TOM FROMMER’S AIRMAILS PART II – “Famous Pilots & Famous Flights” International Pioneers, Australia, New Guinea & Papua (#136MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 319. Previous|1234|Next Lot 1 1910 (Aug 26) Blackpool-Southport Monthly Tariff Reform PPC inscribed "Carried by Aeroplane Mail/.../by C Grahame-White." with printed propaganda message overprinted in red SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 2 1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad-Naini flapless cover with India KEVII 4a tied by 'FIRST AERIAL POST/[PLANE]/1911/U.P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD' cachet in rosine as usual, 'ALLAHABAD/18FE/11' & 'HARRISON ROAD/21FE11/CALCUTTA' arrival b/s. very minor blemishes. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 3 1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad-Naini use of India KEVII 1/4a tied by a superb strike of the 'FIRST AERIAL POST/[PLANE]/1911/U.P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD' cachet in black, 'ALLAHABAD/18FE/11' cds at lower-left, unaddressed with message "With the founders/compliments/W Windham/The only ones done in black" on the reverse. Superb! SymbolPSGradeA+ View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 4 1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad-Naini picture postcard (160x125mm) of Henri Pequet at the controls of his biplane inscribed 'FIRST AERIAL POST, FEBRUARY 18, 11' - 'ALLAHABAD' omitted - carried on the world's first official airmail service SymbolCGradeB1 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 5 1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad-Naini picture postcard (160x125mm) of Henri Pequet at the controls of his biplane inscribed 'FIRST AERIAL POST, ALLAHABAD, FEBRUARY 18, 1911' carried on the world's first official airmail service signed by pilot "H Pequet" SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 6 1911 (Sep 9) London-Windsor Coronation Flight PPC in brown with printed instructions on the reverse, Downey Head 1/2d tied by largely superb 'FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST/SP9/1911/LONDON/-1-' cds, small corner crease; and another similar with #2 cds of SP15/1911 to NSW, faults.. SymbolCGradeA-/C View details Quantity2Estimate$150Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 7 1911 (Dec 27) Kenilworth-Muizenberg 'FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN AERIAL POST' PPC with CofGH 1d tied by superb 'FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN/KENILWORTH/Dec-27-11/AERIAL POST' cancel, SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 8 1912 (July 26) Daily Mail Aeroplane Circuit PPC with Great Britain Downey Head ½d tied by light 'REDCAR' cds, superb boxed '[monoplane]/CARRIED BY/G Hamel/DAILY MAIL/AIRMAN' cachet in violet, minor creasing. Far superior to Gaetano Vullo's similar card with a light strike of the cachet that sold 11.11.2003 for £282. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 9 1913 (March 30) Burgdorf-Bern (Switzerland) per the Swiss aviator Oskar Bider - we'll call him "the Swiss Bleriot" - being a PPC of Bider & his plane with flight "Cinderella" on the viewside, Tell's Son 5c tied by '.../Burgdorf-Bern' cds in violet. Superb! SymbolCGradeA+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$285StatusSold Lot 10 1917 (Sep 2) Buenos Aires-Montevideo First International Flight Between Argentina & Uruguay per Teodoro Fels with Argentina 6c + 5c 'PRO-AVIACION MILITAR 1912' "flag" semi-postal stamp both tied by light Buenos Aires cds to viewside of real photo of shipping in the River Plate, two flight cachets on the reverse. Very scarce if non-contemporary usage of the Flag stamp, light stain on the address side. With 1957 FW Kessler letter valuing this item at $US200, real money 60 years ago! SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot 11 1918 (June 3) New York-Boston attempted First Air Mail Flight per French military aviator Lieutenant Vanel envelope with 'Aero Club of America/...' imprint at upper-left & 24c Airmail (straight-edge at right) tied by 'AIR MAIL SERVICE_____/JUN/3/1918/FIRST TRIP/NEW YORK' cds SymbolCLGradeA- View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 