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Lot
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Uruguay, 1912-30 Pioneer Airmail Flight Collection. 27 covers mounted on exhibition pages; many scarce to rare flights with highlights including the 1912 Bartolomeo Cattaneo Salto to Montevideo flight (Ebbeler, Oberti & Jones 4-5 known, estimate $5,000-$7,500), 1917 Teodoro Fels flight cover (75 covers carried), 1925 Arapey to Artigas Emergency flight (5-6 known to exist, estimate $3,000), 1926 signed Ramon Franco Montevideo to Buenos Aires flight (about 12 covers existing, estimate $2,500-3,000), 1926 crew signed Duggan Montevideo to Buenos Aires flight (only a few known, Estimate $3,000) and a 1928 signed De Pinillas - Zegarra Peruvian Good Will flight (only a few autograph covers exist, Estimate $2,500-3,000), 1930 Mermoz South Atlantic flights, etc.; a wonderful group of pioneer Uruguay flight covers. Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
Realized: $9,500