Burkeiwicz Stock; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
August 26, 2004 and September 8-9, 2004
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #848 United States Flight Covers 1912, Feb.17 Pioneer flight in Oakland, Calif., 2c entire envelope addressed to the Mayor of Oakland, endorsed "via Airplane"  Catalog #AAMC 15 Catalog Value 275+ | Unsold |
 | Lot #849 United States Flight Covers 1912, Apr.7, San Diego. Cororado Polo Grounds Aviation Meet, ppc (little toning and corner defect), violet San Diego "Aeroplane Station" pmk, rare Catalog #AAMC 20 Catalog Value 500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #850 United States Flight Covers 1912, May 16, Marietta, Ohio-Marietta Daily journal aviation meet, beautiful ppc (in color), "Marietta, Ohio 2 P.M. Mailed by Aeroplane" circular cachet and machine pmk, additionally endorsed "Via Aeroplane", fine. Only four cards are known Catalog #AAMC 23 Catalog Value 1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #851 United States Flight Covers 1912, June 7-8, Mansfield, Ohio. Fairgrounds Aviation Meet, specially prepared card (litte stained on back), with "Mansfield, O. 3 P.M. Mailed by Aeroplane June 8, 12" violet cachet, fine. Only 6 cards known Catalog #AAMC 34 Catalog Value 1,700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #852 United States Flight Covers 1912, July 3-4, Bedford-Oolitic-Mitchel, Indiana. Athletic Park Aviation Meet, specially prepared card ("Max Little, World's Champion Aviator"), with two line cachet "Air Ship Route No.1 Bedford, Ind.". A rare card Catalog #AAMC 37 Catalog Value 1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #853 United States Flight Covers 1912, July 12-13, Hamilton, Ohio. Butler Country Fair Aviation Meet, specially prepared card ("Lincoln Beachey receiving mail"), with three line cachet "Aero Mail Service July 12, Hamilton, Ohio", little toning at left, otherwise fine Catalog #AAMC 39 Catalog Value 450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #854 United States Flight Covers 1912, August 10-11, Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington. Country Club Aviation Meet, 2c stationery entire with six-line cachet "U.S. Aeroplane Mail Service This Letter Carried by Aviatior Walter Edwards from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, Wash.", fine Catalog #AAMC 48 Catalog Value 300 | Unsold |
| Lot #855 United States Flight Covers 1912, August 10-11, Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington. Country Club Aviation Meet, 1c stationery card (stained), with six-line cachet "U.S. Aeroplane Mail Service This Letter Carried by Aviatior Walter Edwards from Portland, Oregon toVancouver, Wash."; also August 23 Rockport, Indiana Aviation Meet, ppc ("Horace Kearny Ready for Flight") with four-line cachet, fine Catalog #AAMC 48,49 Catalog Value 450 | Unsold | |
 | Lot #856 United States Flight Covers 1912, December 27, San Francisco, Ca. Tanforan Park Aviation meet, ppc (Roy M. Francis, aviator) with "San Francisco, Cal., Aviation Post Office Dec.27, 1912" canc., addressed to Goshen, Ind., little edge toning, otherwise fine and apparently the only known card recorded with this date | Unsold |
 | Lot #857 United States Flight Covers 1913, October 4, Nantrona, Pa. Experimental Aeroplane Mail Service, cover franked with 2c Pan-American adhesive, three line cachet "Aeromail Service Oct.4, 1913 Nantrona PA", fine, only 45 pieces of mail carried Catalog #AAMC 74 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #858 United States Flight Covers 1914, September 17-18, Clayton, New Mexico. Fair Grounds Aviation Meet. During this meet, exhibition flights were given by the Rodgers Aviation Company owned and managed by the widow of the late "Cal" Rodgers, pilot of "Vin Fiz" fame. Flights were made by aviator Floyd Smith. A ppc (Martin Tractor and Floyd Smith), franked with 1c (defective), oval "First Aeroplane Post Office, Clayton, New Mex, Sept. 18, 1914" hs, card creased and somewhat dirty. Only 4(!) known Catalog #AAMC 79 Catalog Value 1,600+ | Unsold |
 | Lot #859 United States Flight Covers 1914 (Oct.17-20), Des Moines, Iowa - Chicago, Ill, experimental aeroplane mail flight cover addressed to Chicago, franked with 2c coil and 10c Special Delivery, with By Aeroplane Mail Oct.17" and "Forwarded via Aero Post"hs. filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare flight Catalog #AAMC 82 | Unsold |
 | Lot #860 United States Flight Covers 1916, November 2, Chicago, Ill-New York "New York Times" Aerial Post, 1c stationery card with two special cachets in red "Between Sunrise and Sunset forwarded from Chicago to New York by New York Times Aeroplane" and "New York Times Aeroplane Flight Chicago to New York, 900 Miles, Between Sunrise and Sunset", some creases, otherwise fine Catalog #AAMC 93a Catalog Value 600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #861 United States Flight Covers 1924 Trans-Polar Flight Expedition card, franked with 2c, used in combination with Norway 5p and 25o (minor flaws), fine-v.f. | Unsold |
| Lot #862 United States Flight Covers 1925, April 15 and April 27 two covers "Via Dirigible Los Angeles" from Lakehurst to Puerto Rico and to Bermuda, fine-v.f. | Unsold | |
 | Lot #863 United States Flight Covers 1929 Round-the-World Zeppelin Flight cover, franked with horiz. pair of $2 dark blue (Sc.479), with appropriate cachet and Lakehurst arrival pmk, fine and rare $4 rate on cover, with 1992 PFC Catalog Value 750++ | Unsold |
 | Lot #864 United States Flight Covers 1930 SAF ppc from Germany to USA, mixed franking with German 1M Eagle, canc. on board and USA 65c Zeppelin, v.f. | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #865 United States Flight Covers 1930 SAF flight, German stationery ppc from Germany to USA, combination franking with 65c Zeppelin, v.f. | Price Realized $700.00 |
| Lot #866 United States Flight Covers 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 | Price Realized $375.00 | |
 | Lot #867 United States Flight Covers 1931, July 28, Round the World Flight, Herndon and Pangborn. Two American pilots, Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pangborn, flew through Russian and Japan and back to USA, thus completing the first Trans-Pacific trip.Cover, Atlantic leg only, franked with 2c red, with Croydon, July 31 arrival pmk on front, tiny toned spots, signed by Hugh Herndon, only 3(!) carried Catalog #AAMC TO1146a | Price Realized $1,350.00 |
 | Lot #868 United States Flight Covers 1932 "Von Gronau Gronland Wal" flight card addressed to Wayzata, Mn, Aug. 10, 1932 Mpls departure cds, v.f. and rare Von Gronau flight | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #869 United States Flight Covers 1932 Matter & Griffin, attempted Round the World flight cover, franked with US, Russian and German adhesives, signed by both fliers, v.f. and rare, only 10 carried | Price Realized $950.00 |
| Lot #870 United States Flight Covers 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 |
