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LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

661

Cuba, 1930-34, first flights, nearly 90 covers, most listed in AAMS Cuba section plus some F26, F31 & F32, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, an interesting lot for the specialist: inspect, seldom seen as a group.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (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)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

662

Cuba, 1931-39, special flights, 1931 cover carried by Bob Buck, 1932 by Frank Hawks; two covers with special 1939 Naval flight c.d.s.'s and a 1939 experimental Rocket post, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a fascinating group of unusual covers.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

663

Cyprus, 1932-35, first flights, comprising Muller #5,7, 8, 10 plus Baldwin #307 and Greece Muller #107; destinations include Athens (on Imperial Airways' First Limassol-to-London Flight); Tiberias, Palestine; Tynygongl, UK, Limassol (from Liverpool; one of about 800 letters carried on first London - Limassol flight), Limassol again (this time from the first flight from Athens); and Lydda, Palestine (from first Nicosia - Lydda flight); some pretty frankings and cachets, even an early (1935) "Visit Cyprus" advertising handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

664

Czechoslovakia, 1924-25, first flights, Prague - Kosice (May 12, 1924), Prague - Bucharest and Prague - Constantinople (Jun 1, 1925), and Prague - Budapest (Jul 1, 1925), Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

665

Czechoslovakia, 1926-37, first flights, 12 different covers comprising Muller numbers 18 (2 different), 19, 40, 86, 87, 88, 94 (plus return Brussels - Prague), 99 and 99a, Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

666

Danzig, 1920-26, first flights and miscellaneous airmail covers, seven mostly different flights, five of them mounted on colorful, professionally handmade album pages (text in Dutch), Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

667

Denmark, 1911 (Sep 2), Demonstration Flight, Middelfart - Frederica, special 5øre postal card signed by the pilot, Robert Svendsen, with manuscript "Beltflyvingen 1911", canceled Frederica, Sep 2; light foxing, Fine.
AAMC 1.
Estimate $150 - 200

This was the first mail carrying flight in Europe. 150 cards were carried. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

668

Denmark, 1912 (Jul 29), Demonstration Flight at Hareskov, picture postcard franked with 5ø stamp tied by Jul 29 Hareskov, handstamped violet oval "Flyvepost/ No. 1/ Ulrick Birch" and for the "Højsommerfesten" (High Summer Festival); none of the mail was actually flown, Very Fine.
AAMC 2.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)

Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction

669

Ecuador, 1928-53, first flights, 46 covers mounted on pages, with 1928 Jun 10 Barranquila to Guayacuil cover with mixed SCADTA franking missing a stamp, 1930 Feb 9 Quito to Latacunga cover, 1930 MAR 12 Latacunga to Ambato military flight, 1929 Apr 29 Guayacuil to Cristobal cover, 1930 Dec 1 Guayacuil to Cienfuegos cover, 1932 Mar 26 Mantorto to Guayaquil Pan AM cover, 1953 Oct 53 Quito to Tulcan Special Presidential flight cover, Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750. (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)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

670

Ecuador, 1929 (Mar. 9), two Pre-FAM 9 PAGAC covers and 1930 (Jan. 1), Guayaquil - Quito military cover, a trio of covers prior to the inauguration of regular airmail service; the first two addressed to Lima, Peru, cancelled by boxed "P.A.G.A.C./Servicio/Aereo/Ecuador" cachet, which is repeated lower left with 9. Mar. 1929 straightline handstamp, both numbered in crayon #46 or #52, Lima 11 March slogan cancel on reverse as receiver; the third is an Ecuadoran military cover, with purple map cachet upper right and signed by the Postmaster General ("Administrador Principal de Correos"), with Guayaquil Jan. 2 bridge cancel and same-day Quito receiver, along with three purple company handstamps and two-line blue "J. González Rumbea/Tesorero Fiscal" handstamp on reverse, Very Fine, PAGAC covers uncatalogued.
Muller 31.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

671

Ecuador, 1929 (Oct.), Quito - Ibarra First Flight, cover with semi-officials, a lovely multicolor franking on a light blue envelope; 10 semi-official stamps with biplane/"Ecuador" overprint (Sanabria Type 4) in either red (1c, 4c, 7c, 8c and 10c) or black (2c, 3c, 5c, 6c and 9c); three indistinct strikes of regular postmark, plus clear "Ecuador/1er Vuolo/[plane] 1929/Quito-Ibarra" flag-style commemorative cancel, Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

672

Egypt, 1926-33, first flights, 14 covers ranging from a January 9, 1926, military flight cover from Cairo to Khartoum (Muller #16; inconsequential horizontal fold) through a Dec. 1, 1933, Alexandria to Singapore First Flight (Muller #80); group includes Muller #23, 25 (outbound and return), 30, 30 var, 34, 49b and 55; Baldwin #A1b var; two 1929 Cairo - London covers (both postmarked Heliopolis), a registered 1930 cover Alexandria - Athens (postmarked Cairo); all franked with some combination of Farouks, Plane over Dunes and Plane over Pyramids; a pretty "Use the/ Air Mail/ for/ Egypt, Iraq/ & India/Post on Fridays" label on Muller #49b, Very Fine, worth a look.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

