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Great Britain, Forerunner Mail Flight 1910, C. Grahame-White
flew ...mehr Great Britain, Forerunner Mail Flight 1910, C. Grahame-White flew this Advertising card from Blackpool a full year before the UK "First UK Aerial Post"; very seldom encountered, Fine to Very Fine
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Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Foreign Destinations
1911, 13 ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Foreign Destinations 1911, 13 exhibit pages containing two dozen pioneer airmail cards and envelopes sent abroad; includes Madeira, Bermuda, Trinidad, Jamaica, Ecuador, Argentina, El Salvador, Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand, New Hebrides (may be unique), Japan, Ceylon, Burma, India, South Rhodesia, South Africa, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Austria; Wow! Fine to Very Fine
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Plate Reconstruction
1911, 15 ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Plate Reconstruction 1911, 15 exhibit pages with a remarkable recontruction of the sheets that created the postcards for the flight; 25 of the 30 cards were flown with destinations that included Germany, Australia, and Malta; each card includes an enlargement to show the plate flaw that made plate reconstruction possible, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Identification of Flights
1911, ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Identification of Flights 1911, 24 flown cards and envelopes on 15 exhibit pages with a wealth of aerophilatelic information; begins with scarce violet privileged mail only used by the Organizing Committee and what would be the only airmail carried on Sept 9 due to poor weather conditions; includes cover from the 15th Mail Flight in which engine trouble forced the pilot to land at Langley and forward the mail to Windsor by car; attractive, Fine to Very Fine
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Posting the Mail 1911,
23 flown ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Posting the Mail 1911, 23 flown cards and envelopes on exhibit pages organized by the special mail boxes found at selected retailers; includes Arding & Hobbs, Harrods Ltd, John Barker & Co (Tasmania), Selfridge & Co (with sales receipt), Wimpole Street Post Office postmarks (four different), Benetfink & Co, A W Gamage & Co, Office of the Aerial Post (three from the Organizing Committee), Army & Navy Stores (New Zealand), D H Evans & Co (United States), Roper & Co, and three from Hendon Aerodrome (including one to India); powerful, Fine to Very Fine
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Advertising Cards 1911,
14 ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Advertising Cards 1911, 14 Advertising cards sent to clients nicely dovetailed with the first Airmail in Great Britain; includes Brown Brothers, Arding & Hobbs, J & J Colman, Car & General Insurance (with variety), Educational Book, The Financial Outlook, The Gramophone Co., Molassine Dog Food, Remington Typewriter, Royal Aero Club, Wright's Coal Tar Soap, and Shell Petroleum; beautifully presented on exhibit pages, Fine to Very Fine
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Postage Rates 1911, 9
better ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Postage Rates 1911, 9 better examples from the first UK Airmail on exhibit pages; basic rate to Ireland, Isle of Wight, Special Use Internal rate to British ship at Gibraltar, British Legation in Peru, Printed Matter to Canada, as well as two underpaid to France, and another to India and Australia; powerful, Fine to Very Fine
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Printings 1911, 12
different mint ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Printings 1911, 12 different mint envelopes and cards with adhesives on exhibit pages; 1st Printing -Public Mail including scarlet, purple-brown, and bright green (the later two with matching note paper); Emergency Printing - Flap Embosed Envelopes in red-brown (flown), and unused envelopes without stamps (elusive) in olive-green and deep brown; 2nd Emergency Printing with matching note paper; 1st Printing cards in olive-green, red-brown, and brown; 2nd Printing card; and 3rd Printing card; very difficult to replicate, Fine to Very Fine
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Postmark Dates 1911, 10
envelopes ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Postmark Dates 1911, 10 envelopes and cards on exhibit pages; postmarks from London from Sept 9 through 15, except for Sunday, Sept 10; Sept 9th cancels are elusive, both a postcard and a letter are shown (the envelope is to Belgium); Sept 14th postmark with Sept 13th machine cancel; strong group, Fine to Very Fine
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Exhibit Balance 1911, ...mehr
Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Exhibit Balance 1911, 18
envelopes and cards (one mailed but not flown) expertly organized
on exhibit pages; includes London to Winsor cards flown from
Winsor, scarce printing ordered by the Organizing Committee with
"Copyright" in left margin, flap embossed envelopes flown from
Winsor, foreign destinations (India, Southern Nigeria, Portugal,
and Germany), and Advertising cards from J Frenkel & Co as well as
the Windor Chronicle; great lot, Fine to Very Fine
1910 (Nov. 13) Ship-to-Shore Attempt, SS Pennsylvania at
Sea to New ...mehr 1910 (Nov. 13) Ship-to-Shore Attempt, SS Pennsylvania at Sea to New York (AAMC 1a), scarce first attempted Ship-To-Shore Airmail to the United States; Glenn Curtiss had planned to alight from an elevated deck of the Kaiseren Augusta Victoria in anticipation that the upcoming 900 foot Europa would be capable of Ship-To-Shore operations; the pilot assignment was changed to J A McCurdy but his flight was posponed due to weather requiring a change both in ship (SS Pennsylvania) and pilot ("Bud" Mars); all was prepared on Nov 12th with 30 minutes to launch when the engine was engaged, stray rubber tubing left on a wing ingested into the propeller damaging the aircraft and canceling the flight; includes pair of unused envelopes (1d) on blue paper and a white one with Red Cross corner card; key rarity, Very Fine.