12 1918 (Nov 30) Cairo (Egypt)-Delhi (India) RAF Survey Flight per General Borton and Major-General Salmond endorsed "HO Carroll/Major/.../B'Abbas/S Persia" at lower-left, Indian ½a tied by a largely very fine 'CARRIED BY FIRST AERIAL MAIL/CAIRO-DELHI/DECR 1918' cachet SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$7,500Price Realized$4,400StatusSold Lot 13 1918 (Dec 18) England-India RAF Survey Flight 'FIRST THROUGH AERIAL MAIL/GREAT BRITAIN TO INDIA/KARACHI 14.1.1919' cachet in violet on India KGV ½a stationery envelope carried from Bandar Abbas endorsed "PER HMA Old Carthusian'" in red & signed at lower-left by flight crew "NDK MacEwen Brig Gen", "AC Stewart-MacLaren Major" & "R Halley Capt" with 'KARACHI/17JAN19' arrival d/s, couple of minor blemishes. SymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 14 1918 (Dec 18) England-India small envelope endorsed "By first aeroplane UK to India" with the three-line cachet in rosine & Indian 2a6p cancelled on arrival at 'KARACHI/17JAN19', 'PASSED CENSOR/ 1 /KARACHI' cachet in violet & 'MANORA' arrival b/s. Superb! SymbolCGradeA+ View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 15 1918 (Dec 18) England-India real photo PPC of the Handley Page V 'Old Carthusian' plane being inspected by the crew & local Arabs endorsed "Per Aerial Post" carried on the last leg of the RAF Survey Flight with message is datelined "Bandar Abbas/Xmas Day 1918", 'FIRST THROUGH AIR MAIL/...' cachet in rosine (date altered to "17"), India KGV 1a carmine tied by 'BANDAR-ABAS/12JA/19' cds (note spelling), 'BASE OFFICE/10JAN19/ J ' transit, Karachi arrival d/s & 'PASSED CENSOR/ 2 /KARACHI' cachet SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 16 1919 (March 13) Baghdad-Cairo unfranked cover to Ireland with Indian ‚¬ËœFPO 55‚¬„¢ d/s and ‚¬ËœPOSTAL SERVICE MEF/AERIAL MAIL BAGHDAD-CAIRO/BY 31ST WING RAF MESOPOTAMIA‚¬„¢ boxed cachet in violet endorsed by sender on face & carried on the second special RAF flight to Egypt and onwards by ship, light central fold & minor edge fault not affecting markings. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 17 1919 (April 4) Manila Exhibition Flight Aero Club of the Philippines flimsy 'AERIAL POST CARD' with photo of the pilot Miss Ruth Law on the reverse, Philippines 2c tied by large triangular 'THE CHAMPION EXPLORER OF THE SKY/...' cachet SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 18 1919 (June 14) Newfoundland-Ireland per Captain John Alcock & Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown in a Vickers "Vimy", to Manchester with Newfoundland 'Trans-Atlantic/AIR POST/1919/ONE DOLLAR' on 15c SG 143 SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Lot 19 1919 (Oct 14) France-Australia AAMC#25b intermediate India KGV 1a postal card with 'CHAHBAR/10NOV19/PERSIAN GULF' d/s and 'FIRST THROUGH AERIAL MAIL/GREAT BRITAIN TO INDIA/KARACHI 14.1.1919' cachet in violet amended by hand to "Paris Melbourne 11.11" in red ink carried by Poulet & Benoist in their Caudron G4 'La Mouche' (The Fly) with 'KARACHI/DELY/11NOV19' arrival d/s alongside, a couple of minor blemishes, Cat $9,000. SymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$8,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 20 1919 (Oct-Nov) France-Australia intermediate cover from Karachi endorsed "By air route to Dehli" & "Per favour of Messrs Poulet & Benoist on their flight Paris to Melbourne 17XI19" with India ½a tied 'KASHMIR-GATE/24NOV19' arrival d/s, minor blemishes, plus two unused French PPCs of the plane & a 1920s brochure in French promoting Poulet's adventures. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$6,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 21 1920 (Feb 17) Bangkok-Chantaburi First Air Mail in Thailand per military 'Brequet' biplane with Siam King Chulalongkorn '2 Satang' overprints x5 (one faulty) tied by four very fine strikes of the boxed flight cachet, otherwise fine condition. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 22 1920 (July 19) London-Brussels per Handley-Page aircraft with KGV 1½ d x3 tied by Bristol machine of 18JUL20, 'BRUXELLES-BRUSSEL/19VII/1920' arrival b/s & very fine '417' postman's delivery h/s, light vertical fold. