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Heavier-Than-Air Flights continued...

Other Catapult Flights continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
281   imageUnited States, 1927-31, U.S.S. Leviathan and S.S. City of Los Angeles covers and ephemera, carried by the U.S.S. Leviathan, ship-to-shore with Adams Air Mail Pick-up service, plus a cover from the S.S. City of Los Angeles from California to Hawaii, each with appropriate cachets and relevant ephemera, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
282   imageWorldwide, 1929-37, North Atlantic catapult covers, 36, many on special exhibit pages, from different flights, both to and from North America; appropriate cachets and markings with a few pieces of ephemera, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a marvelous lot, beautifully presented.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41)

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Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
283   imageWorldwide, 1934-38, South Atlantic catapult covers, 61 covers plus five pre-catapult Condor covers from 1933-34, both to and from South America, with various cachets, some lovely frankings, a few ad covers, many commercial, Very Fine, ideal for the serious collector.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
U.S. "Vin Fiz" Flight
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
284   image1911 (Sept. 17 - Dec. 10) Cal Rodgers "Vin Fiz" Flight, "FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT" Exhibition Collection, Compton Crash mail, Drop Leaflet Plus, the ultimate exhibit building holding gorgeously annotated in a gilt edged Godin-style album and matching slipcase, featuring a lovely example of the Compton Crash (AAMC #2c, Catalog $5,000) on Vin Fiz picture postcard; an original dropped leaflet promoting the trip and soda; original "History of C.P. Rodgers and his VIN FIZ flight" booklet, actual photographs of the unique unused example of the VIN FIZ stamp and cover, various photographic reproductions of news articles including 1911 "Hartshorne Sun", then "the History of C.P. Rodgers and his VIN FIZ Flight" on 13 pages with 15 photographs all annotated; 16 pages on "Log of C.P. Rodgers' VIN FIZ Flight documenting his seventy (70) legs/stops from Sheepshead Bay, NY to Pasadena, CA- each page with an image from one of the stops, truly incomprehensible in scope and detail; then "First Transcontinental Flight" 21 pages featuring 35 photographs and the above mentioned flight card, leaflet, pamphlet, two souvenir postcards and ends with some anniversary covers including signed by his daughter, one with an actual piece of the VIN FIZ strut attached, numerous letters and correspondence between Knapp and Rodgers' niece, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
AAMC 2.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000

Known as the First Successful Transcontinental Flight, Cal Rodgers pilot and the "VIN FIZ", crossed the country 4,331 miles in total. Calbraith Perry Rodgers (great grandson of Admiral Perry, the person responsible for opening Japan to the West), transcontinental flight was financed by the Armour Company, makers of "Vin Fiz" a popular soft drink of the same name. Rodgers flew a Wright model EX, nick-named the "Vin Fiz Flyer." Rodgers arrived in Pasadena on November 5, 1911, after many delays caused by accidents, necessitating frequent repairs to the aeroplane. During the coast-to-coast trip he was in the air a total of three days, ten hours and fourteen minutes. His elapsed time, however, was 49 days covering 4,331 miles. Rodgers died in a flight at Long Beach on April 3, 1912. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50)

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Suggested Bid $4,000-6,000
SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
285   image1911 (Sept. 17 - Dec. 10) Cal Rodgers "Vin Fiz" Flight, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. to Long Beach, Calif., Compton Crash mail, 1¢ Franklin tied to real photo picture post card of Rodgers and the Reception Committee by Long Beach flag machine cancel, card dated and message: "Pasadena Nov. 12/ 1911. We traveled with Cal P Rodgers on his flight in airship from Coast to coast aboard at Pasadena for Long Beach, Cal. E. F." addressed to J.A. Fraser in Long Beach, Extremely Fine and rare, less than ten believed to exist.
AAMC 2c; $5,000 (1998).
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000

The final segment of the flight, from Pasadena to Long Beach, was to occur on November 12. Shortly after leaving Pasadena Rodgers crashed in Compton and was seriously injured. A small amount of mail was flown on this segment. Each piece of mail has a 5-line cachet in violet plus a 3-line cachet: "Machine wrecked / at Compton / Aviator injured." The mail was taken off the plane in Compton and taken to Long Beach, where it was postmarked on November 16. Rodgers finally completed the flight from Compton to Long Beach on December 10, however no mail was flown. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
286   image1912, souvenir picture post cards of Cal Rodgers' "Vin Fiz" Flight, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., to Long Beach, Calif., three different souvenir cards, two sent from Long Beach on May 22, 1912 addressed to Mrs. Flora & Mr. Willis Walling of Meadville PA, card of "Our Cal" message states "Dear Flora, This is 'Our Cal ', Isn't he a nice looking fellow? Too bad he had to be killed Isn't it?", next card showing him in the plane in the same hand "Dear Willis, This is the airship that Rodgers came across the continent in. It was on exhibition here after he was killed. Aunt Emma"; interesting pair, third card, postmarked May 8, 1912 shows split view: Cal in plane and crash at Compton, plus a photo of him flying the VIN FIZ, Appleton Philatelic Society cachet on reverse, superb group with interesting messages, Very Fine.
AAMC 2 var.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
287   image1911, mounted fabric from "Vin Fiz" aircraft, 2" by 2" square of fabric from the first plane to fly transcontinental in 1911, mounted under glass with a photo of the aircraft, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