AAMC $3,000.
1911 (Sept. 16) Cal Rodgers "Vin Fiz" Flight, Sheepshead Bay,
N.Y. to ...mehr 1911 (Sept. 16) Cal Rodgers "Vin Fiz" Flight, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. to Long Beach, Calif. (AAMC 2d), the Holy Grail of the Pioneer Period is the Cal Rogers "Vin Fiz" odyssey; on the final leg from Pasadena to Long Beach, Rogers was seriously injured at Compton; postmarked in Long Beach four days later, the postcard (with a mint example included) reads, "Machine wrecked / at Compton / Aviator Injured"; lot include a promotional slip dropped from the Flyer, and one of five recorded cards sent by mechanic Charles Wiggin (great Real Photo postcard of Rogers landed at Canisteo NY) mailed at Hornell (not flown); Creases, water stains, and small tear on left edge, Very Good to Fine, 11 reported.
AAMC $7,000.
1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, ...mehr
1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, Garden
City, N.Y. (AAMC 3g), 11 exhibit pages documenting the
International Aviation Meet at Garden City with 16 of 19 flown (5
envelopes, 13 postcards, and a wrapper) and a mint postcard; bold
first day flight cover on Associated Press stationery (cat
$775), first day on postal entire missing "AERIAL SPECIAL
DESPATCH" cachet (3h), card written on the 23rd but processed the
next day due to heavy mail volume (3a), pair illustrating Official
Postal Aviator Earle Ovington (3e), rare Airmail Semi Postal
forerunner intended for sale but not approved by POD (3g), only
recorded wrapper flown during the meet, Special Delivery envelope
(unique), Advertising card from the meet (3d), Moisant
Monoplanes promotional cards (one flown and one mint), Doubleday
Advertising card to France then forwarded to Switzerland, inverted
"1" date (3c), and only know flown card without the special
AEROPLANE STATION postmark; powerful, Fine to Very Fine, 3
reported
3 reported.
AAMC $3,750.
1911 (Oct. 4-8) Aviation Meet, St. Louis, Mo. (AAMC 5d),
four exhibit ...mehr 1911 (Oct. 4-8) Aviation Meet, St. Louis, Mo. (AAMC 5d), four exhibit pages of the first official mail transported by hydroplane; 2 envelopes and 6 postcards carried by air at the St Louis Aviation Meet; local postal authorities mandated that "Aerial Post" appear in the lower left corner (a single line cachet reads "Aeriel Route") and required 2¢ postage, although the postcard rate was only 1¢; examples include Oct 4 (2), Oct 5 (3), Oct 6, Oct 7, and Oct 8; of the 25,000 pieces carried that week, less than 15 flew on Oct 8th; catalog $1,750, Fine to Very Fine, less than 15 reported.
AAMC $600.
