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LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

6041

1928-80, air baggage labels, 200-250 items including baggage labels, etiquettes & postcards, many different airlines including some scarce PAA, some Alaska & PR, very difficult lot of fine collateral, inspect, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Suggested Bid $1,500 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6042

1928-30, American Railway Express flights, 3 covers, May 1, 1928, FF Air Express Chicago-St. Louis, Sep 14, 1929 Jackson MI. & Mar 1, 1930 FF Varney Air Lines Air Express Boise to Pasco, very rarely seen, perfect for the seeker of unusual material, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Suggested Bid $250 . (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $250-350
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6043

1928-29, three unusual air covers, 1926, Experimental Air Mail, Galway-London, per S/S Karlsruhe with/ appropriate label tied; 1928 "First Italian Air Trans-Mediterranean Service" N.Y. to Turin & plate block C11 on Porto Rico U3, San Juan to Brattleboro, VT, each a marvellous item, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Suggested Bid $200 . (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6044

1928-29, LZ127 U.S. Flights, Oct. 28, 1929 commercial cover marked 2-line purple handstamp "Too Late/Varick St. Sta., N.Y." (Si. 22 var.) + Aug. 5, 1929 Round-the-World flight from Pittsburgh & return, interesting franking overpaid 14¢ (see photo) (Si. 28D) + Aug 29, 1929 commercial cover witho cachet, writtten "per German/Air Ship from/Lakehurst" to Vienna, b/s Friedrichshafen Sep 4 (Si. 28A), unusual group, CV €145, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Suggested Bid $200 . (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $140.00
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6045

1928 (May 15), Speed Test Flights, Chicago South and West, seven covers from Chicago to Dallas, Austin, Denver, Elko (NV), Las Vegas, Vancouver and Boise; each on large Post Office Department, Second Assistant Postmaster General, penalty envelope endorsed B.F. Myers, Very Fine.
Suggested Bid $100 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6046

1928 (May 15), Speed-Test Flights from Chicago, six covers in all; from Chicago to Atlanta, Birmingham, Hartford, Milwaukee, Youngstown and Peoria; each on Post Office Department, Second Assistant Postmaster General penalty envelopes typed "SEND VIA AIR MAIL/By authority of/Superintendent/Contract Air Mail Service/Per" and signed B.F. Myers; Atlanta cover noted "Via C.A.M. 17 & C.A.M. 19" and Birmingham "Via C.A.M. 17, 19 & 23"; arrival/receiving markings on reverse, Very Fine.
Suggested Bid $100 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6047

1928 (Nov 25), West Lebanon, Ohio, ephemera, consisting of two pieces of each of the orange and black fabric, plus a piece of the fur lining of the coat of pilot Tildon Johnson who was killed, with notarized affidavit of authenticity, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, rare mementos, only four covers reported.
AAMC 281125.
Suggested Bid $100 . (Image)

Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6048

1929, registered mail return receipts for covers sent to Dr. Hugo Eckener, both for covers sent from Ravenna, Ohio, the first, to be carried on the return flight to Friedrichshafen on Aug 7, was picked up and signed for by Eckener Aug 5 upon his arrival at Lakehurst; the second, which was to be carried on the World Flight from Los Angeles, was picked and signed for by Eckener's postal agent on Aug 23 in Los Angeles. Very Fine and most unusual.
Suggested Bid $300 . (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6049

1929-34, a trio of multi-country frankings, the first a 1929 cover sent from Vancouver, Canada, to Buenos Aires, with Canadian Air, U.S. regular, Canal Zone Air and Argentine Air stamps, all tied by appropriate cancels; the second from 1933 to Lwow, Poland, from Bethlehem, PA, with U.S. commemoratives (including pair of 5¢ Kosciuszko) duplex-cancelled and Polish issues cancelled by special green Lwow Balloon Mail cachets; the final cover from the Bayer Co. bearing a U.S. 6¢ National Parks issue, sent New York to Nicaragua, the address labelled over and envelope reused (with Nicaraguan Airs added) to San Salvador; 1929 cover with file fold, some toning to the other two, still nearly Very Fine, an interesting and arresting group of covers—your chance to go international.
Suggested Bid $150 . (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6050

