U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 10-11, 2007

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #208
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1912 Feb.17 Pioneer flight in Oakland, Calif., 2c entire envelope addressed to the Mayor of Oakland, endorsed "via Airplane",
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC 15
Catalog Value $ 275
Unsold
Lot #209
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 6c orange, tied by violet Air Mail Service Washington, D.C., Dec.16, 1918 postmark on first flight cover, headed "War Department" Air Service Division, "via Aeroplane Post" to Phillip Ward in Philadelphia, v.f., signed Schoendorf, with AFDCS Cert.
Envelope
Catalog #C1
Catalog Value $ 2,500
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #210
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 6c orange, tied by violet Air Mail Service Philadelphia, Pa., Dec.16, 1918 postmark on first flight cover "via Aeroplane" from Phillip Ward to H.F. Colman, v.f., seldom found in such beautiful condition, signed Irwin Heiman (notation indicating that this cover was purchased in a July 21,1965 Heiman Auction for $475)
Envelope
Catalog #C1
Catalog Value $ 2,500
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #211
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 6c orange, tied by violet Air Mail Service Washington, Dec.16, 1918 postmark on a colorful Christmas picture postcard, with an appropriate message "here's an airship Christmas card that goes to you by the first plane that operates under the reduced airplane rate", addressed to Seneca Lake, N.Y., v.f., rare,
Envelope
Catalog #C1
Catalog Value $ 2,500
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #212
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 16c green, tied by violet Air Mail Service New York, July 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Washington, with handstamped "Send a letter by Airplane Especially to one "over there", it will be a real treat" on back, v.f., with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C2
Catalog Value $ 800
Unsold
Lot #213
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 16c green, tied by violet Air Mail Service Washington, July 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Philadelphia, v.f., with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C2
Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #214
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 16c green (fine), tied by violet Air Mail Service Washington, July 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to New York, v.f., with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C2
Catalog Value $ 800
Unsold
Lot #215
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, three First Trip Covers, two from Boston, June 9, 1918, also legal size cover June 3, 1918 First Trip from Boston to Cambridge, fine,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #216
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 16c green, straight edge at right (v.g.), tied by violet Air Mail Service New York, July 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Boston, fine, with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C2
Catalog Value $ 800
Unsold
Lot #217
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 16c green, tied by violet Air Mail Service Washington, July 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to New York, handstamped "Aerial Mail" and addressed to Henry Woodhouse, governor of the Aero Club of America, some cover scuffs and toning, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C2
Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #218
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 16c green, straight edge at right, tied by black Air Mail Service Philadelphia, July 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Washington, D.C., fresh and v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #C2
Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #219
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 16c green, straight edge at right, tied by black Air Mail Service New York, July 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Washington, with handstamped "Send a letter by Airplane Especially to one "over there", it will be a real treat" on back, v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #C2
Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #220
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 16c green, tied by violet Air Mail Service Washington, July 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to New York, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., ex-Schoendorf,
Envelope
Catalog #C2
Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #221
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, tied by black Air Mail Service Washington, May 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Boston, handstamped on arrival "Special Delivery Fee Paid at Boston, Mass. May 17", tape stain at left, otherwise fine,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #222
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24x carmine & blue, v.f., used with 2c franking on flown ppc (actually a Swiss "Pro Aviazione Nazionale Svizzera" aviation postcard), Washington, May 15, 1918 to Philadelphia, v.f. and most unusual usage of a foreign card on a domestic first flight
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #223
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, vertical pair, tied by black Air Mail Service Washington, May 15, 1918 postmark on flown cover addressed to Henry Woodhouse in New York, nice "Joan of Arc Committee" corner card, v.f., with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #224
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, tied by red violet Air Mail Service New York, May 15, 1918 postmark on 2c stationery entire envelope flown to Washington, minor wrinkles and overall toning, otherwise fine-v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #225