1911 (Oct. 17-20) Mississippi River Flight, Minneapolis, Minn.
to ...mehr 1911 (Oct. 17-20) Mississippi River Flight, Minneapolis, Minn. to Rock Island, Ill. (AAMC 6), Hugh Robinson had planned to pilot his Curtiss Hydroplane from Minneapolis along the Mississippi River to New Orleans; while it is believed 600-800 pieces were flown, less than 10 have been documented; the card is from the first leg, Minneapolis to Winona; he got as far as Rock Hill IL before a lack of fiscal support ended the flight; scarce, Fine to Very Fine, less than 10 reported.
AAMC $1,750.
1911 (Oct. 21) Aviation Meet, Rochester, N.Y. (AAMC 7),
famed Early ...mehr 1911 (Oct. 21) Aviation Meet, Rochester, N.Y. (AAMC 7), famed Early Birman Lincoln Beachey flew about 15,000 cards from Crittenden Park Station to Genesee Valley Park on his first of several flights as an airmail carrier, Very Fine.
AAMC $175.
1911 (Nov. 3-5) Aero Military Tournament, Louisville, Ky. (AAMC
8), ...mehr 1911 (Nov. 3-5) Aero Military Tournament, Louisville, Ky. (AAMC 8), Clifford Turpin few mail a short distance on Nov 3rd and 5th as part of an event called "On the Mexican Border", which portrayed a battle between the US Army and Mexican guerillas; since this postcard was penned on the 4th (weather canceled flying that day), it was carried aloft on the 5th; rare, Very Fine, fewer than 5 reported.
AAMC $4,500.
1911 (Nov. 5-6) League Park Aviation Meet, Fort Smith, Ark.
(AAMC 9), ...mehr 1911 (Nov. 5-6) League Park Aviation Meet, Fort Smith, Ark. (AAMC 9), 5 cards from the Fort Smith Aviation Meet; there remains some disagreement as to whether cards postmarked on Nov 5th were flown; some assert that since poor weather precluded aerial activity that day it was not carried, the consignor (a top specialist in the field) believes the card (autographed by pilot Beckwith Havens) was lifted aloft the following day with the mail canceled on the 6th; the exhibit pages also include an example from the 6th with red cancel (9a), a pair of Advertising cards (wide and narrow "6" variety), and one of two recorded large Advertising cards; catalog $750, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $150.
1911 (Nov. 16-18) Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet, Atlanta, Ga.
(AAMC ...mehr 1911 (Nov. 16-18) Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet, Atlanta, Ga. (AAMC 10c), few of the 3,500 flown over three days at the Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet have been reported; lot contains two #10c (AERO POST poem, "They're Flying at the Speedway"), flown on Nov 16 and another on Nov 18; also a blue cancel on Nov 17 (10a), and violet cancel on Nov 18 (10b); catalog $2,250, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $750.
1911 (Nov. 25-28) Athletic Park Aviation Meet, Savannah, Ga.
(AAMC ...mehr 1911 (Nov. 25-28) Athletic Park Aviation Meet, Savannah, Ga. (AAMC 11), Beckwith Havens was in Savannah at Athletic Park to wow the crowds with his Curtiss biplane; he circled the park and then traveled about a mile where he dropped the mail sack to a waiting postal clerk; the lot includes examples of both the violet and black cancels from the Nov 25 show (only three black cancels are recorded), and two violet from the Nov 28th flight (one autographed); nice lot, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $250.
1911 (Dec. 12-13) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Columbus, Ga.
(AAMC ...mehr 1911 (Dec. 12-13) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Columbus, Ga. (AAMC 12b), sponsored by The Columbus Ledger, Charles Walsh flew a Curtiss machine for an adoring crowd; the four items include a card and envelope flown on Dec 12th, a postcard on Dec 13 (12a), and a tiny envelope flown with the "1912" error date; catalog $1,450, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $500.
1911 (Dec. 28) South Atlantic League Aviation Meet, Albany, Ga.
(AAMC ...mehr 1911 (Dec. 28) South Atlantic League Aviation Meet, Albany, Ga. (AAMC 13), it was fortunate that Thornwall Andrews was performing at the Putney Memorial Exhibition in Albany on Dec 28; after tooling around for 10 miles over the city and dropping a locked pouch to a postal worker, Andrews crashed into a fence on landing resulting in a broken are a a demolished aircraft; philatelic evidence includes an envelope and postcard in violet, an Advertising card, and a flown facing slip that sat atop the bundle of mail; catalog $600, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $200.
