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Heavier-Than-Air Flights continued...

Lindberghiana continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1041   image1931, Lindbergh related collection, 19 covers mounted on pages, with 1931 Nov 26 clipper flight Cienfueges to Miami with Cuba Lindbergh over printed stamp, 1931 Nov 25 cover Cristobal to Miami, 1931 Nov 23 cover Kingston to Barranquilla, 1931 Nov 20 cover Miami to Cienfuegos, 1931 Nov 19 Cover Miami to Kingston, with several newspaper articles, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
Record Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1042   image[James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle] 1928 (Feb.-May), South American Test Flight, two covers from each of Doolittle's five flights, each bearing boxed "CORREO AEREO" straightline and shield-shaped "First/Experimental/Flight/[origin city]/[destination]" in different colors for each leg: Lima to La Paz (blue, green), La Paz to Santiago (blue, magenta), Santiago to Buenos Aires (magenta, black), Buenos Aires to Asuncion (green, violet), and Asuncion to Rio de Janeiro (magenta, blue), with one of each pair signed by Doolittle, Very Fine.
AAMC SH 580-580d.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1043   image[James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle] 1931 (Sept. 4 & Oct. 10) & 1932 (July 25) Flights, 3 flights undertaken by the famed pilot: Sept. 4, 1931, Record Transcontinental Flight from Burbank to New York (11 hours, 10 minutes), two covers, one with official typewritten cachet (#SH656), the second with typed "This Letter Carried By Jimmy Doolittle in the /Thompson Air Race./Cleveland Air Races.", both cancelled Cleveland Sept. 7 and autographed; Oct. 10, 1931 Three-Capital "Dawn to Dusk" Flight cover (#SH657) franked with three Mexican stamps and cancelled "Servicio Aereo/Mexico, D.F." with typed "This Letter Carried By/Lt. Jimmy Doolittle From/Ottawa to Mexico City." and autographed; and three July 25, 1932, Washington Bicentennial covers, two of which have the official pictorial cachet (#SH666A), one a handstamped "Aviation Department/Shell Petroleum Corporation" signed cachet; with four pages of autographed photographs of Doolittle and articles, Very Fine.
AAMC SH656, SH657, SH666A.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1044   image[James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle] 1931 (Oct. 4), 20th Anniversary of Pioneer Flight, St. Louis, MO, four covers, each with commemorative framed cachet: one in violet, a violet-magenta mix, green and magenta; all but green cacheted envelope autographed J.H. Doolittle, plus two contemporary photos (roughly 4½ x 3 inches) of tent "Post Office" set up at Lambert Field for the event, Very Fine, a pretty set of covers.
AAMC 191.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1045   image[Amelia Earhart] 1932 (May 20), Transatlantic Solo Flight (AAMC TO 1165), the historic flight from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland to Ireland on which Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic; franked with a 5¢ Winged Globe tied by May 13 New York City duplex and by G.B. 1½d KGV tied by May 23 Londonderry c.d.s.; signed by Earhart with violet flight cachet numbered 36 of 50 covers carried; addressed to Bernt Balchen, noted aviator and Earhart's technical adviser, Very Fine.
AAMC $5,000.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. (Image)
Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1046   image[Amelia Earhart] 1932 (June), European Goodwill Tour, airmail cover canceled Milan, Jun 8, and Rome, Littorio Airport, Jun 9, with handstamped cachet welcoming Earhart from her Transatlantic Flight to the Eternal City, Very Fine.
AAMC TO 1165 var.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1047 TO 1225 image[Amelia Earhart] 1935 (Jan 11), Solo Flight, Honolulu - Oakland, Cal. (AAMC TO 1225), colorful "Wailua" cacheted envelope postmarked Honolulu, Jan 11, with Jan 12 Oakland receiver on the front; numbered "44 of 49 covers, carried by air, Honolulu - Oakland, January 11-12, 1935 (signed) Amelia Earhart", Very Fine. Certainly one of the most attractive of the 49 covers carried.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1048   image[Amelia Earhart] Mounted fabric from "Lockheed Vega 5B" aircraft used by Amelia Earhart, 2" by 2" square of fabric from the plane used by Amelia Earhart when she became the first woman to make a non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic, mounted under glass with a photo of the aircraft, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750

