1932 (Aug) flown 1c United States postal stationery card to Wyazata, Miinn, final leg of the Wolfgang von Gronau Trans-Atlantic flight Germany-Iceland-Canada-USA, franked with 2c brown, canceled Winnipeg, with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, fine (Image)
Est.$250
Opening US$ 230.00
Sold...US$ 230.00
Closed..May-07-2019, 12:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 0519
Lot No:2678
Symbol:e
Cat No:AAMC 3337
1933 (27 July) Jimmy Mattern round the world flight, Edmonton to New York sector, mixed franking with 1c USA, pilot signed "Jimmie Mattern", with arrival pmk, very rare, signed I. Heiman (On June 3, 1933, Jimmy Mattern, with permission to fly over Europe and Russia, attempted to circle the globe. He landed in Jomfruland, Norway 48 hours later. Next stop was Moscow and then to Khabarovsk. On June 14th, he took off for Nome, Alaska, and after crashing in Siberia, was rescued by the Russian pilot Levanevsky. He finally returned to Floyd Bennett Field completing his around-the-world flight on July 30, 1933) cat. $1200 (Cat No. AAMC 3337) (Image)