Images | Description | Current Bid |
Lot #123 United States Air Post 1912, Feb.17 pioneer flight Oakland, Calif., 2c entire envelope addressed to the Mayor of Oakland, endorsed "via Airplane" | Unsold | |
Lot #124 United States Air Post 1912, Feb.18 pioneer flight Oakland, Calif., 2c entire envelope addressed to the Geo W. Linn Co., with "Aeroplane Station Feb.18, 1912" pmk | Unsold | |
Lot #125 United States Air Post 1918 6c orange, plate number block of eight with arrow, h.r., well-centered, wide margins, v.f. * Catalog #C1 Catalog Value 930 | Price Realized $600.00 | |
Lot #126 United States Air Post 1918 24c carmine & blue, straight edge at top, used on flown cover, May 15, "Air Mail Service Wash, N.Y., Phila, 10AM First Trip" from Washington to Philadelphia, endorsed by Lt. James Edgerton, "pilot, first air mail",with Philadelphia, May 16 arrival pmk on back. A fine first trip cover, with newspaper clippings incl. a photo of James Edgerton who flew this first scheduled U.S. air mail Catalog #C3 | Unsold | |
Lot #127 United States Air Post 1923 24c carmine, plate number block of six, well-centered, v.f. * Catalog #C6 Catalog Value 2,250 | Price Realized $1,200.00 | |
Lot #128 United States Air Post 1930 Zeppelin set of three, l.h., well centered, v.f. * Catalog #C13-15 Catalog Value 1,550 | Price Realized $900.00 | |
Lot #129 United States Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, cplt set of bottom plate no. blocks of six, l.h. or n.h., tiny marginal perf. strengthening on 65c, also slight crease in the margin of $1.30, stamps fine-v.f. *\** Catalog #C13-15 Catalog Value 16,300+ | Price Realized $7,250.00 | |
Lot #130 United States Air Post 1930 $1.30 brown used on card to Richmond, Va., meter cancellation, via Friedrichshafen and Graf Zeppelin to Lakehurst, NJ., "Richmond VA Jun13 1930" cds on reverse Catalog #C14 Catalog Value 400 | Price Realized $170.00 | |
Lot #131 United States Air Post 1930 $1.30 brown used on cover from New York to Braunschweig, Germany, "Grand Central Sta. NY May 27, 1930" cds, meter canc., via "Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) 6.6.30" cds on reverse Catalog #C14 Catalog Value 400 | Price Realized $160.00 | |
Lot #132 United States Air Post 1930-33 $2.60 blue, l.h. and 50c Century of Progress, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #C15,18 Catalog Value 875 | Price Realized $425.00 | |
Lot #133 United States Air Post 1930 badly burned cover from Santa Claus, Ind,. to Cleveland, with hs "damaged when St. Nicholas' Whiskers caught fire in Chimney at Santa Claus, Ind. 12.25.30", a remarkably whimsical postal marking regarding a mail bag whichcaught fire | Unsold | |
Lot #134 United States Air Post 1933 badly burned cover from New York to Los Angeles, with notice stating "this air mail was damaged when plane was forced down at Pittsburgh Pa." Actually the westbound Transcontinental & Western Air Mail plane crashed ontakeoff from the county airport Pittsburgh, with only 3-4 sacks of mail recovered | Price Realized $140.00 | |
Lot #135 United States Air Post 1933 Chicago flight from Friedrichshafen to New York where an unusual franking of $1.70 was composed of regular issues, Century of Progress Chicago, Oct. 26 slogan arrival pmk, fine | Unsold | |
Lot #136 United States Air Post 1933 Century of Progress, October 2 round trip flight to Friedrichshafen, franked with a block of four of 50c green, appropriate cachets, v.f. Catalog #C18 | Price Realized $150.00 | |
Lot #137 United States Air Post 1934, Jan. 9 Survey Flight from San Francisco to Hawaii, ppc franked with 1c Washington, U.S.Naval Air Station San Diego and Aircraft Base Force hs, also Pearl Harbor Fleet Base Post Ofice arrival, v.f. Catalog #AAMC TO1200 | Price Realized $130.00 | |
Lot #138 United States Air Post 1945, Nov.1, personal letter with envelope carried by the B-29 Superfortress from Japan to Washington non-stop, signed by the entire crew, fine and scarce non-philatelic item | Price Realized $70.00 | |
Lot #139 United States Air Post 1946 New York to Vatican City, special round-trip postcard FAM 27, franked with 5c FDR and two Vatican adhesives, v.f., with appropriate cachet and pmks, ex-Bayer collection | Price Realized $80.00 | |
Lot #140 United States Air Post 1949 Wright Brothers, 6c photo proof in black, reduced size, card mounted, v.f. P Catalog #C45P | Price Realized $260.00 | |
Lot #141 United States Air Post 1960 Railroad disaster card with "Damaged in Fire in Railway Mail Car at Cadiz, Calif." in purple. The fire was caused when the train was derailed and partly submerged in river at Cadiz, California | Price Realized $200.00 |