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Auction 77

Lot 101

Airmail, 1928-39, an interesting selection of items relating to Clara Adams, an early aviation enthusiast. Including a piece of the original fabric from the envelope of the Graf Zeppelin (she noted "it made the world flight"); also includes her luggage tag from her trip board the Graf Zeppelin in cabin no. 7 on October 29, 1928 as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Plus two signed picture post cards one of which is addressed to the Associate Editor of the Air Post Journal, Florence Lamport, the other commemorates her unofficial record for passenger travel around the world via commercial air travel, the trip lasted sixteen days and nineteen hours and covered 24,609 miles. Lastly there is a flight schedule for Luft-Expressgut which she posted to Florence Lamport. This is an interesting array of items from an aviation enthusiast who pioneered modern day air travel.
Estimate $350 - 500

Clara Adams, known as the "first flighter" and the "maiden of maiden flights", was an aircraft passenger and enthusiast who set a variety of flying records and probably should have gotten frequent flyer miles.

Realized $280

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