U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 17-18, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #80 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1930 (1 Aug) Mears and Brown attempted Round-the-World flight, card carried from US to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, where the plane crashed upon take-off, v.f., scarce - only 25 cards carried  | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #81 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1930 Mears and Brown non-stop air mail flight cover carried from New York to Harbour Grace, from where it was sent registered to New Jersey (Aug.2), various transit postmarks on reverse, with handwritten note on reverse by W.H. Kennedy (Postmaster at Harbour Grace) "Delivered to me by John Henry Mears who landed at Hr. Grace airport from airplane, City of New York August 2, 1930 at 4.25 PM", v.f. | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #82 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1933 (1 Nov) Pond and Sabelli flight to Rome, 8c stationery entire, with appropriate markings incl. Leact ui Concubair (15 May 34) and Rome, signed by Sabelli. The fliers reached Ireland, where they had to stop for repairs on the way to Rome | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #83 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1933 (3 June) Attempted Round the World Flight by Jimmie Mattern; flight failed as his plane crashed in Siberia on June 14th. He was eventually rescued by Eskimos and flown to Nome, Alaska by the famous Russian pilot, Sigismund Levanevsky (in a twist of fate, Mattern would join the search for Levanevsky after he went missing in 1937. Levanevsky was never found). Mattern flew the rest of the way back to New York. A small cover with Russian and U.S. adhesives on front and back, signed by Mattern, with all cancels showing the complete history of this flight, minor toning (caused by the seam adhesive) and corner discolorations, otherwise fine and very rare Catalog #AAMC 1177 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #84 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1935 (14 June) Alfred de Monteverde crash cover, with boxed cachet indicating that it was placed on "Francesco de Pinedo" at Floyd Bennett Field, v.f., signed by Monteverde | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #85 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1938 Howard Hughes Record Flight Around the World, airmail cover addressed to Florida, triple franking with French and Russian adhesives, all appropriate markings and actually signed by Howard Hughes and Harry Conner, one stamp defective, otherwise fine and scarce item, one of only a few covers actually signed by Hughes | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
