U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
July 10-12, 2013
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 | Lot #155 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1929 "Yellow Bird" flight from Old Orchard, Maine to Paris, "via Yellow Bird" typed at UL, v.f., with Comillas arrival pmk. The Yellow Bird (L'Oiseau Canari), a French plane, was preparing to attempt a flight across the Atlantic. It was supposed to be a race with the American Green Flash, but the latter crashed in a soft spot on the sand and was unable to compete
Catalog #AAMC TO 1091 | Unsold
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 | Lot #156 UNITED STATES Flight Covers 1931 First Trans-Pacific Non-Stop Flight Tokyo to Seattle, mixed franking with Japanese stamp, signed by the pilots (Allen and Moyle), fine-v.f.
| Price Realized $160.00
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