Lot
2919 
Worldwide, Trans-Oceanic Flight Collection, 1924-52, over 85 better covers plus some photographs in binder; includes 1924 Round the World Clover Field First Leg postmarked Santa Monica, San Francisco, and Seattle with photograph signed by Leigh Wade and two unused Airmail envelopes with autographs of Lowell Smith and Erik Nelson, pair of Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Expedition postcards (AAMS 1030) with one Returned to Writer (considerably stained) autographed by Bernt Balchen, 1925 MacMillan Aerial Arctic Expedition postal card (AAMS 1031), 1925 San Francisco to Hawaii Nonstop Flight (AAMS 1033a), 1926 unused "mourning" type envelope (AAMS 1041b) carried from Calcutta to Melbourne signed on reverse by Stephen H Smith, 1926 Ship to Shore from SS Homeric at Sea (AAMS 1045) initialed by pilot Sir Alan Cobham, 1927 Nungesser-Coli Search Expedition (AAMS 1055) carried by Floyd Bennett, 1927 First Junkers Attempt Germany to the US (AAMS 1061), 1928 Round the World Mears and Collyer postal card mixed franking postmarked in New York and Manchuria, 1929 Swedish Attempt Stockholm to New York (AAMS 1090a), commemorative cover (Welcome to New York) for 1930 Von Gronau Transatlantic Flight Germany to US sent Aug 26th to Halifax with signatures of Wolfgang von Gronau, Franz Hack, Edward Zimmer and Fritz Albrecht, 1931 First Transatlantic Commercial Flight postal card (AAMS 1130) with William MacLaren autograph, 1931 New York to Copenhagen Transatlantic Flight (AAMS 1140a) scarce covers (only about 30) to make the entire trip & signed by Otto Hillig and Dane Holger Hoiris with an additional Hilling autograph on unrelated envelope, 1931 New York to Budapest postcard (AAMS 1144), Von Gronau Round the World Flight (AAMS 1168b) dispatched Montreal to Chicago, 1933 First Passenger Airplane Flight France to South America (AAMS 1175), 1933 Attempted New York to Lithuania (AAMS 1182) unsigned with another cover that remained local and autographed by Stefan Darius and Stanley Girenas (who died during the attempt), 1933 Distance Record Flight New York to Syria fliers Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi have signed a commemorative cover, 1934 First Navy Squadron Flight San Francisco to Hawaii (AAMS 1200) signed by Knefler McGinnis with another autographed by Mc Roberts, Osborned, Cushing, Easley and Stempfel and another signed by Perry and the last by Averill, Mac Robertson Air Race England to Australia (AAMS 1217) signed by Roscoe Turner, 1935 Amphibian Flight (AAMS 1239) autographed by Thor Solbergs, First Flight Midway Island to Wake Island (AAMS 1240) signed R O D Sullivan, 1936 First Flight Manila to Madrid (AAMS 1260) with mixed franking and signatures of Antonio Arnaiz and Juan Calvo, 1937 Air France Dispatch Around the World (AAMS 1288); many lesser priced items not highlighted, a valuable collection hard to duplicate. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $5,250