1912 (Jan. 1-2) Highwood Park Aviation Meet, Wilmington, N.C.
(AAMC ...mehr 1912 (Jan. 1-2) Highwood Park Aviation Meet, Wilmington, N.C. (AAMC 14), although 1,600 pieces were carried by Lincoln Beachey on New Year's Day, only a handful have ever been found; plans for a second flight the following day were tabled when bad weather rolled in; includes two examples from different canceling devices; scarce, Fine to Very Fine, fewer than 10 pieces reported.
AAMC $850.
1912 (Jan. 20-28) Dominguez Field Aviation Meet, Los Angeles,
Ca. ...mehr 1912 (Jan. 20-28) Dominguez Field Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, Ca. (AAMC 15c), 14 extraordinary examples from an international air meet held at Dominguez Field; includes Clifford Turpin flown card showing the Postmaster General passing the first Airmail to the pilot fours months previously; Type I envelopes and card flown by Glenn Curtiss (including one of two recorded Special Delivery); Type II (including one of two carried on Jan 28); Type III (one has imperforate adhesives), year on the third line (15c var), and unique time on the third line (15c), only recorded wrapper from the meet, and a pair from the final day carried aloft by Glenn Curtiss; catalog $2,575, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300.
1912 (Feb. 17-25) Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet, Oakland,
Cal. ...mehr 1912 (Feb. 17-25) Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet, Oakland, Cal. (AAMC 16), 6 better examples from the Third International Aviation Meet sponsored by the Pacific Aero Club; piloted by Farnum Fish (did his parents not love him?), pieces include opening day (whish is by far the most plentiful), as well as a cover and flown facing slip from Feb 18, and postcards from Feb 22, Feb 23, and Feb 24; catalog $1,800, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300.
1912 (Mar. 2-3) Agricultural Park Aviation Meet, Sacramento,
Cal. ...mehr 1912 (Mar. 2-3) Agricultural Park Aviation Meet, Sacramento, Cal. (AAMC 17a), extraordinary Postage Due example (probably because the address was written on the wrong side) of Agricultural Park Aviation Meet mail flown by Glenn Curtiss; stunning cancel, Very Fine.
AAMC $500.
1912 (Mar. 12-16) Aviation Meet, Hot Springs, Ark. (AAMC
18a), with ...mehr 1912 (Mar. 12-16) Aviation Meet, Hot Springs, Ark. (AAMC 18a), with only 6 cards reported for the event, this lot includes March 13 (three known) and March 15 (two known); Jimmy Ward and Nels Nelson undertook the flying duties; catalog $ 4,650; creases noted, Fine to Very Fine, 2 items recorded.
AAMC $2,500.
1912 (Mar. 17) National School Grounds Aviation Meet, Galveston,
Tex. ...mehr 1912 (Mar. 17) National School Grounds Aviation Meet, Galveston, Tex. (AAMC 19), Galveston Chamber of Commerce arranged to have Paul Studensky aviate a Curtiss-type biplane degigned and built by Leston Bratton; lot includes a postal card (with "squared comma" variety), Remington Typewriter Advertising, a postcard, and a second showing the aircraft on the field (written but not mailed); catalog $900, Very Fine.
AAMC $300.
1912 (Apr. 6-7) Coronado Polo Grounds Aviation Meet, San Diego,
Cal. ...mehr 1912 (Apr. 6-7) Coronado Polo Grounds Aviation Meet, San Diego, Cal. (AAMC 21), pair of postcards (one from the Apr 6 and the other the Apr 7 flight) carried by Farnum Fish in a biplane and then carried by Lt. John Towers (USN) in a hydroplane; while as many of 2,000 items were carried, very few remain; catalog $1,000, Very Fine.
AAMC $500.
1912 (Apr. 21) New Era Park Aviation Meet, Eureka, Cal. (AAMC
21), ...mehr 1912 (Apr. 21) New Era Park Aviation Meet, Eureka, Cal. (AAMC 21), 147 pieces of mail were dropped by Weldon Cooke during the New Era Park Exhibition; nice examples of the cancel on a business corner card and a postmark; catalog $700, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $350.
