U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
April 12-13, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #141 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1919 (July 8) return flight from New York to London, via the "R-34" airship to Clifden, Ireland, franked with 3c violet, Hempstead July 9 and London R-34 (July 13) arrival pmks, backflap tears, otherwise fine; also with corresponding Keystone View Company stereoview card (some tape reinforcements at bottom left). According to Wikipedia the R-34 left Britain on 2 July 1919 and arrived in Mineola, Long Island, United States on 6 July after a flight of 108 hours with virtually no fuel left. As the landing party had no experience of handling large rigid airships, Major EM Pritchard jumped by parachute and so became the first person to reach American soil by air from Europe. This was the first East-West crossing of the Atlantic and was done two weeks after the first non-stop Atlantic crossing by Alcock & Brown. The return journey to Pulham in Norfolk was from 10 to 13 July and took 75 hours. A rarity  | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #142 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 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #143 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 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #144 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 | Price Realized $110.00 |
