U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #87 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1913 (Sep 3) picture postcard (Aeroplane Flying Over Fair Grounds), boxed St. Paul Minnesota datestamp, addressed to Austin, with Fair Grounds departure message "the only air ships I have seen yet are on this card"  | Unsold |
 | Lot #88 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1933 (15 July), around the world solo flight by Wiley Post, small cacheted cover franked with 8c air mail stamp, addressed to A. Wittnauer Co. of New York, with an additional 8c added on arrival (Aug. 3), signed by Wiley Post, v.f. This American pilot in his plane "Winnie Mae", flew solo around the world, a distance of 15,596 miles in seven days, breaking all records. After the record-setting flight, Post wanted to open his own aeronautical school, but could not raise enough financial support because of doubts many had about his rural background and limited formal education. Motivated by his detractors, Post decided to attempt a solo flight around the world and to break his previous speed record. He improved his aircraft by installing an autopilot device and a radio direction finder that were in their final stages of development by the Sperry Gyroscope Company and the United States Army. A rarity, only five covers were carried on this flight, which was the first solo flight around the world | Unsold |
 | Lot #89 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1938 (July 10) Howard Hughes Record Around the World Flight, specially prepared legal sized cover. This flight was the aviation epic of the year. Howard Hughes and a crew flew a Lockheed 14 and the flight took 91 hours, with stops in Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks (Minn.) and back to New York. A specially prepared legal sized airmail cover, franked with U.S., French and Russian adhesives and signed by the entire crew and Hughes, v.f. and exceedingly rare as only a handful are known to be signed by Howard Hughes Catalog #AAMC TO1307 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