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Lot 24
flew ...mehr Great Britain, Forerunner Mail Flight 1910, C. Grahame-White flew this Advertising card from Blackpool a full year before the UK "First UK Aerial Post"; very seldom encountered, Fine to Very Fine
330.00 USD
(app. 279 EUR)
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(app. 279 EUR)
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Lot 25
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1911, 13 ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Foreign Destinations 1911, 13 exhibit pages containing two dozen pioneer airmail cards and envelopes sent abroad; includes Madeira, Bermuda, Trinidad, Jamaica, Ecuador, Argentina, El Salvador, Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand, New Hebrides (may be unique), Japan, Ceylon, Burma, India, South Rhodesia, South Africa, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Austria; Wow! Fine to Very Fine
1800.00 USD
(app. 1524 EUR)
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(app. 1524 EUR)
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Lot 26
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1911, 15 ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Plate Reconstruction 1911, 15 exhibit pages with a remarkable recontruction of the sheets that created the postcards for the flight; 25 of the 30 cards were flown with destinations that included Germany, Australia, and Malta; each card includes an enlargement to show the plate flaw that made plate reconstruction possible, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs
1080.00 USD
(app. 915 EUR)
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(app. 915 EUR)
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Lot 27
14 images supplémentaires
1911, ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Identification of Flights 1911, 24 flown cards and envelopes on 15 exhibit pages with a wealth of aerophilatelic information; begins with scarce violet privileged mail only used by the Organizing Committee and what would be the only airmail carried on Sept 9 due to poor weather conditions; includes cover from the 15th Mail Flight in which engine trouble forced the pilot to land at Langley and forward the mail to Windsor by car; attractive, Fine to Very Fine
1920.00 USD
(app. 1626 EUR)
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(app. 1626 EUR)
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Lot 28
12 images supplémentaires
23 flown ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Posting the Mail 1911, 23 flown cards and envelopes on exhibit pages organized by the special mail boxes found at selected retailers; includes Arding & Hobbs, Harrods Ltd, John Barker & Co (Tasmania), Selfridge & Co (with sales receipt), Wimpole Street Post Office postmarks (four different), Benetfink & Co, A W Gamage & Co, Office of the Aerial Post (three from the Organizing Committee), Army & Navy Stores (New Zealand), D H Evans & Co (United States), Roper & Co, and three from Hendon Aerodrome (including one to India); powerful, Fine to Very Fine
1680.00 USD
(app. 1423 EUR)
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(app. 1423 EUR)
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Lot 29
7 images supplémentaires
14 ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Advertising Cards 1911, 14 Advertising cards sent to clients nicely dovetailed with the first Airmail in Great Britain; includes Brown Brothers, Arding & Hobbs, J & J Colman, Car & General Insurance (with variety), Educational Book, The Financial Outlook, The Gramophone Co., Molassine Dog Food, Remington Typewriter, Royal Aero Club, Wright's Coal Tar Soap, and Shell Petroleum; beautifully presented on exhibit pages, Fine to Very Fine
900.00 USD
(app. 762 EUR)
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(app. 762 EUR)
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Lot 30
3 images supplémentaires
better ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Postage Rates 1911, 9 better examples from the first UK Airmail on exhibit pages; basic rate to Ireland, Isle of Wight, Special Use Internal rate to British ship at Gibraltar, British Legation in Peru, Printed Matter to Canada, as well as two underpaid to France, and another to India and Australia; powerful, Fine to Very Fine
1020.00 USD
(app. 864 EUR)
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(app. 864 EUR)
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Lot 31
7 images supplémentaires
