis to Bir Salem Palestine with POW cachet, , etc., some typical postal wear incl reused envelopes, Fine and scarce (AAMC 9)rnThe refusal of the British government to receive in London the Egyptian politician Saad Zaghlul, the head of the Wald Party, and his eventual deportation to Malta led to widespread civil disturbances throughout Egypt. To service the large contingent of British troops stationed in the country and in Palestine, the RAF conducted emergency air mail service for Official Mail from March 17-May 4 1919. Only about 120 covers are thought to exist for the 48 days this service was in effect.rn (Image1) 900-1,200

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:38 PM
2290 imageEGYPT, 1919 "Civil Unrest" RAF Special Air Service Flight, unfranked OHMS envelope addressed to "Sanitary Section E.E.F" with "ARMY POST OFFICE S.Z. 10 26 JA 19 cds and "A.P.O. SZ10" registry label, light strike of oval "D.A.D.A.P.S. CAIRO" handstamp, backstamped BASE ARMY POST OFFICE / K 24 JA 19, cover light vertical bend at right, Fine and scarce (Image 2) (Image1) 150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:38 PM
2291 imageEGYPT, 1924 OHMS Airmail Cover to Iraq, unfranked cover originating from the Air Ministry, London to "No 1 Squadron, Hinaidi, Iraq" with ms. "Confidential" and "By Air Mail", an partially struck violet "AHQ 5.VII.24" date stamp plus "ARMY SIGNALS HND 5.VII.24" cds and "AIR MINISTRY" handstamp, no markings on backside, carried from Cairo to Hinaidi by special RAF military flight, bit roughly opened at top with some edge breaks, Fine (Image1) 150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:38 PM
2292 imageEGYPT, 1925/29 Airmail and Flight Covers Collection, 14 covers mounted on exhibit type pages with additional information or collateral material (e.g. photos), flights are to or from Egypt or passed through Cairo during the journey, includes 1925 Baghdad to Cairo registered, 1925 Kano (nigeria) to Cairo Return Flight addressed to US Gen Ridgway in London, 1929 Zeppelin "Orientfahrt" Roessler flight card to Cairo, 1929 Port Said to Candia (Crete), etc., Fine group for the specialist (see online scans) (Image1) 900-1,200

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:39 PM
2293 imageEGYPT, 1928 Major Carberry Flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi via Khartoum and Mongalla, lightweight envelope with printed image of the plane franked with the two flight labels and tied by light strikes of the flight cachet, back side with Egypt 10m Fuad tied by Cairo 6 Dec 29 roller cancel, cover addressed to Carberry "Poste Restante" in Cairo with a London return address (?) on the back, Very Fine and attractive (AAMC 16) (Image 2) (Image1) 100-150

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:39 PM
2294 imageEGYPT, 1937 Imperial Airways Crash Cover, envelope addressed to Egyptian Consulate Paris with Cairo 28 SE 37 cds, backside with pair of "POSTES ET TEL+ëGRAPHES" labels and 5-line delay cachet applied by the French Post Office, Very FinernOn 1 October 1937, Imperial Airways Short Empire G-ADVC Courtier crashed on landing in Phaleron Bay, Greece due to poor visibility, killing two of 15 on board. It was carrying mails from India, Iraq and Egypt. Most of it was salvaged and turned over to the Greek Post Office for further processing. (Image 2) (Image1) 150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:40 PM
2295 imageFRANCE, 1920/21 Airmail Covers Assortment. 13 covers (some oversized) to England (all but one to London) with various combinations of "Merson" and "Sower" issue frankings, most wirth a red "AIR MAIL EXPRESS" or "EXPRESS" handstamp, some with the "Guynemer" etiquette label used for the Paris to London route, mixed condition, VG-Fine (see online scans) (Image 2) (Image1) 100-150

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:40 PM
2296 imageGREAT BRITAIN, 1926 Cape Town to London by Alan Cobham, oversized unfranked privately carried envelope with printed address to Stuttaford & Co in London, ms. "CAPE TOWN TO LONDON FLIGHT 1926" and "Received at Croydon Aerodrome Sat March 31st at 4:20 PM S.L. Elliott", listing of the flight's stops along the left edge and cover is signed by pilot Alan Cobham, engineer Arthur B Elliott and documentary photographer Basil Emmott, newspaper cutout of flight route affixed on back of envelope, central vertical fold and some small tone spots, still Fine and rare, few pieces of collateral accompany incl newspaper clippings and letter on Stuttafords Stores letterhead commenting on the coverrnArthur B Elliott was Cobham's engineer on several flights and while on another survey flight to Australia with Cobham in June of 1926, Elliott was shot in mid-air near Basra by a wandering nomad and later succumbed to his wound. (Image1) 400-600

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:41 PM
2297 imageGREAT BRITAIN, 1926 Cape Town to London by Alan Cobham, unfranked hand carried envelope addressed to Arthur B Elliott in London with notations along the left edge of various stops along the route, signed by Cobham and documentary photographer Basil Emmott, envelope with some small faults especially along left edge, still a Fine memento of this epic flight; ex-Marquess of Bute (Image1) 200-300

SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:42 PM
2298 imageGREECE, C1-4 Postal History Collection, 29 covers plus set of l.h. singles, note registered, postage due, part paid air and flights included, destinations include Brindisi, Constantinople, Germay, Austria, United States, Switzerland, England, most are F-VF. (Image1) 900-1,200

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:43 PM
2299 imageGUERNSEY, "Escadrille D'Aviation Maritime De Guernsey" cachet in blue serves on unfranked picture postcard (view of Elizabeth College at St Peter Port) addressed to Cherbourg datelined "15.3.18", ms "Sce AIR" ("Service Air"), VFrnA French seaplane base was in operation in Guernsey from mid 1917 to late 1918 and was originally manned and equipped out of Cherbourg. The whole station won a Croix de Guerre as a result of its work finding minefields and attacking enemy subs. (Image1) 150-200

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:43 PM
2300 imageIRAQ, 1919 Baghdad to Cairo "On Active Service" Airmail Cover, unfranked cover addressed to London with ms "On Active Service", "By Aerial Mail" and "CJ Butler Captain", rimless ARMY POST OFFICE B SZ 10 22 MY 19 cds (Cairo), red "CIVIL POSTS IRAQ/ AERIAL" double circle handstamp, backstamped FPO 85 12 May 19 (Indian Army FPO), Very Fine and scarce; following the Boyd and Nuttal flight in February, the 31st Wing of the 72nd flew civilian mail as a forerunner to the "Desert Route"; ex-Newall (Image 2) (Image1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-13, 11:44 PM

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