U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 11-12, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #261 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1911 (Nov 17) Atlanta Aviation Meet, legal size envelope addressed to Philadelphia, 2c franking tied by Speedway Aerial Sub station Aeroplane Mail Service cancel, cover faults away from the stamp and markings. AAMC states "very few known today"  Catalog #AAMC 10a | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #262 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. Approximately 1,500 pieces of mail were flown, although less than 10 are known to exist today, Catalog #AAMC 24 Catalog Value $ 2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #263 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1912 June 7-8, Mansfield, Ohio. Fairgrounds Aviation Meet, specially prepared card (little stained on back), with "Mansfield, O. 3 P.M. Mailed by Aeroplane June 8, 12" violet cachet, fine. The Mansfield Daily News prepared many souvenir cards for these flights. Only an estimated five to ten cards have survived, Catalog #AAMC 34 Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #264 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1912 (April 7) San Diego, Aeroplane Station cancel on ppc (lower left corner missing) addressed to Falls City, Ne., also Aug.10-11 Portland, Oregon and Rockport, Indiana, flown cards to No. Yakima and Springfield, Ill. resp. (both with little toning), plus 1925 "Los Angeles", two covers flown from New York to Puerto Rico and Bermuda, fine Catalog #AAMC 21/49a | Unsold |
 | Lot #265 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. This is the only known card recorded with this date Catalog #AAMC 66b Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #266 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 81a Catalog Value $ 4,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #267 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 cover, Catalog #AAMC 82 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #268 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 on takeoff from the county airport Pittsburgh, with only 3-4 sacks of mail recovered | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #269 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1933 (June 3) Attempted Round the World Solo Flight by Jimmy Mattern, who attempted to circle the globe in record time. Leaving New York on 3rd June, he flew nonstop to Jomfruland, Norway. The next stop was Moscow, but he was lost near Anadyr, Siberia and no communication was received for two weeks. Jimmy was finally rescued by the famous Russian flyer Levanevsky and flew on his plane to Nome, Alaska. From there, Mattern secured another airplane and continued back to New York. He carried a few covers which have postmarks showing the history of the flight: New York (June 3), Jomflunad (June 4), Moscow (June 5), Khabarovsk (June 12), Krasnoyarsk (June 9), Amadyr (July 5), Edmonton (July 27), and on reverse Juneau (July 25) and Fairbanks (July 23), minor toning and cover wear and tear, signed Jimmy Mattern Catalog #AAMC TO1177 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #270 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 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 a river in Cadiz, California | Price Realized $200.00 |
