U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 18-19, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #73
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1927 (10 Sep) U.S. Sea Post Office with "U.S.Navy Plane to U.S.S. Leviathan at Sea" cachet, return address of A.C.Roessler, some toning, stamps with small faults, otherwise fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #74
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1930 (Charles Lindbergh): cover carried on inaugural Express service from Miami to Cristobal (pilots: Charles Lindbergh and Basile Rowe), posted from Puerto Cabezas, with private flight cachet prepared by Rowe (an avid philatelist when not trailblazing new aerial routes in the Caribbean first for WIAE, and later for Pan Am), and signed by both pilots, small faults, rare, ex-Krupnick (AAMC F5-46)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #75
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1939 (20 June) Pan-American Clipper flight, segmented cover with franking from USA, Hong Kong and France, appropriate markings, v.f. Trans-Pacific item
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #76
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1948 (13 Jan) record flight of "Atlas Sky Merchant", in 100 days the plane had covered 44,500 miles with stops in 29 different cities all over the world; airletter sheet cancelled at every stop, minor tape stains, otherwise fine, with Ernest Kehr's explanatory Linn's article
Envelope
Price Realized
$100.00

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