1929-36, aviation postal history collection, over 500 aviation show covers, aviation conferences, air races, AM 20 covers, air derbys, a meaty lot that will please the winning bidder, check her out!! F.-V.F.
Suggested Bid $750 . (Image)

Suggested Bid $750-1,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6051

1930, cover signed by Herbert Arthur "Bert" Dargue, airmail cover with 5¢ (C12) not postmarked, with bold strong signature of the Major General, Very Fine.
Suggested Bid $100

He was a career officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of major general in the Army Air Forces. He was a pioneer military aviator and one of the first ten recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6052

1930-35, various glider flights, 7 items, AAMS G1 (2), G3, G11, G15 var. (unl.), G21 Cuba to U.S. with rare USPO promotional slip indicating 148 covers were flown (+ damaged return flight not counted) & G25, interesting group, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Suggested Bid $100 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6053

1930 (Sept. 13?), Roessler First Flight cover, New York-Batavia via Amsterdam, with 50¢ Arlington Amphitheater (#570) tied by "Varick St. Annex NY/SEP 13/1930" c.d.s. with Roessler red-and-blue airplane "Via/Air Mail" etiquette below; addressed Care of U.S. Consul, Batavia, Java, with typed "Par Avion. By Air Mail. Via Amsterdam. First Flight." at bottom; reverse bears "Return to" address and Weltevreden [Indonesia] 4.10.30 barred-bridge receiver, Very Fine, unlisted in Muller or A.A.M.C., .
Suggested Bid $150 . (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6054

1931 (Jan. 7), First Transatlantic Commercial Flight, New York-Paris, 1¢ Jefferson postal card with green flight cachet printed at left; cancelled Jan 3 East Orange, NJ, and addressed to A.C. Roessler c/o R.O. Clifford in Bermuda (the first stop of the flight); reverse bears typed message, "Mr. Roessler: First stage made--more difficult than expected--a series of unfortunate accidents--next jump our big test--the last stage Azores to Paris will be easy." and signed "MacLaren" (William MacLaren, pilot along with Beryl Hart); reverse bears St. Georges Bermuda 8 JAN 13 receiver, plus same-day Hamilton cancel tying ½d stamp, crisp and clean, Very Fine.
AAMC TO-1130; $200.
Suggested Bid $150 . (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6055

1932 (Mar 31), Bedford, Ohio, one known, one piece of orange and one piece of grey fabric from the wreck, plus notarized note of attestation, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, rare mementos.
AAMC 320331.
Suggested Bid $100 . (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6056

1932 (Jun 2), Fresno, Calif., AAMS 32.10, badly charred remains forwarded to Los Angeles in USPO Penalty ambulance cover with explanatory note, Fine, rare thus.
AAMC 320602.
Suggested Bid $100 . (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6057

1934, New York to Warsaw Poland Flight autographed, 2¢ (634) tied by 1934 Jun 27 New York machine cancel on cacheted flight cover addressed to Warsaw Poland, with Poland C4, 600 covers carried, signed by the Adamowicz brothers, Very Fine.
AAMC F-1211.
Suggested Bid $200

While not the first flight to Warsaw, they were the first amateurs to accomplish this feat . (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6058

1935-70, air baggage labels, 6 very rare items: Delta, Eastern, Gilliam (emergency flight cover), Grand Canyon Airlines (postcard booklet), PAA & Pennsylvania, examine, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Suggested Bid $300 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6059

1936-62, eight Rocket Post covers, including the 1939 Rocket Airplane Gloria on corner card envelope with vignette and green commemorative cancel, 1958 Rocket Research Institute cover with vignettes and "Flown" cachet, 1960 Swordfish V, Olympia I and Salmon III covers, 1961 and 1962 commemorative covers; even a United Nations cover, dated June 26, 1961, with "Dispatched by/Rocket/U.S.A.—Mexico/Rocket No. 11 U.S.A.-Mexico/United Nations" flight handstamp and commemorative vignette and 25th Anniversary First International Rocket Mail cachet on 11¢ aerogramme, Very Fine, imaged online, the U.N. item particularly scarce, .
Suggested Bid $150 . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM

6060

1938 (May 25), Cleveland, Ohio ephemera, cover plus large piece of silver fabric and burnt piece of mailbag with letter of attestation, Very Fine, unusual.
AAMC 380524.
Suggested Bid $100 . (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-09, 09:00 PM