U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
May 7-8, 2008
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 | Lot #307 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1912 (July 1-6) Squantum, Mass. Boston Aviation Meet, flight cover, addressed to Boston, franked with 2c, tied "Boston Aviation Meet Aero Mail Service" cachet with Atlantic, Mass. pmk, fine and rare. Mail was to be flown on each day of the meet from Hartford Aviation Field, served by the Squantum P.O., via Atlantic, Quincy, Milton and East Milton to New York City. Harriet Quimby was designated mail carrier, but due to financial disputes, she refused to fly the mail,
Catalog Value 1500 | Price Realized $1,000.00
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 | Lot #308 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1919 Marconi corner cover addressed to London, sent via Dirigible R.34, endorsed "Per Airship 34", franked with 2c red, with Hempstead NY Jul 9 departure and "London R.34 July 13" arrival pmks, with contents enclosed, minor cover folds, fine and extremely rare Zeppelin cover
| Price Realized $3,500.00
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 | Lot #309 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1929 First successful Air Mail delivery and Pick-up at Sea by Adams Air Mail Pick-Up from S.S. "Leviathan", cover franked with French adhesives (the ship sailed from Cherbourg), cancelled. Newark, N.J., June 12, with large cachet on back, fine and rare with French franking
| Price Realized $140.00
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 | Lot #310 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1930 Mears and Brown non-stop air mail flight card New York to Newfoundland, with N.J. departure and Harbor Grace arrival pmks, v.f.
| Price Realized $130.00
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 | Lot #311 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1938 Howard Hughes Record Flight Around the World, airmail cover addressed to Florida, triple franking with French and Russian adhesives, all appropriate markings and actually signed by Howard Hughes and Harry Conner, one stamp defective, otherwise fine and scarce item, one of only a few covers actually signed by Hughes
| Price Realized $4,000.00
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