673

Egypt, 1933, two airmail covers, Cairo - Athens, two covers: May 18 and Sep 9, both with Greek Air Arrival labels and handstamp; first with vertical file fold between stamps, Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

674

Ethiopia, 1929 (Dec 26, 29), Addis Ababa - Dirre Daoua, and Addis Ababa - Djibouti, two covers, the latter, which was sent registered to New York, was flown to Djibouti by French pilot, André Maillet, with just 124 carried; it is backstamped only in New York but bears the "Addis-Abéba/Djiboti" cachet; both covers are postmarked Dec 26, the first franked with a complete set of C1-10, Very Fine.
AAMC 2, 3. Muller 2a, 3.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

675

Europe, 1946-80, Trans-Atlantic first flights, approximately 2,000 flight covers (estimated) presented in sixteen albums, many of the covers identified by airline, origin, destination, date and Sieger number, airlines include Sabena, Luxembourg Airlines, Polish Airlines, Deutsche Lufthansa, SAS, Aeroflot, Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie, Austrian Airlines, British European Airways, KLM, Lotnicze Polskie Lines, Iberia, Air France, Interflug, Finnair, Alitalia, JAT, Olympic, Swissair, DNL, TAP, Aer Lingus, Tabso, a few better include 1959 First Official Missile Mail from Vienna, 1959 First Helicopter flight from Stockholm, 1949 Berlin Airlift cover, 1952 Glider Championship cover, with luggage stickers, maps, schedules, photos, picture postcards, a true labor of love with enormous potential, Very Fine.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

676

Europe, 1947-90, European air lines first flights, over 300 covers mounted on pages, includes 1949 Sep 21 Air France Paris to New Caledonia cover, 1947 Jun 4 Sabena Brussels to New York cover, 1957 Oct 6 Sabena Finland to Montreal cover, 1958 Aer Lingus New York to Shannon cover, 1975 Jul 3 Interflug Berlin to Havana cover, 1979 May 2 YIA New York to Amsterdam cover, 1978 Jun 9 AUA Vienna to Toronto, with newspaper clippings, correspondence, photos, autographs, luggage stickers and tags, picture postcards, aerogramms, timetables, this lot deserves a close examination, Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (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)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

677

Fiji, 1930-33, first flights, five covers: July 14, 1930, Suva - Lautoka registered cover (Muller #3); same-date Lautoka - Suva cover (Muller #3a); Mar. 18, 1933, Suva - Lautoka "First Fiji Air/Mail/by/Fiji Airways, Ltd." pictorial cachet envelope (Muller #5, Baldwin #4); July 17, 1930, Labasa - Suva cover addressed to Australia (Baldwin #2 var); and Mar. 21, 1933, Suva - Labasa Fiji Airways cover redirected to Melbourne, Victoria (Baldwin #5 var); appropriate handstamps on reverse, Muller #3, 3a on commemorative Fiji Air Lines inaugural services envelopes, with great stylized airplane created from printer's rules; light vertical crease (Baldwin #5 var), paperclip stain (Muller #3), still overall Very Fine, striking covers not often seen.
Muller 3, 3a, 5: 2,250 points.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

678

Fiji, 1939 (Sept. 9), Sura - Auckland Survey Flight & Oct. 21, First Flight Suva - Auckland via Tonga, a lovely pair of covers, the Sept. 9 survey cover bearing a special 2d postage rate, cancelled by one of two Suva c.d.s.'s, with New Zealand 1d Airmail added and cancelled by two strikes of "Auckland/12 SP 39/N.Z." double-ring c.d.s.'s, noted in manuscript upper left "Flying Boat 'Aotearoa' First Flight Fiji - N.Z."; Oct. 21 cover bears single 2d Fiji issue properly cancelled, with manuscript notation upper left "First Air Mail/Suva - Tonga - Auckland/R.M.A. Aotearoa"; no backstamps per censors, but the Oct. cover signed by the commander of the Aoteaora and has a manuscript arrival note on flap, Very Fine despite top opening nicks on Sept. 9 cover, 3200 pieces of mail were flown on these two flights combined, but the lack of backstamping makes positive identification difficult; these are two certain examples of rare covers.
Muller 6, 6 var: 5,000 points.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

679

French Colonies, 1936-48, first flights to the U.S.A., 11 covers, including Guadeloupe (8: Muller #4, 6, 7,7a, 8, 22, 23 plus a cancelled flight), Martinique (2: Muller #25 and a cancelled flight) & St. Pierre (Muller #6), Very Fine to Extremely Fine, lovely group of fascinating covers.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

680

French Colonies: Chad, 1932 (Feb 9), Fort Lamy - Mao, cover with appropriate postmarks and handwritten flight details by pilot, Henri Evrard, above his signature, Very Fine.
Muller 8.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction