Lot
2641 
Air Mail Covers, lot of 45 covers with various frankings and cancellations, noted are a number of covers franked with the second airmail issue as well as two covers with the 50¢ Graf Zeppelin, one of which has a single and a pair, also noted is a cover with a 5¢ Beacon and a 5¢ Lindbergh Bisect and one cover franked with the 5¢ Beacon issue on a first flight by Amelia Earhart, many first flights are present, interesting group worth inspection.Estimate $500 - 750.
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Current Opening Bid: $250
Lot
2642
United States First Flight Covers, interesting lot of 110 covers carried on a wide variety of flights with various different frankings, mostly from the mid 1920's through the 1940's, all neatly identified by flight number, a few foreign frankings are also included, an interesting lot for the specialist.Estimate $300 - 400.
Current Opening Bid: $150
Lot
2643
United States Airmail Covers, 1918-1947, a selection of over seventy five covers, franked with various definitives as well as Airmail stamps, many C.A.M. and F.A.M flights, as well as Lindbergh, Zeppelin and later Clipper flights, included are 1918, 24¢ (C3) tied on cover, several covers franked with 8¢ (C4) on a range of different flights and much more, please inspect.Estimate $200 - 300.
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Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
2644
Boeing Airplane Flight Covers, 1920-59, group of 16 covers; includes two Oct 15, 1920 Canada-U.S. Regular Hydroplane First Trip covers, two 1925 Seattle-Victoria Seaplane Mail usages mail Aug 6 & Aug 19 from Seattle, two Sep 21, 1925 Victoria-Seattle 1st Trip Seaplane usages, June 29, 1929 Seattle-Victoria Seaplane Mail, June 1, 1926 Pasco, Wash-Elko, Nev flight, scarce 1922 Lethbridge, Alberta flight, 1928 Victoria-Vancouver experimental flight, 1934 England to Australia Air Race (signed by pilot), also two crash covers: 1928 Marquette, Neb. and 1929 Park City, Utah; nice group.Estimate $500 - 750.
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Current Opening Bid: $250
Lot
2645
Airmail cover accumulation, 1930-1940, sixteen covers in all, many are Zeppelin related covers or cards, included are 1930, 1¢ postal card additionally franked with 65¢ adhesive (C13) from New York to Germany, 1930, $1.30 (C14) on cover from New Jersey to Germany, $2.60 (C15) tied on legal sized cover from New York to Germany, 1930, 2¢ postal stationery entire uprated with 3¢ from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles with purple handstamp reading "damaged by air plane wreck", 1933 Century of Progress 50¢ (C18) on cover from to Pernambuco Brazil plus others, please inspect.Estimate $400 - 600.
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Current Opening Bid: $200
Lot
2646
United States Zeppelin flown covers, 1928-1936, 17 Hindenburg or Graf Zeppelin flown covers; tremendous variety of frankings, markings beautiful Roessler card, etc.) flights, etc; Very Fine.Estimate $600 - 800.
Current Opening Bid: $300
Lot
2647
United States 1933 Zeppelin Flown covers, 6 covers with #C18 franking (3 are flown first days), fresh and very fine.Estimate $400 - 600.
Current Opening Bid: $200
Lot
2648
United States Airmail and Rocketry covers, lot of early airmail FDC's 1926-1937, Scott catalogue $1150.+ (including #C18 and some handdrawn cachets), some early Rocket flown covers back to 1930's, a #C3 tied to May 15, 1918 First Flight covers with original letter (Scott $760+), etc.; an interesting lot from an old-timer collection.Estimate $400 - 598.
Current Opening Bid: $200
Lot
2649
US Airmail flight and FDC collection, in album. Begins with first flight covers for C1-3. The C1 cover has a Scott catalog value of $2,000 (stamp is oxidized). The C2 and C3 first flight covers are valued at $800 and $750, respectively. Then there is a set of C4-C6 individual FDCs, all to Edward Worden (Cat. $1750). Then, there are 5 C7 FDCs, including. Cleveland and Dearborn (Cat $500), C8-9, C1 Ox4, C16, C19, C20x2, C20-21 on one cover, and many more up through the 1970s.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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Current Opening Bid: $500