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Lot 820 |
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 821 |
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 822 |
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 | |
Lot 823 |
1935 (Apr 16), First Flight, California to Hawaii and back, round trip cover with all proper postmarks and cachets, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $55 |
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Lot 824 |
1935 (Oct 5), First Flight, San Francisco to Guam and back, round trip cover with all proper postmarks and cachets, plus a letter from Pan-Am on their official stationery, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold | |
Lot 825 |
1935 (Oct 5), First Flight, San Francisco to Guam and back, round trip cover with all proper postmarks and cachets, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold | |
Lot 826 |
1935 (Oct 10), First Flight, San Francisco to Guam, attractive cover with the special flight cachet, Very Fine. Estimate $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold | |
Lot 827 |
1936 (Nov 3), First Flight, Hawaii - California, neat cover signed by the radio operator and with the address label of Clara Adams, the well-known "professional passenger" on many airplane and Zeppelin flights, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
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