different mint ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Printings 1911, 12 different mint envelopes and cards with adhesives on exhibit pages; 1st Printing -Public Mail including scarlet, purple-brown, and bright green (the later two with matching note paper); Emergency Printing - Flap Embosed Envelopes in red-brown (flown), and unused envelopes without stamps (elusive) in olive-green and deep brown; 2nd Emergency Printing with matching note paper; 1st Printing cards in olive-green, red-brown, and brown; 2nd Printing card; and 3rd Printing card; very difficult to replicate, Fine to Very Fine
510.00 USD
(app. 432 EUR)
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(app. 432 EUR)
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Lot 32
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envelopes ...mehr Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Postmark Dates 1911, 10 envelopes and cards on exhibit pages; postmarks from London from Sept 9 through 15, except for Sunday, Sept 10; Sept 9th cancels are elusive, both a postcard and a letter are shown (the envelope is to Belgium); Sept 14th postmark with Sept 13th machine cancel; strong group, Fine to Very Fine
570.00 USD
(app. 483 EUR)
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(app. 483 EUR)
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Lot 33
8 images supplémentaires
1140.00 USD
(app. 965 EUR)
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(app. 965 EUR)
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Lot 1663
Sea to New ...mehr 1910 (Nov. 13) Ship-to-Shore Attempt, SS Pennsylvania at Sea to New York (AAMC 1a), scarce first attempted Ship-To-Shore Airmail to the United States; Glenn Curtiss had planned to alight from an elevated deck of the Kaiseren Augusta Victoria in anticipation that the upcoming 900 foot Europa would be capable of Ship-To-Shore operations; the pilot assignment was changed to J A McCurdy but his flight was posponed due to weather requiring a change both in ship (SS Pennsylvania) and pilot ("Bud" Mars); all was prepared on Nov 12th with 30 minutes to launch when the engine was engaged, stray rubber tubing left on a wing ingested into the propeller damaging the aircraft and canceling the flight; includes pair of unused envelopes (1d) on blue paper and a white one with Red Cross corner card; key rarity, Very Fine.
AAMC $3,000.
3120.00 USD
(app. 2642 EUR)
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(app. 2642 EUR)
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Lot 1664
N.Y. to ...mehr 1911 (Sept. 16) Cal Rodgers "Vin Fiz" Flight, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. to Long Beach, Calif. (AAMC 2d), the Holy Grail of the Pioneer Period is the Cal Rogers "Vin Fiz" odyssey; on the final leg from Pasadena to Long Beach, Rogers was seriously injured at Compton; postmarked in Long Beach four days later, the postcard (with a mint example included) reads, "Machine wrecked / at Compton / Aviator Injured"; lot include a promotional slip dropped from the Flyer, and one of five recorded cards sent by mechanic Charles Wiggin (great Real Photo postcard of Rogers landed at Canisteo NY) mailed at Hornell (not flown); Creases, water stains, and small tear on left edge, Very Good to Fine, 11 reported.
AAMC $7,000.
6900.00 USD
(app. 5843 EUR)
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(app. 5843 EUR)
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Lot 1665
10 images supplémentaires
3 reported.
AAMC $3,750.
5700.00 USD
(app. 4827 EUR)
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(app. 4827 EUR)
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Lot 1666
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four exhibit ...mehr 1911 (Oct. 4-8) Aviation Meet, St. Louis, Mo. (AAMC 5d), four exhibit pages of the first official mail transported by hydroplane; 2 envelopes and 6 postcards carried by air at the St Louis Aviation Meet; local postal authorities mandated that "Aerial Post" appear in the lower left corner (a single line cachet reads "Aeriel Route") and required 2¢ postage, although the postcard rate was only 1¢; examples include Oct 4 (2), Oct 5 (3), Oct 6, Oct 7, and Oct 8; of the 25,000 pieces carried that week, less than 15 flew on Oct 8th; catalog $1,750, Fine to Very Fine, less than 15 reported.
AAMC $600.
600.00 USD
(app. 508 EUR)
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(app. 508 EUR)
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Lot 1667
to ...mehr 1911 (Oct. 17-20) Mississippi River Flight, Minneapolis, Minn. to Rock Island, Ill. (AAMC 6), Hugh Robinson had planned to pilot his Curtiss Hydroplane from Minneapolis along the Mississippi River to New Orleans; while it is believed 600-800 pieces were flown, less than 10 have been documented; the card is from the first leg, Minneapolis to Winona; he got as far as Rock Hill IL before a lack of fiscal support ended the flight; scarce, Fine to Very Fine, less than 10 reported.
AAMC $1,750.
