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Heavier-Than-Air Flights continued...

Other Foreign Flights continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
921   imageWorldwide, 1958-81, jet age first flights, over 200 covers in two volumes, includes J80 Boston to Paris, J215 San Francisco to London, J300 New York to Copenhagen, J301 New York to Brussels, J426 Brussels to New York, J585 Los Angeles to Copenhagen, J681 Dhahran to New York, J720 New York to Dakar, J721 New York to Monrovia, J733 New York to Accra, with picture postcards, baggage labels and even a full menu to enhance the collection's value, an under rated and valuable lot, Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (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) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
922   imageWorldwide, 1972-86, Concorde flights, 23 covers mounted on pages, includes 1972 Jun 15 London to Australia cover, 1976 Oct 3 Air France Concorde Manila to Paris cover, 1976 Nov 11 Air France Concorde Seoul to Bahrain cover, 1977 Nov 1 Russian Concorde Moscow to Alma Alta cover, 1977 Dec 10 British Airways Singapore to London cover, 1986 Apr 5 British Airways London to Auckland cover, also correspondence, postcards, excellent selection of these historic flights, very useful, 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)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
923   imageWorldwide, 1976-86, British Airways Concorde first flights, over 100 flown covers including Anniversary covers, includes 24 May 1976 London to Washington, 25 May 1976 Washington to London, 26 June 1976 London to San Juan, 12 March 1977 Washington to Ottawa, 24 May 1977 Manchester to Toronto, 2 Nov 1977 Barbados to London and many more, also includes menus, luggage tags, newspaper clippings, picture postcards, napkins, a fantastic history of supersonic passenger service, Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (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) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
924   imageWorldwide, 1975-88, Air France Concorde first flights, over 75 flown covers on pages, includes 4 Jun 1975 Rio de Janeiro to Dakar to Paris, 21 Jan 1976 Paris to Rio de Janeiro, 12 Feb 1976 Paris to Caracas, 25 May 1976 Washington to Pairs, 24 May 1978 Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro, with baggage labels and tags, schedule, concise but powerful collection, please review, Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
Foreign Attempted Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
925   imageCanada, 1922 (Jan 20), Attempted Flight, Halifax - St. John's, Roessler illustrated airmail envelope franked with 10¢ & 20¢ Admirals tied by boxed "FIRST AIR MAIL HALIFAX TO ST. JOHN’S JANUARY 1922" cancels, Fine to Very Fine. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff and the mail was carried to St. Johns by boat.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
926 2705 imageCanada, 1927 (Sep 1), Attempted Windsor, Ont. - Windsor, England (AAMC 2705), cover addressed to Ireland with appropriate flight cachet and boxed "Trans-Atlantic Air Mail", no other markings; includes original letter noting the occasion and telling the addressee that "this letter is being handed to Mr. Schiller" (Duke Schiller, one of the two pilots); also includes a 3½: x 5" photo of a Stinson Model V monoplane similar to the Royal Windsor used for the flight, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750

The "Royal Windsor" was in a race to England with the "Sir John Carling". However, the flight was abandoned on Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, when the "Sir John Carling", which had started first, disappeared over the Atlantic. Very few covers were carried . (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
927 TO 1208 imageFrance, 1934 (May 25), Attempted Nonstop Flight, Paris - San Diego (AAMC TO 1208), cover with all proper stamps and postmarks, signed pilots Rossi and Codos; also includes a postcard size press photo of their plane, Joseph le Brix, leaving Paris.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
928 TO 1061 imageGermany, 1927 (Aug 14), Attempted Junkers Tandem Flight Dessau - New York (AAMC TO 1061), registered cover with appropriate markings including "Return, Flight Not Completed" cachet; also includes a few collateral clippings, etc., Very Fine. Off-cover stamps catalog $500+.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
929 TO 1162 imageIndia, 1932 (Apr 14), Bertram "Atlantis" Attempted Round-the-World Flight (AAMC TO 1162), cover flown Ichapur to Rangoon franked with 1a3p postage canceled Rangoon and backstamped Calcutta, Apr 27, with violet "Atlantis"/ Ichapur cachet tying a red descriptive label and a black "Bertram - Atlantis Expedition" cachet, Very Fine. Addressed by and signed on the back by Indian mail-rocketeer, Stephen H. Smith, of the Indian Air Mail Society.
AAMC $650.
Estimate $400 - 600

