U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 12-13, 2018

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #194
United States - Air Post Flight Covers
1912 (8 June) Mansfield OH, Fairgrounds Aviation Meet, 1c green (creased), tied by Mansfield Ohio oval cancel and beautifully struck violet “Mansfield, OH Mailed by Aeroplane, June 8, '12 3 P.M.” circular datestamp on locally addressed Mansfield Daily News souvenir postcard addressed to Ashland, fine. Only six pieces of mail from this attempted flight are recorded. The pilot, Beckwith Havens, experienced engine trouble on a preliminary flight on the 7th and had to land in a field where his plane stayed overnight. On the 8th he took off from the field and crashed in a ditch on his way to the fairgrounds, damaging his plane. The flight was abandoned but some pieces of mail were prepared to be carried on this official mail route. AAMC notes only six are reported,
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC 34
Catalog Value $ 2,000
Price Realized
$1,600.00

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