780.00 USD
(app. 660 EUR)
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(app. 660 EUR)
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Lot 1668
famed Early ...mehr 1911 (Oct. 21) Aviation Meet, Rochester, N.Y. (AAMC 7), famed Early Birman Lincoln Beachey flew about 15,000 cards from Crittenden Park Station to Genesee Valley Park on his first of several flights as an airmail carrier, Very Fine.
AAMC $175.
120.00 USD
(app. 102 EUR)
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(app. 102 EUR)
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Lot 1669
8), ...mehr 1911 (Nov. 3-5) Aero Military Tournament, Louisville, Ky. (AAMC 8), Clifford Turpin few mail a short distance on Nov 3rd and 5th as part of an event called "On the Mexican Border", which portrayed a battle between the US Army and Mexican guerillas; since this postcard was penned on the 4th (weather canceled flying that day), it was carried aloft on the 5th; rare, Very Fine, fewer than 5 reported.
AAMC $4,500.
2880.00 USD
(app. 2439 EUR)
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(app. 2439 EUR)
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Lot 1670
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(AAMC 9), ...mehr 1911 (Nov. 5-6) League Park Aviation Meet, Fort Smith, Ark. (AAMC 9), 5 cards from the Fort Smith Aviation Meet; there remains some disagreement as to whether cards postmarked on Nov 5th were flown; some assert that since poor weather precluded aerial activity that day it was not carried, the consignor (a top specialist in the field) believes the card (autographed by pilot Beckwith Havens) was lifted aloft the following day with the mail canceled on the 6th; the exhibit pages also include an example from the 6th with red cancel (9a), a pair of Advertising cards (wide and narrow "6" variety), and one of two recorded large Advertising cards; catalog $750, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $150.
540.00 USD
(app. 457 EUR)
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(app. 457 EUR)
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Lot 1671
(AAMC ...mehr 1911 (Nov. 16-18) Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet, Atlanta, Ga. (AAMC 10c), few of the 3,500 flown over three days at the Atlanta Speedway Aviation Meet have been reported; lot contains two #10c (AERO POST poem, "They're Flying at the Speedway"), flown on Nov 16 and another on Nov 18; also a blue cancel on Nov 17 (10a), and violet cancel on Nov 18 (10b); catalog $2,250, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $750.
780.00 USD
(app. 660 EUR)
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(app. 660 EUR)
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Lot 1672
(AAMC ...mehr 1911 (Nov. 25-28) Athletic Park Aviation Meet, Savannah, Ga. (AAMC 11), Beckwith Havens was in Savannah at Athletic Park to wow the crowds with his Curtiss biplane; he circled the park and then traveled about a mile where he dropped the mail sack to a waiting postal clerk; the lot includes examples of both the violet and black cancels from the Nov 25 show (only three black cancels are recorded), and two violet from the Nov 28th flight (one autographed); nice lot, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $250.
390.00 USD
(app. 330 EUR)
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(app. 330 EUR)
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Lot 1673
(AAMC ...mehr 1911 (Dec. 12-13) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Columbus, Ga. (AAMC 12b), sponsored by The Columbus Ledger, Charles Walsh flew a Curtiss machine for an adoring crowd; the four items include a card and envelope flown on Dec 12th, a postcard on Dec 13 (12a), and a tiny envelope flown with the "1912" error date; catalog $1,450, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $500.
660.00 USD
(app. 559 EUR)
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(app. 559 EUR)
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Lot 1674
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(AAMC ...mehr 1911 (Dec. 28) South Atlantic League Aviation Meet, Albany, Ga. (AAMC 13), it was fortunate that Thornwall Andrews was performing at the Putney Memorial Exhibition in Albany on Dec 28; after tooling around for 10 miles over the city and dropping a locked pouch to a postal worker, Andrews crashed into a fence on landing resulting in a broken are a a demolished aircraft; philatelic evidence includes an envelope and postcard in violet, an Advertising card, and a flown facing slip that sat atop the bundle of mail; catalog $600, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $200.