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 23 1920 (July 19) Brussels-London apparently commercial cover carried on first flight Muller 78 per SNETA DH9 aircraft with Belgium 1fr, 25c & 5c tied 'BRUXELLES/19/VII/20/BRUSSELS' d/s paying 1fr30c rate including express fee, boxed 'PAR AVION PER VLIEGTUIG', 'AIR MAIL/EXPRESS' & 'EXPRESS' cachets, unusual 'LONDON WC/20JY/20/ 95 ' machine (?) b/s. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 24 1924 (Apr-Sep) First Aerial Circumnavigation of the Globe by members of the United States Army Air Service, preliminary stage Santa Monica (CA)-Seattle (WA) Franklin 1c Postal Card with 'AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT/ SymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 25 1924 (Apr-Sep) First Aerial Circumnavigation of the Globe by members of the United States Army Air Service, Western Leg England-United States commemorative 'ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT/...' envelope SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 26 1925 (Jan 27) Jalpaiguri-Calcutta Newall #25.02a cover endorsed "By air from Jalpaiguri-Calcutta" carried by Sir Alan Cobham on his India Survey Flights self-addressed to his engineer AB Elliott with India KGV 1a tied 'JALPAIGURI/27JAN25' d/s and 'CALCUTTA GPO/28JAN25' arrival b/s, couple of minor blemishes. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 27 1925 (Feb 2) Rislapur-Calcutta cover carried on RAF demonstration flight with large 'CALCUTTA-RISLAPUR DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT/CALCUTTA/[Plane]/1925' illustrated cachet in violet and India KGV 1a tied 'RISLAPUR/2FEB25' d/s signed Flight Lieutenant Gordon on face, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 28 1925 (March 2) Capetwon-Durban postcard from GB endorsed "aia Capetown-Port Elizabeth-Durban/Experimental Air route" with 'S A AIR MAIL/2MAR1925/S A LUGPOS' cds. More than 2000 letters but only 67 postcards were flown. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 29 1925 (June 27) Colombia-Venezuela First Flight per flying boat "Idoor" with Colombia 3c tied by 'AGENCIA POSTAL/BARRANQUILLA/...' cds in blue plus SCADTA 5c 10c & 15c SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 30 1925 (Sep 16) Manila-Aparri (Philippines) per Francesco de Pinedo with Manila duplex & 4c tied by biplane woodcut cancel, 'Comm F de Pinedo's/Airplane SAVOIA 1925/ROME-PHILIPPINES-TOKYO' cachet SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 31 1925 (Sep 26) China-Japan per Francesco de Pinedo, China '3/Cts' on 4c junk tied by bilingual cds & light but obvious boxed 'FIRST AIRMAIL/CHINA-JAPAN' h/s, signed by the pilot "FdePinedo" SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold Lot 32 1925 (Nov 16) London-Capetown Imperial Airways Survey Flight souvenir postcard carried by Alan Cobham & AB Elliot in their DH50 with 'BY AEROPLANE LONDON-CAPETOWN "FLIGHT" SPECIAL MAIL' imperforate label in red tied 'BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL/16-11-25/LONDON/CAPETOWN' oval cachet in violet and South Africa KGV 2d tied 'CAPETOWN/19FEB26/KAAPSTAD' d/s on arrival signed Alan J Cobham on back, fine condition, plus another similar postcard from France with label in green tied same cachet. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold Lot 33 1925 (Nov 16) London-Capetown Imperial Airways Survey Flight souvenir postcard carried by Alan Cobham & AB Elliot in their DH50 with 'BY AEROPLANE LONDON-CAPETOWN "FLIGHT" SPECIAL MAIL' imperforate label in green tied 'BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL/16-11-25/LONDON/CAPETOWN' oval cachet in violet and Sower 30c tied indistinct Marseilles d/s signed AJ Cobham on back. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 34 1926 (May 9) Spitsbergen-North Pole Roessler cover flown by Commander Byrd & Floyd Bennett in the Fokker Tr-Motor 'Josephine Ford' with USA Washington 2c tied 'NY-ALESUND' d/s and Norway Airmails 2ore & 10ore tied 'KINGS BAY' d/s on arrival signed RE Byrd on face, fine condition, American AMC Cat US$1500. