U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #118
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1931 (July 28), Round the World Flight by Herndon and Pangborn, cover signed by Hugh Herndon Jr, franked with 2c regular issue, also 3c Yorktown (cancelled Wenatchee, Wash. Oct. 5, fifteen days before this post office was authorized to sell the stamp), used with 3sen Japanese franking, appropriate cachets, also two Russian cancellations including Khabarovsk 30.8.31, tape adhesions at sides, rare cover, one of only 75 carried
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO1146
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #119
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1933 (July 15) attempted Ocean Flight, New York to Lithuania by Capt. Stefan Darius and Stanley Girenas flight cover from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, July 15, 1933 "Lituanica" canc., franked with 3c violet, v.f., with six line cachet, signed by both pilots. Both flyers died when their plane was wrecked at Soldin, Germany, about 400 miles short of their goal. Mail was delivered to Kaunas on July 18, 1933, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO1081
Price Realized
$190.00

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