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UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY continued...

Air Post and Flight Covers continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description
1491 c 50c Chicago Zeppelin (C18). 23 stamps on nine flown covers, 50c, $1.50 and $2.00 rates, various legs of the flight, eight with handstamp cachets, ninth with handstamp and printed gray and green Zeppelin cachet (block of four), one of the others is a New York Oct. 2, 1933 FDC, virtually all Fine-Very Fine, two with 1989 P.F. certificates 1,680.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
1492 c imageFirst Round-The-World Flight. Oversize cover with large purple cachet tying block of ten of 17c Black (623) on cover to Tokyo, Japan, three additional stamps at right, clear strike of receiving datestamp, few edge tears incl. one affecting block, otherwise Very Fine, colorful and scarce usage, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1493 c image$1.00 Violet Brown (571). Three singles used with additional franking nos. 567 and 570 on Aug. 23, 1933 registered Balbo Flight Cover for the Chicago to Rome leg (AAMC 1184c), green printed and handstamp cachets, large Italian Air Cruise and purple Newark, NJ registry circular date stamps and Italian arrivals, Very Fine, only 220 pieces carried, seldom seen offered (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
1494 image1932, May 20 -- Earhart Transatlantic Solo Flight, Newfoundland to Ireland (AAMC 1165). Handstamped cachet (No. 5 of 50 carried) on cover addressed to Bernt Balchen in Hasbrouck Heights N.J., signed Amelia Earhart, 5c Winged Globe tied by New York N.Y. May 13 duplex, Great Britain 1-1/2p Geo. V tied by Londonderry May 23 receiving datestamp

VERY FINE. A RARE AND HISTORIC COVER CARRIED ON THE FIRST NON-STOP SOLO TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT BY A WOMAN AVIATOR.

According to the American Air Mail Catalogue, Earhart took off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, at 3:51 p.m., May 20, and landed close to Culmore, near Londonderry, Ireland, at 1:45 p.m., May 21. The total flight time was 14 hours, 54 minutes. Earhart's solo flight was plagued with adverse weather conditions and mechanical difficulties, and she was forced to land in a pasture. In recognition of her achievement, President Herbert Hoover presented Earhart with the Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society, and Congress awarded her the Distinguished Flying Cross, the first ever given to a woman.

With 1994 P.F. certificate. AAMC $5,000.00 (Image)

 E. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1495 c imageC. A. Lindbergh. Autograph signature on cacheted FAM 5 cover from Miami, FL to Cristobal, Canal Zone, a "round trip" cover with U.S. franking on front and Canal Zone return first flight cachet and franking on back, "Miami Fla. Feb 4 1929" outbound cancel and Miami, Fla. Feb 13 1929 arrival slogan machine .cds, also autographed by the postmasters of Miami and Cristobal, slight aging, otherwise Fine, "round trips" are scarce (Image) E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1496 imageOrville Wright. Autograph signatures on 2c and 5c Aeronautics (part sheet of 36 and complete sheet of 50 respectively) and on a special cacheted 25th Anniversary of First Manned Flight (Dec. 17, 1903-Dec. 17, 1928) cover with contemporary franking tied by Northville Mich. cds, Very Fine lot, in addition to the value of the three autographs the stamps have a catalog value over $440.00 (Image) E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1497 c image1935, March 8, First Flight Over Wake Island (AAMC 1228). Unaddressed cover signed by the pilot, J.G. Johnson, with cachet at left and 3c stamp tied by "U.S.S. Nitro Mar. 8, 1935 A.M. Enroute to Pearl Harbor" cancel, fresh and Very Fine, scarce, only 500 were carried, the pilot later became a Rear Admiral (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1498 c image"Pioneer" U.S Astronauts' Autographs. Eight items from the early 1960's, seven are covers (six cacheted) and include four John Glenn (one additionally signed by Annie Glenn), Alan Shepard, Scott Carpenter and Wallace "Wally" Sherer who died during a static test of a space capsule, the eighth item is an 8-1/2 x 11 in. black on white printed reproduction sketch of Neil Armstrong in space suit with his famous quote "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" at bottom, facsimile signature also at bottom and another in blue at top which may also be a facsimile, Very Fine lot (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
1499 c U.S. Unused Flight Postcards and Four Used Covers. Early multicolored postcards depicting aeronautical themes, used items incl. two from 1929 with one Portland-Cleveland signed by pilot, card from Int'l. Aero Congress of Oct. 1922, some faults, appear Fine-Very Fine E. 100-150

SOLD for $50.00
Will close during Public Auction

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