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Pioneer Airmail Flights

Lots 1141-1150 Lots 1151-1153

Lot 1141    

1911-15 Pioneer Postal Flights in the United States, balance of exhibition collection on pages, includes 17 flight items and many unused pictures post cards showing pilots and aeroplanes; includes 1911 Garden City Tournament (AAMC 3), Rochester Flying Expo. (7), Savannah Aviation Meet (11a), Columbus Aviation Meet (12, cat $300), Albany Exhibition Flights (13, cat $200), 1912 Los Angeles Aviation Meet (15), Altoona Aviation Expo pilot signed (25), Atwood Park Aviation Meet (29), Lima Aviation Meet (33a, cat $250), Hamilton Aviation Meet (39a, cat $350), Chicago Aviation Meet (56a, cat $200), Cuthbert Aviation Expo (64b, cat $300), etc.; condition a little mixed, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 1142    

1912 (Jan. 1-2) Highwood Park Aviation Meet, Wilmington, N.C., 1¢ McKinley postal card canceled by "Aerial Sub-Station, Highwood, Washington D.C., Jan 1, 1912, Aeroplane Mail Service" postmark, Very Fine, a very rare flight with less than 10 usages known.
AAMC No. 14    $700.

Mail for this flight was to be flown on January 1st, however due to very bad weather the fight was postponed to the next day.

Realized: $525

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Lot 1143    

1912 (Feb. 17-25) Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet, Oakland, Cal., sounvenir real photo post card with purple "Aeroplane Station, Oakland, Cal., Feb 22, 1912" postmark tying 1¢ Frankin (s.e. at top), reverse showing Miss Blanche Scott in flight (card #3), Very Fine and choice.
AAMC No. 16b    $300.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1144    

1912 (Mar. 17) National School Grounds Aviation Meet, Galveston, Tex., exceptional strike of "Galveston, Tex., U.S. Aerial Mail, March 17, 1912" three-line cancel on 1¢ McKinley postal card, Extremely Fine.
AAMC No. 19    $300.

Realized: $115

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Lot 1145    

1912 (June 7-8) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Mansfield, Ohio, real photo souvenir post card with purple "Mansfield, O., Mailed by Aeroplane, June 8, '12" cds tying 1¢ Franklin (few lightly toned perfs), additional Mansfield, O. oval postmark tying, Very Fine.
AAMC No. 34    $2,000.

ONE OF SIX RECORDED EXAMPLES KNOWN FROM THE MANSFIELD DAILY NEWS AVIATION EXHIBITION.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 1146    

1912 (Aug. 6-8) Harvest Festival Aviation Meet, Fort Recovery, Ohio, post card franked with 1¢ Franklin tied by "Aviation Station No., Fort Recovery, Ohio, Aug 8, 1912" large fancy date stamp cachet, accompanied by unused real photo post card of Earl Sandt who flew the mails on August 8th, Very Fine.
AAMC No. 47b    $300.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1147    

1912 (Aug. 10-11) Country Club Aviation Meet, Portland, Or., post card with exceptional strikes of purple "U.S. Aeroplane Mail Service…" straight line cachet handstamp and "Portland, Oregon, Aug 11, 1912, Aviation Station" duplex postmark tying 1¢ Franklin, reverse showing pilot W. Edwards working on his Curtis aeroplane, Extremely Fine.
AAMC No. 48a    $250.

Realized: $170

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Lot 1148    

1912 (Oct. 31-Nov.2) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Cuthbert, Ga., 2¢ Washington entire cancelled by violet "Aerial Sub-Station, Cuthbert, Ga., Nov 2, 1912, Aeroplane Mail" postmark, Very Fine (no photo).
AAMC No. 64b    $300.

Realized: $90

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Lot 1149    

1912 (Nov. 24) Ingleside Park Aviation Meet, San Francisco, Cal., locally addressed 2¢ Washington entire canceled by "San Francisco, Cal., Aviation, Post Office, Nov 24, 1912" cds, Very Fine and choice, very scarce with approximately 51 items flown, postmark illustrated in A.A.M.C. (page 39).
AAMC No. 65    $400.

Realized: $325

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Lot 1150    

1913 (May 17-18) Driving Park Aviation Meet, Santa Rosa, Cal., cover with purple "Aeroplane Mail Service, Aviation Field Sub-Station, Santa Rosa, Cal., May 18, 1913" cds tying 2¢ Pan-Pacific, slip with two additional strikes affixed at left, Very Fine.
AAMC No. 70    $450.

Realized: $200

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