Auction 45
Collector Series
Airmail Postal History
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Lot 391 |
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 1924 (May 12), SCADTA cover to Colombia (Scott CLEU54), with 30c SCADTA "EU" stamp plus 4c Colombia postage, no US postage. Cover slightly reduced at left, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $28 |
Lot 392 |
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1926 (Feb 13), First Flight, Chicago - Detroit - Cleveland, Nickles cover with the wrong date for the flight on front (correct date was Feb 15), with backstamp showing the Feb 15 date; this is actually an FDC, Very Fine, unusual. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 393 |
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1926 (Jul 1), First C.A.M. Flight, Boston to New York, legal-size cover with all proper postmarks and cachets, plus the signatures (on the reverse) of the pilot and a passenger, plus a letter about the flight, Very Fine. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 394 |
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1928 (Aug 16), Catapult Mail via S.S. "Ile de France", paid reply postal card (separated and both parts canceled), franked with a $1 Washington-Franklin (!), addressed to France, for a catapult flight that never took place, the reply card was returned to Portland, Or. Message card with an archival fold and stapling, Fine to Very Fine overall, a rare usage. Scott 518. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $110 |
Lot 395 |
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1934 (Jul 28), National Geographic Society - Army Air Corps Stratosphere Flight, cover marked STRATOSPHERE MAIL, addressed to to Maj. General Sladen, with 3 backstamps, plus an official letter to Gen. Sladen, attesting that it was carried during the flight, and signed by the pilot and crew members. The lot also contains a "trimming of the fabric from the actual balloon of … the flight", Very Fine overall. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
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