Bertram and his crew made it successfully from Germany to India, but were forced down over the Indian Ocean. The plane and crew were rescued but the flight was discontinued. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
930   imageItaly, 1934 (Jan 29), Attempted Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, picture postcard franked with 3.25L include the 3L Special Airmail (C53) with appropriate postmarks and Italian flight cachet but without the P.A.A. cachet, Very Fine.
AAMC TO 1201.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
931   imageItaly, 1934 (Aug 17), Attempted Flight, Rome - New York, cover franked with three 1934 World Cup stamps (327, C62-63), tied by Aug 17 Rome c.d.s.s with Aug 19 Newport (England) - where the flight ended - c.d.s. at bottom; signed in green by pilot, Cesare Sabelli, Very Fine.
Sassone 362; €900 ($960). AAMC TO 1214.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
932 TO 1241, 1241a imageLithuania, 1935 (Sep 24), Attempted Nonstop Flight, New York - Lithuania (AAMC TO 1241, 1241a), two covers with appropriate markings, one with U.S. postage and special overprinted Lithuanian stamp (C84 footnote), the other with no U.S. postage and with ordinary Lithuanian stamps; both are signed by the pilot, Lt. Felix Waitkus; also includes a small photo of Waitkus’ plane, Lituanica II, Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
933 TO 1320 imageRussia, 1939 (Apr 28), Attempted Nonstop Flight, Moscow - New York World's Fair (AAMC TO 1320), registered cover postmarked Moscow, 28 Apr, with straightline cachet (in Russian) "Moscow-New York Flight", and Miscou Lighthouse, New Brunswick receiver on front (the plane made a crash landing on Miscou Island and the flight was abandoned); bit of minor perf toning, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
934 TO 1090a, b imageSweden, 1929 (Jun 9), Attempted Swedish Flight, Stockholm - New York (AAMC TO 1090a, b), two registered covers, one Stockholm - New York, the other Reykjavik - New York, both with appropriate markings, Very Fine, only 65 Reykjavik covers were carried.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
Foreign Crash Covers
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
935   imageArgentina, 1930 (May 10), letter recovered at sea off Montevideo (Uruguay), from C.G.A. Buenos Aires-Toulouse flight, sent registered from Buenos Aires to London, England; 3-line violet cachet on reverse: "Accident d'Avion/Correspondances recueillies en mer/NE PAS TAXER", give the mail bag its due: minimal water damage, Very Fine.
Nierinck 300510a; SFr 300 ($310).
Estimate $150 - 200

The plane, a Laté 28, was forced to fly low owing to poor visibility. The pilot, Négrin, skimmed the waves and the plane sank, killing the crew and Mr. Pranville, Manager of "Aeropostale in South America". All 1482 letters were recovered. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction
936   imageAustralia, 1936 (Aug. 22), Imperial Airways Australia-England cover from crash at Mirabello Bay (Crete), 6d Kookaburra posted at Perth, W.A., with boxed violet straightline "DAMAGED BY WATER" cachet; accompanied by notes and two articles on the "Scipo" crash and its covers/cachets, Very Fine.
Nierinck 360822a; SFr 140 ($140).
Estimate $100 - 150

During the "Scipio"'s forced landing at Mirabello Bay, a sudden cross-wind swung the plane around, causing it to crash and sink within minutes. The 38 postal bags were recovered and dried. This cover is special in that it still retains one of its (originally two) stamps; Nierinck notes that the stamps are missing on nearly all "Scipio" covers. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
937   imageAustria, 1918 (May 18), crash cover, Vienna - Lemberg, 8h postal card uprated with 4k Airmail (C3) tied by Vienna c.d.s.s, May 2, with May 3 Vienna Airmail c.d.s. below; message is the tragic notation "Nr. 2748, Notlandung, 3. V 1918" (emergency landing), Very Fine. Mailed by pioneering Austrian dealer, R. Friedl.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
938   imageBelgium, 1955 (Feb. 13), Sabena Brussels-Léopoldville flight, crashed at Rome, registered cover sent from Molenbeek to Matadi, Belgian Congo; front boasts Molenbeek 1/294 Registry label, bright red "recommandée" label and 3 Molenbeek 11-2-55 c.d.s.'s, along with the 3-line violet crash cachet "POSTES ROME GARE AVION/Correspondance recouvrée/dans le desastre d'avion du 13 FEB 1955"; back shows LEOPOLDVILLE-1/14-3-55.16/LEOPOLDSTADT-1 and MATADI-I.E/15-3-55.11 receivers, Very Fine.
Nierinck 550213a; SFr 180 ($190).
Estimate $100 - 150

The DC 6 sent a final radio message 20 minutes before it was due to land; the wreckage was found 8 days later on Mt. Terminillo, 70 km northeast of Rome. All 29 aboard were killed. The mail, as well as a special shipment of diamonds, was recovered. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
939   imageBelgium, 1958 (May 18), Sabena Brussels-Léopoldville flight, cover salvaged at Casablanca (Morocco), business-size window envelope meter cancelled at Brussels; bears violet 2-line "SINISTRE/CASABLANCA" cachet; reverse without markings, Very Fine.
Nierinck 580518b; SFr 240 ($250).
Estimate $100 - 150

Over Morocco, one of the DC 7's engines failed, causing the pilot to attempt landing at Casablanca. The plane came down, missed the landing strip and crashed against a military building, catching fire and killing 65. Four people survived, and part of the mail was recovered. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
940   imageBrazil, 1939 (Dec. 24), cover from Lati First Return Rio-Rome Flight, crashed at Mogador (Essaouira, Morocco), patterned envelope addressed to Rovereto, Italy, bearing the violet circular "Voo inaugural brasil italia - dezembro 1939 xviii" cachet applied to all mail taken onboard at Rio; unobtrusive bite out of top center and small nip of bottom right corner, Very Fine.
Nierinck 391224; SFr 200 ($210).
Estimate $100 - 150

Having crossed the Atlantic successfully, the Savoia Marchetti SM 83 hit a severe storm over Morocco and crashed. A small part of the mail was recovered. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction

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