The G. Denisenko Collection of Imperial Russia; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
March 7, 2007 and March 13-14, 2007

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2234
MEXICO Air Post
1935 (May 3) Amelia Earhart Solo Flight from Mexico City to New York, registered and flown cover addressed to George Putnam in New York, personally endorsed and signed "Carried by Air, Mexico, D.F. New York, May 8, 1935, Amelia Earhart", franked with 20c Eagleman overprinted "Amelia Earhart Vuelo de Bueno Voluntad Mexico 1935" and additional 40c adhesive, tied by May 2, 1935 cds, mixed franking with 18c United States postage (tied by Newark May 8, 1935) pmk, additional transit and arrival markings on back, with two Registry seals, v.f., signed LWC, Boone, Engel, with his cert. A classic air post flight cover, only 40 (!) carried
Envelope
Price Realized
$11,500.00

Lot #2235
MEXICO Air Post
1935 (Apr.19) Earhart Solo Flight, Los Angeles to Mexico City to New York, registered cover addressed to the pilot, at the Regis Hotel in Mexico City, redirected to New York, personally signed "Carried by Air, Amelia Earhart", mixed franking with U.S., v.f. and rare, only a handful carried on Los Angeles-Mexico leg
Envelope
Price Realized
$5,250.00

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