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, tied by red violet Air Mail Service Washington, May 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to New York, nice triangular H.F.Dunkhorst corner card, v.f., with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #226
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, tied by black Air Mail Service Washington, May 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to New York, unusual window envelope addressed to Thomas McConville c/o Boy Scouts of America, with original letter: "the letter will be posted at the post office before noon today so that there will be plenty of time for it to get on the first trip. Who knows, maybe this envelope will be worth two or three dollars in about fifty years, so I advise you to take care of it and some day maybe some stamp "bug" might buy it from you", fine-v.f., with AFDCS cert.,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #227
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, tied by black Air Mail Service Washington, May 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Philadelphia, Hotel Continental corner card, cover bend upper right, away from the stamp, v.f., with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #228
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue (centered to bottom), tied by black Air Mail Service Washington, May 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to New York, YMCA corner card, addressed to J.C. Morgenthau, with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #229
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, tied by black Air Mail Service Philadelphia, May 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to New York, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #230
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, tied by red violet Air Mail Service New York, May 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Philadelphia, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #231
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, two flown covers, one with straight edge, tied by violet Washington, May 15 postmark on 3c stationery entire to Philadelphia, with arrival pmk, signed Heiman; the other tied by black Air Mail Service Washington, May 16, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to New York (actually addressed to Gardener, Maine, with arrival endorsement), with NY May 16 arrival pmk, filing folds away from the stamp, fine-v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #232
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue (centered to bottom), tied by violet Air Mail Service New York, May 15, 1918 postmark on first flight cover to Washington, D.C., v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #233
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1918 24c carmine & blue, horizontal pair, tied by red violet Air Mail Service New York, May 15, 1918 postmark on flown cover addressed to President Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D.C., endorsed "Aerial Mail", overall toning, otherwise fine,
Envelope
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #234
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1922 Maude Expedition, cover from Nome, Alaska, July 26, 1922 to Henry Woodhouse, appropriate franking and markings, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #235
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1928 cacheted First Flight Zeppelin cover from St.Louis, Oct. 26, 1928 to Friedrichshafen, attractively franked, with printed red and blue cachet, also an original enclosure, fine
Envelope
Catalog #C4-11
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #236
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1931 (July 28), Round the World Flight by Herndon and Pangborn, cover signed by both pilots, franked with 2c regular issue, also 3c Yorktown (cancelled Wenatchee, Wash. Oct. 5, fifteen days before this post office was authorized to sell the stamp), used with 3sen Japanese franking, appropriate cachets, also two Russian cancellations including Habarovsk 30.8.31, rare cover, one of only 75 carried
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO1146
Unsold
Lot #237
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1931 Post & Gatty Around the World flight cover, Minneola, NY (June 21) and Berlin postmarks, also special Russian cachet, signed by both pilots, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO 1141
Unsold
Lot #238
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1933 Wiley Post Solo Around the World Flight cover, with July 15, 1933 departure postmark and August 3 arrival, signed by Post, v.f. and scarce as only five covers were carried on this flight, which was the first solo flight around the world. This cover is illustrated in the American Air Mail Catalogue.
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO 1183
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #239
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1933 Century of Progress, 8c stationery entire (legal size), additionally franked with 50c green and six other air post issues, sent from Miami, Oct. 23, 1933 to Chicago, with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, autographed by Eleanor Roosevelt, accompanied by a letter and cover headed "The White House" from the secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt, confirming her signature, fine
Envelope
Catalog #C7-10,16-18
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #240
UNITED STATES Flight Covers
1971 Apollo 15 cacheted cover canc. Kennedy Space Center July 26, with "Landed at Hadley, Moon, July 30, 1971" endorsement and signed by David Scott and John Irwin, further signed by all three astronauts at bottom left, with USS Okinawa Aug.7 return pmk. Back of the cover is signed by H.W.Sieger and numbered "035", with "this is to certify that this cover was onboard the Falcon at the Hadley-Apennine, Moon, July 30-August 2, 1971", mounting faults, otherwise v.f. "Moon Cover" (originally purchased at $20,000)
Envelope
Price Realized
$7,000.00

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