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Lot
1414
1918 Washington D.C. - New York, N.Y. via Philadelphia, Pa. Naval Aircraft Factory corner card cover franked with 12¢ Wash-Frank, two singles (s.e.'s at right) tied by Philadelphia, Pa. machine postmark and "Air Mail Service, Phila., May 18, 1918" flight postmark, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $425
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Lot
1415
Airmail, 1918, 16¢ green. Well centered, tied by light oval handstamp on first flight cover, with purple "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila., Washington, Jul 15,1918" postmark alongside, Very Fine. Scott No. C2; $800 Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $250
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Lot
1416
Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue. Neat "First Trip" Boston, Mass. June 9 special circular cachet, socked-on-the-nose "Boston To New York" cancel centered on C3 with pronounced grounded plane variety vignette, with June 11, New York receiver on reverse, Very Fine. AAMC No. 105. Scott No. C3 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $350
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Lot
1417
Airmail, 1923, 8¢-24¢ second issue complete. Each on matching Phillip H. Ward First Day Covers, tied by Washington, D.C. slogan machine postmarks; 8¢ cover with minor light toning at bottom left, Very Fine. Scott No. C4-C6; $1,750 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $325
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Lot
1418
1926 CAM 2 "Test" Flight, St. Louis to Chicago. Airmail cover with typewritten endorsement and franked with 1926, 10¢ Airmail, with signature "C.A. Lindbergh, Pilot" and "Wm. H. Conkling, Postmaster", Extremely Fine, a rare Charles Lindbergh signed cover and one of the first covers to have been flown by Lindbergh. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Five days before the inaugural date, Lindbergh and Philip R. Love flew CAM 2 in two DH-4's. Raymond V. Bahr, a friend of Lindbergh's, prepared a small number of souvenir covers which where carried by Lindbergh from Springfield, Ill. to Chicago. The covers have no postal markings. Although unofficial, they are the first covers to have flown by Lindbergh.
Realized: $1,900
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Lot
1419
1926, May 9 - Byrd North Pole Flight. Flight cover signed "R E Byrd", Norway 40ö Posthorn (normally U.S. franking) tied by "NY - Alesund, 9.V.26" cds with second strike alongside, additional Norway 15ö and 25ö Amundsen issues tied by "Kings Bay, 9V 26" cds's, Very Fine, a rare flown cover signed by Richard E. Byrd on one of the first cover to flown across the North Pole, AAMC $1,500 without signature premium. AAMC No. 1039. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Commander Richard E. Byrd, accompanied by Floyd Bennett where the first to fly over the North Pole. They took off from Kings Bay, flew to the North Pole and returned in 14 hours. Only a few of the flown covers where signed by Byrd with only one known signed by pilot Floyd Bennett.
Realized: $1,350
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Lot
1420
1927, Detroit News - Wilkins Arctic Expedition. Cover franked with 2¢ Sesquicentennial with circular black Expedition cancel and purple "Barrow Alaska April 30 1927" duplex, autographed by Hubert Wilkins, on envelope with American Airmail Society corner card; Fairbanks Alaska transit on reverse; copy of letter to A.C. Roessler signed by Wilkins accompanies, Very Fine and rare. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $375
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Lot
1421
Airmail, 1928, 10¢ Lindbergh, Booklet Pane of 3. Tied by two strikes of "Washington D.C., May 26, 1928" first day duplex postmarks on cover to Syracuse, N.Y., New York, N.Y. backstamp, Very Fine. Scott No. C10a $875.
Realized: $210
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Lot
1422
Airmail, 1928, 10¢ Lindbergh, Booklet Pane of 3. Tied by green "Cleveland Midwestern Philatelic Sta., May 26, 1928" First Day of Issue cancel on multicolored cacheted airmail cover to Detroit, Mich., violet Exposition cachet handstamp and label on reverse, Very Fine. Scott No. C10a $800.
Realized: $425
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Lot
1423
Airmail, 1928, 10¢ Lindbergh Booklet Pane FDC. The rare intact booklet pane of 3 with selvage, postmarked on first day of issue "May 26, 1928 MidWestern Philatelic Station", along with green Exhibition cachet and attractive Air Mail printed cachet, complete unexploded booklet, Very Fine and rare. Scott No. C10a $800.
Realized: $425