On May 20-21 1932 Miss Earhart made the 2026 mile flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to Culmore Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes. On Aug 24-25 1932 in the same Vega Miss Earhart flew from Los Angeles to Newark in 19 hours 5 minutes. This was the first solo nonstop transcontinental flight by a woman. The Lockheed Vega is in the National Air & Space Museum.
(Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
1049   image[Amelia Earhart] Collection, includes cover from USS Colorado which searched for Earhart, newspaper clippings, 1963 30th anniversary round the world flight, 1963 first day cover of Earhart issue, card and signed check of Sheila Scott, first British pilot to fly solo round the world, please examine, Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1050 TO 1307 image[Howard Hughes] 1938 (Jul 10), Round-the-World Record Flight (AAMC TO 1307), specially prepared legal size air mail cover signed by Howard Hughes; franked with a 6¢ Eagle (C23) canceled New York, Jul 10; flown from New York to Paris where an 85c air mail (C8) was applied and canceled on the 11th, then to Moscow (a 20k stamp), then on to Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks, Minneapolis and finally, back to New York, where a 6¢ Winged Globe was added and canceled Jul 14; appropriate flight cachet and handstamps of stops en route; also signed by navigator, Harry Connor, and radio operator, Dick Stoddart, Very Fine, quite a rare cover, as Hughes signed very few of them.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1051 TO 1307 var. image[Howard Hughes] 1938 (Jul 10), Round-the-World Record Flight, photographs (AAMC TO 1307 var.), three 8" x 10" photographs of Hughes' crew and/or plane, the Lockheed 14 Lodestar, prior to takeoff; all are inscribed by navigator/ co-pilot, Harry Connor, to prominent airmail collector, Bill Schneider, Jr., Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1052 TO 1307 var. image[Howard Hughes] 1938 (Jul 10), Round-the-World Flight, press pass (AAMC TO 1307 var.), green cardboard tag inscribed "Headquarters: New York World's Fair, Incorporated" (sponsors of the flight) with rubberstamped "PRESS" below printed "Representing:", Very Fine. Quite rare.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
1053 TO 1077 image[John Henry Mears] 1928 (Jun. 28), Mears-Collyer Round-the-World Flight (AAMC TO 1077), Roessler illustrated 1¢ postal card canceled New York, Jun 28 and bearing two 1¢ Chinese stamps canceled Mukden, Jul 10, serially numbered "000124"; backstamped New York, Jul 220, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $5,000.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
1054 SH 632 image[John Henry Mears] 1930 (Aug 1), Mears-Brown Record Flight, New York - Harbour Grace Newfoundland (AAMC SH 632), two identical Roessler illustrated 1¢ postal cards, franked with a 10¢ Special Delivery canceled East Orange, N.J. on Aug 1 and at Harbour Grace on Aug 2; one card has some moderate creasing but is signed on the back by John Henry Mears, the other is unsigned, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200

The illustration on the back of the cards was added by Roessler after the flight. Mears and Brown were attempting to set a Round-the-World speed record, but when they crashed upon take off from Harbour Grace, they had only succeeded in establishing a new record of 8 hours, 5 minutes from New York to Harbour Grace. Includes a letter of explanation from Roessler.
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
Aircraft Materials
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1055   imageMounted fabric from the "Bleriot XI" aircraft, 2" by 2" square of fabric from the plane to fly across the English Channel in 1909, mounted under glass with a photo of the aircraft, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350

On July 25 1909 Louis Bleriot flew the English Channel in a frail monoplane. Over the next five years hundreds of copies of the Bleriot 11 were produced making it one of the most popular aircraft of the pre- WWI era. The Bleriot 11 is in the National Air & Space Museum.
(Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
1056   imageMounted fabric from the "Curtiss NC4" aircraft, 2½" by 1 5/8" square of fabric from the first plane to complete a trans-Atlantic flight, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350

On May 27 1919 the flying boat set down on the water of the Tagus River in Lisbon Portugal. The 4000-mile flight from Rockaway Beach New York had been accomplished in nineteen days. The NC4 is in the Naval Aviation Museum.
(Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
1057   imageMounted fabric from the "Douglas World Cruiser #2" aircraft, 2" by 2" square of fabric from the first plane to complete a round the world flight, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350

The "Chicago" was the flag plane of the first round the world flight. In the company of three similar aircraft it departed from Seattle WA on Apr 6 1924 returning Sep 28 1924, after covering 26,345 miles in a total flying time of 363 hours and 7 minutes. The "Chicago" is in the National Air & Space Museum.
(Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1058   imageMounted fabric from the Fokker T-2 aircraft, 2" by 2" square of fabric from the first plane to make the nonstop U.S. transcontinental flight, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350

The Fokker T-2 made the first nonstop U.S. transcontinental flight on May 2-3 1923. It covered the 2470 miles from Roosevelt New York to San Diego CA in 26 hours 50 minutes. The Fokker T-2 is in the National Air & Space Museum.
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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
Propaganda
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1059   image1939-42, air-dropped propaganda leaflets, 47 leaflets and newspapers dropped by plane across Europe, Fine to Very Fine, a remarkable holding, rarely seen today.
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)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
1060   image1950s, pro- and anti-Communist leaflets, eight anti-Communist leaflets dropped from West Germany to East German by balloon, plus 14 pro-Communist leaflets mostly in French, Very Fine, hard to find today.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

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