U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 10-11, 2014

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Lot #122
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1930 (Oct) registered and flown cover from St. Thomas to Bahia, Brazil, franked with top sheet margin block of six with Plate Number (C4), also additional franking, tied by target pmks, with "First Flight Air Mail to French Guiana and Brazil" cachet, v.f., interesting flight from the Virgin Islands, with 30 November arrival handstamp
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Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #123
United States - Air Post 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.
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Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #124
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1932 (July 5), Mattern and Griffin Round the World Flight. The U.S. pilot Jimmy Mattern, together with Lt. Griffin, took off from Floyd Bennet Field in an attempt to beat the round-the-world record held by Post and Gatty. The fliers landed in Berlin after a trip of 31 hours and 41 minutes, from New York, via Harbor Grace. They later reached Moscow, but cracked up on their hop to Siberia. Cover franked with 5c U.S. (New York July 5), 4pf Germany (July 7) and 15k Russia (cancelled Minsk 7.7), addressed to Clarence E. Page and autographed by both pilots, some usual minor adhesive toning, of no consequence. One of only 10 (!) covers carried on this flight
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Catalog #AAMC TO 1167
Unsold
Lot #125
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1932 (Aug 4) Round-the-World Flight by Wolfgang Von Gronau, cover to New Jersey franked with 3c Washington and 5c Airmail, with Chicago cds, black handstamp signed by von Gronau, flown on the Chicago-Montreal leg of the trip, with arrival on reverse, v.f.
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Catalog #AAMC TO1168a
Price Realized
$220.00

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