U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
March 20-21, 2002

ImagesDescriptionCurrent 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"
Envelope
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
Envelope
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.
Box *
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
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Unsold
Lot #127
United States Air Post
1923 24c carmine, plate number block of six, well-centered, v.f.
Box *
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.
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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.
Box *\**
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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.
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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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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.
Envelope
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.
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
Price Realized
$200.00

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