U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
October 31-November 1, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #166 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 (July 3). pmk, fine and rare. Mail was to be flown on each day of the meet from Hartford Aviation Field, served by the Squantum post office, 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 (Harriet Quimby was the first woman to gain a pilot's license in the United States and the first woman to fly across the English Channel. On July 1, 1912 Quimby flew in the Third Annual Boston Aviation Meet at Squantum, Massachusetts. She flew out to Boston Light in Boston Harbor at about 3000 feet, and then returned and circled the airfield, eventually crashing to her death)  Catalog #AAMC 36a Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
