U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
January 9-10, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #53 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1919 (8.14) First Experimental Airmail Delivered at Sea, cover (opened for display) franked with 3c, addressed to London, England, with London arrival on reverse, some cover flaws, otherwise fine. On August 14, C.J. Zimmerman, flying an aero-marine flying boat, at the request of the Post Office, successfully dropped a sack of European mail on the deck of the S.S. Adriatic  | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #54 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1927 (June 29) Byrd Transatlantic Flight, commercial cover addressed to England, endorsed "Via U.S. Airmail Plane America Commander Richard E. Byrd", with France 1.50fr added in Cherbourg (machine cancel) for delivery to England. The monoplane "America" took off from New York and after a 42 hour flight was forced to land on the beach. The mail pouch was soaked and hence this cover shows some evidence of water logging, fine and rare commercial cover, likely carried as a favor by Byrd | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #55 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1930 Mears and Brown attempted Round-the-World flight, card carried from US to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, where the plane crashed upon take-off, v.f., scarce - only 25 cards carried | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #56 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1930 Mears and Brown non-stop air mail flight cover carried from New York to Harbour Grace, where is was sent registered to New Jersey (Aug.2), various transit postmarks on reverse, with handwritten note on reverse by W.H. Kennedy (Postmaster at Harbour Grace) "Delivered to me by John Henry Mears who landed at Hr. Grace airport from airplane, City of New York August 2, 1930 at 4.25 PM", v.f. | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #57 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1933 (1 Nov) Pond and Sabelli flight to Rome, 8c stationery entire, with appropriate markings incl. Leact ui Concubair (15 May 34) and Rome, signed by Sabelli. The fliers reached Ireland where they had to stop for repairs on way to Rome | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #58 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1933 (3 June) Attempted Round the World Flight by Jimmie Mattern; flight failed as his plane crashed in Siberia on June 14th. He was eventually rescued by Eskimos and flown to Nome, Alaska by the famous Russian pilot, Sigismund Levanevsky (in a twist of fate, Mattern would join the search for Levanevsky after he went missing in 1937. Levanevsky was never found). Mattern flew the rest of the way back to New York. A small cover with Russian and U.S. adhesives on front and back, signed by Mattern, with all cancels showing the complete history of this flight, minor toning (caused by the seam adhesive) and corner discolorations, fine and extremely rare cover; also three additional 1932-1934 commemorative covers Catalog #AAMC 1177 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #59 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1935 (14 June) Alfred de Monteverde crash cover, with boxed cachet indicating that it was placed on "Francesco de Pinedo" at Floyd Bennett Field, v.f., signed by Monteverde | Price Realized $240.00 |