The "Vin Fiz" made the first U.S. transcontinental flight in 1911 taking off from Sheepshead Bay New York on Sept 17 and landing in Pasadena Ca on Nov 5. Calbraith Percy Rodgers covered the 4321 miles in 82 hours and 2 minutes with seventy landings. Now part of the National Air & Space Museum. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
U.S. Pioneer Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
288   image1910-11, early air show picture post cards, seven cards showing early exhibition flights and aviators; featuring Filys Bjorklunds at Los Angeles in January 1910 (signed), Latham in Los Angeles in December 1910 (with inscription from sender, "I saw this monoplane wrecked today, But did not hurt the aviator"; a very neat January 1910 L.A. Aviation Week post card; Latham again, this time in January 1911 in San Francisco, a pair of cards "Before hitting the fence" and "After hitting the fence"; the "Wreck of Stone's Monoplane" at the 1911 Chicago Air Show and Curtiss in a box kite above the 1911 New York State Fair in Syracuse; one or two minor condition issues, but generally Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
289   image1910 (Nov. 12) Early Ship-to-Shore Attempt, S.S. PENNSYLVANIA at Sea to New York, cachet "PENNSYLVANIA, / ERSTE AEROPLAN-POST / FIRST AEROPLAN MAIL / 12. Nov. 1910" two 1¢ Franklins paying 2¢ postcard rate to Hamburg, Germany; minor edge wear, Very Fine and rare.
AAMC 1b; $6,000 (1998).
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000

Plans had been made to fly mail by air for the first time. The "S.S. Pennsylvania", due to sail from Hoboken, NJ, at noon, was to stop three miles off the coast of Long Island, about fifty miles from New York City, so that aviator J.C. "Bud" Mars could fly a Curtiss biplane from a platform built on the stern of the ship to Governors Island. A sack of mail, collected from passengers and other interested parties, was to be aboard. Last-minute equipment problems terminated the attempt just thirty minutes before the ship sailed and no mail was flown. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
290   image1911, Matilde Moisant signed postcard, unused multicolor picture postcard picturing a biplane over a church in La Jolla, Cal., signed boldly in green ink "Matilde Moisant, Pilot license #44 U.S.A., Aug. 18th/ 1911"; light surface wrinkle, Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150

Moisant learned to fly in her brother Alfred's flying school. She received her pilot's license on August 17, 1911, becoming just the second American woman to do so, after her friend, Harriet Quimby, had become the first. She retired from flying after a crash on August 14, 1912. Quimby, who was the first woman to fly across the English Channel, had been killed on July 12 of that same year when she fell from her plane. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
291   image1911-12, pioneer flight covers, six items, mostly picture post cards, comprising AAMC #7, 25, 32a (on a Private Mailing Card) and 59, along with a 1967 "Milwaukee Aviation Meet/May 30, 1912/Farnum Fish, Pioneer Pilot" commemorative cachet envelope signed by Fish; lot includes two additional picture post cards (one contemporary, one not), plus several Jack Knight Air Log & AFA News articles; message on #59, under Mailed in the Air: "Hello Joe. Will be down after a while. J", Very Fine, a nice grouping.
AAMC $625.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
292   image1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1), Garden City - Mineola, N.Y. -International Aviation Tournament, nine items comprising seven cards and two envelopes, as follows: Sept 23 with 1¢ Franklin (with/o single line cachet) #3 on card of Bleriot Aeroplane; postal card Sept 24 (slight stains); Sept 25 card with "BABY WRIGHT" Copyright Cole + Co 1910; Sept 26 on 1¢ postal card with Doubleday Page and Company advertising card (tear through indicia) #3d; Sept 27, 1¢ Franklin on card of Brookins in new Wright machine; Sept 28 1¢ Franklin on picture post card of NY City; Sept 29 1¢ Franklin with photo of plane in flight (light crease on photo side); Sept 29 1¢ Franklin on small unsealed envelope; Oct 1 (1 inverted) 1¢ vertical pair on envelope with enclosure #3c, a lovely and diverse group of this most historic flight, generally Fine to Very Fine or better.
AAMC 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d; $1,925 + (1998).
Estimate $750 - 1,000

The first official US airmail was flown during the International Aviation Tournament held at the Aerodrome on Nassau Blvd in Garden City. Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock authorized mail to be flown and Earle Ovington was sworn in as the first official airmail pilot . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
293   image1911 (Oct. 4-8), St. Louis, Mo. - Aviation Meet, eight items, including five cards/envelopes, photo and two letters, one long letter, both signed by pilot Hugh Robinson, Oct 4 picture post card and postal card; Oct 5, two 1¢ Franklin's on envelope; Oct 6 picture post card of St. louis; Oct 7, picture post card of St. Louis Water Tower, each franked by 1¢ Franklins, useful and interesting selection; few small faults as one might expect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC 5, 5b, 5c; $850 + (1998).
Estimate $300 - 400