360.00 USD
(app. 305 EUR)
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(app. 305 EUR)
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Lot 1675
(AAMC ...mehr 1912 (Jan. 1-2) Highwood Park Aviation Meet, Wilmington, N.C. (AAMC 14), although 1,600 pieces were carried by Lincoln Beachey on New Year's Day, only a handful have ever been found; plans for a second flight the following day were tabled when bad weather rolled in; includes two examples from different canceling devices; scarce, Fine to Very Fine, fewer than 10 pieces reported.
AAMC $850.
1800.00 USD
(app. 1524 EUR)
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(app. 1524 EUR)
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Lot 1676
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Ca. ...mehr 1912 (Jan. 20-28) Dominguez Field Aviation Meet, Los Angeles, Ca. (AAMC 15c), 14 extraordinary examples from an international air meet held at Dominguez Field; includes Clifford Turpin flown card showing the Postmaster General passing the first Airmail to the pilot fours months previously; Type I envelopes and card flown by Glenn Curtiss (including one of two recorded Special Delivery); Type II (including one of two carried on Jan 28); Type III (one has imperforate adhesives), year on the third line (15c var), and unique time on the third line (15c), only recorded wrapper from the meet, and a pair from the final day carried aloft by Glenn Curtiss; catalog $2,575, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300.
1320.00 USD
(app. 1118 EUR)
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(app. 1118 EUR)
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Lot 1677
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Cal. ...mehr 1912 (Feb. 17-25) Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet, Oakland, Cal. (AAMC 16), 6 better examples from the Third International Aviation Meet sponsored by the Pacific Aero Club; piloted by Farnum Fish (did his parents not love him?), pieces include opening day (whish is by far the most plentiful), as well as a cover and flown facing slip from Feb 18, and postcards from Feb 22, Feb 23, and Feb 24; catalog $1,800, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $300.
780.00 USD
(app. 660 EUR)
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(app. 660 EUR)
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Lot 1678
Cal. ...mehr 1912 (Mar. 2-3) Agricultural Park Aviation Meet, Sacramento, Cal. (AAMC 17a), extraordinary Postage Due example (probably because the address was written on the wrong side) of Agricultural Park Aviation Meet mail flown by Glenn Curtiss; stunning cancel, Very Fine.
AAMC $500.
450.00 USD
(app. 381 EUR)
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(app. 381 EUR)
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Lot 1679
18a), with ...mehr 1912 (Mar. 12-16) Aviation Meet, Hot Springs, Ark. (AAMC 18a), with only 6 cards reported for the event, this lot includes March 13 (three known) and March 15 (two known); Jimmy Ward and Nels Nelson undertook the flying duties; catalog $ 4,650; creases noted, Fine to Very Fine, 2 items recorded.
AAMC $2,500.
1800.00 USD
(app. 1524 EUR)
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(app. 1524 EUR)
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Lot 1680
Tex. ...mehr 1912 (Mar. 17) National School Grounds Aviation Meet, Galveston, Tex. (AAMC 19), Galveston Chamber of Commerce arranged to have Paul Studensky aviate a Curtiss-type biplane degigned and built by Leston Bratton; lot includes a postal card (with "squared comma" variety), Remington Typewriter Advertising, a postcard, and a second showing the aircraft on the field (written but not mailed); catalog $900, Very Fine.
AAMC $300.
390.00 USD
(app. 330 EUR)
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(app. 330 EUR)
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Lot 1681
Cal. ...mehr 1912 (Apr. 6-7) Coronado Polo Grounds Aviation Meet, San Diego, Cal. (AAMC 21), pair of postcards (one from the Apr 6 and the other the Apr 7 flight) carried by Farnum Fish in a biplane and then carried by Lt. John Towers (USN) in a hydroplane; while as many of 2,000 items were carried, very few remain; catalog $1,000, Very Fine.
AAMC $500.
570.00 USD
(app. 483 EUR)
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(app. 483 EUR)
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Lot 1682
21), ...mehr 1912 (Apr. 21) New Era Park Aviation Meet, Eureka, Cal. (AAMC 21), 147 pieces of mail were dropped by Weldon Cooke during the New Era Park Exhibition; nice examples of the cancel on a business corner card and a postmark; catalog $700, Fine to Very Fine.
AAMC $350.
270.00 USD
(app. 229 EUR)
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(app. 229 EUR)
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