Auction 56
Collector Series
Airmail
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Lot 178 |
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 Airmail, 1926-1944, interesting array of nearly 50 FDC's, including C7, C9, C10 (x5), C12 (x5) C19 (x5-July 1), C20 (x8), C21 (x6), C22 (x6), C24 x(4), C26, C27, C28, CE1 (x5), CE2 (x5 - one has a plate number block of 6); minor duplication in terms of cachets, overall a lovely group of first day covers, all imaged on the website, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,798. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $200 |
Lot 179 |
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Airmail, 1923, 8¢ Propeller and 16¢ Winged Emblem (Scott C4, C5), used on a neat 1926 cover from Salt Lake City to New York, with several backstamps. 8¢ with a natural s.e. at right, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $70 |
Lot 180 |
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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 181 |
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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 182 |
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1927-38, first flight covers, group of 6, including a Lindbergh cover to St. Lucia, also U.S.S. Macon. The lot also contains 2 advertising covers, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 183 |
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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 | Realized $130 |
Lot 184 |
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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 185 |
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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 |
Lot 186 |
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1938, First U.S. Trans-Atlantic Air Mail to Bermuda, with a lovely cachet and a Bermuda backstamp, Very Fine. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photos | Realized $28 |
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