Official mail, the first ever transported by Hydroplane, was flown during an air meet at Kinloch Field. Walter Brookins made the first day's flight from the field, twelve miles to Fairgrounds Park. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
294   image1911 (Nov. 5-6) Fort Smith, ARK. - Fort Smith Fall Aviation Meet, two picture post cards, each franked with 1¢ Franklin, postmarked Nov 5 and Nov 6 respectively, the first with a typewritten note advertising the First National Bank, the second stamped "AERO NOVELTY CO., FT. SMITH ARK" representing both days of the meet, each card with notes regarding the flight; light wrinkling of the second card evident only on face, still Very Fine.
AAMC 9; $250 (1998).
Estimate $150 - 200

This meet received wide publicity and thousands of souvenir post cards were distributed in advertising. Flights were postponed November 5 due to inclement weather, but on the next day Beckwith Havens and Lincoln Beachey each flew a pouch of mail from the League Park Station and dropped it while circling the Federal Building. A special postmark was used both days, but only mail bearing a postmark of November 6 was positively flown. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
295   image1911 (Nov. 16-18), Atlanta, Ga. - Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet, three items flown on each of the three days, Nov 16, 2¢ postal stationery entire, forwarded to Macon GA, and with instructional markings pointing hand and UNCLAIMED from Macon Ga, Not in Directory; Nov 17 1¢ Franklin on picture post card of Masonic Temple; Nov 18, 2¢ postal stationery entire (pencil note on reverse) "only one known this date - rare on envelope, all three days flights - seldom seen"; small trivial faults, generally Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC 10, 10a, 10b; $1,500 (1998).
Estimate $750 - 1,000

Aviator Lincoln Beachey was the main attraction at this aviation meet, and with Charles Witmer and Thornwall Andrews, flew the mail from the sub-station at the meet to Stewart Avenue, a few miles away, where it was dropped and turned over to the Postal Authorities. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
296   image1911 (Nov. 25-28), Savannah, Ga. - Athletic Park Aviation Meet, two cards, postmarked Nov 25 and Nov 28, the former franked with 1¢ Franklin with black postmark upon souvenir post card for the event, the latter a 1¢ postal card with magenta postmark and hand-written note "Hold me for souvenir" on message side; light trivial toning, otherwise Very Fine.
AAMC 11; $300 (1998).
Estimate $150 - 200

Beckwith Havens flew mail on November 25 and 28 during this aviation meet. The mail was flown around the park and then a distance of less than a mile away, where it was dropped to the ground to local Post office Department authorities. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
297   image1911 (Dec. 12-13), Columbus, Ga. - Driving Park Aviation Meet, three cards: two flown on Dec 12, one with year date error 1912, and one Dec 13, the first and last on "They're Flying at Columbus" A. Warren Davis post card, the other a picture post card of Columbus GA, very scarce with date errors; small faults include light toning and some creases, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC 12, 12b, 12c; $1,000 (1998).
Estimate $500 - 750

The Columbus Ledger sponsored this meet and Aviators Charles P. Walsh and Eugene Gadot, flying Curtiss biplanes, carried the mail from the meet sub-station to a point outside the fairgrounds. It was dropped and returned to the Post Office for regular delivery . (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
298   image1911 (Dec. 28), Albany, Ga. - Putney Memorial Hospital Exhibition Flights, two covers, one franked with 2¢ Washington with black cachet and 2¢ postal stationery entire with magenta cachet, most interesting and unusual, Very Fine.
AAMC 13; $400 (1998).
Estimate $250 - 350

Aviator Thornwall Andrews made a spectacular flight over the city before he carried the mail from League Park Station in a standard Curtiss aeroplane to a point outside the park enclosure, where he dropped the locked pouch of mail, in full view of the spectators. The plane later crashed and the catastrophe closed the meet. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
299   image1912 (Jan. 1-2), Wilmington, N.C. - Highwood Park Aviation Meet, 1¢ Franklin tied to New Years Greeting picture post card (light toning and creasing) plus an unused picture post card of Brooklins on Wright Biplane, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC 14; $200 (1998).
Estimate $150 - 200

Mail was to be flown on January 1 at an air show held at Highwood Park, under authorization granted by the Post Office Department. Very bad weather prevented any flights from taking place. The mail flight took place on January 2 instead, and Lincoln Beachey flew the mail a distance of three miles. All mail bears a Jan 1 postmark . (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
300   image1912 (Jan. 20-28), Los Angeles, Ca. - Dominguez Field Aviation Meet, 11 items: three cards bearing type 1 cachets all Jan 28; a type 2 on envelope Jan 21; one a postal card Jan 28 and the other envelope franked with #368 on Jan 27 (without 4-line cachet); plus a stationery entire Jan 28 (corner fault), four various photos attributed to the meet, a nice selection of a popular flight.
AAMC 15; $875 (1998).
Estimate $350 - 500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

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Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

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