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 35 1926 (May 6) Thailand-Denmark per Herschend & Petersen in Danish Fokker with 'BY DANISH FOKKER AEROPLANES 1926/Bangkok to Copenhagen' cachet SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 36 1926 (Aug 23) Singapore-Kuala Lumpur Experimental Flight with 'BY AIR MAIL' h/s, Straits Settlements 1c & 3c tied by light Singapore cds and very fine 'KUALA LUMPUR' arrival b/s. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 37 1926 (Nov 13) Potosi-Cochabamba (Bolivia) per Pilot Lemaitre, Bolivia 5c tied to viewside of real photo postcard of "tiaguanaco" by 'POTOSI/...' cds, 'PRI ER CORREO AEREO' h/s & '.../COCHABAMBA' arrival cds both also on the viewside. Only 10 items carried. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 38 1926 (Dec 9) Madagascar-France per French aviators Bernard & Guilbaud registered cover franked 25fr50c with scarce black/red 'PTT MADAGASCAR Serie E No 31/PAR AVION' label just tied by Tananarive cds, minor blemishes, Muller #1 rated 25,000pts. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 39 1926 (Dec 2) New York-Philadelphia-Washington DC four envelopes flown by Sir Alan J Cobham and his wife Lady Gladys on US Congress demonstration flight each initialled AJC on face, the first three from New York, Milburn NJ & Philadelphia with 'COBHAM FIRST UNITED STATES OVERLAND FLIGHT/DH "MOTH" AIRPLANE' cachet, the latter with 'COBHAM PERI-COLUMBIA DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT/BOLLING FIELD/WASHINGTON DC' cachet, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity4Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 40 1926 (Dec 7) Switzerland-South Africa registered cover carried by Walter Mittelholzer & Hans Hartmann in the Dornier seaplane CH-I7I with Airmail 1fr tied 'ZÃœRICH/28XI26/FLUGPOST' d/s, 'Zürich 3 Bahnhof' R label & illustrated '[Seaplane] 1926 NOVEMBER/SCHWEIZER AFRIKAFLUG' cachet alongside addressed to "Capetown poste restante", 'ALEXANDRIA/R10/FOREIGN/13DE26' transit d/s and returned with tri-lingual 'UNCLAIMED' cachet, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 41 1926 (Dec 21) First Pan-American Flight per US Army in command of Major AR Dargue with stamps and cancels of the 24 Latin America & West Indies destinations visited, extensive certification & signature of witnesses beneath the flap. The ultimate in combination covers! SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$950StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 42 1927 (Apr 30) Alaska-Arctic Exploration Flight by Hubert Wilkins & Carl Ben Eielson with 'DETROIT NEWS - WILKINS EXPEDITION/.../("GWilkins")' cachet & 2c Washington tied by 'BARROW/ALASKA' cancel, SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 43 1927 (June) United States-Germany per Clarence Chamberlin in the Wright-Bellanca "Columbia", illustrated commemorative cover with photo & facsimile signatures of Chamberlin & his benefactor & passenger Charles Levine, German Airs 10pf & 15pf cancelled on arrival at 'COTTBUS/FLUGHAFEN'. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 44 1927 (June 25) Holland-Netherlands Indies intermediate cover to Burma carried by Geyondorffer and Scholte with printed endorsement 'DUTCH FLIGHT 1927 TO BATAVIA/CARRIED FROM CALCUTTA' franked with India KGV 1a brown tied 'CALCUTTA GPO/25JUN27' d/s and 'RANGOON/DELY/27JUN27' arrival b/s, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 45 1927 (June 29) United States-France per Admiral Byrd in "America" with Roosevelt 5c tied by superb New York duplex & 'VER-SI-MER/CALVADOS' arrival cds, certified & signed b y the pilot "Richard E Byrd". Unusually fine for this flight: Byrd landed in the sea 200 meters from shore & most of the mail was water-damaged.& many stamps were washed-off. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 46 1927 (Oct 10) France-Argentina by French aviators D Costes & J Le Brix with 1fr50c & 3fr tied by 'BOUGET-AVIATION/SEINE' cds unsaddressed but with Buenor Aires commemorative machine arrival marking. Superb! Muller #173, rated 17.500 points. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 47 1928 (Apr 15) Alaska-Norway by Hubert Wilkins & Carl Ben Eielson with 2c Washington tied by 'BARROW/ALASKA' cancel, faint 'SVALBARD/RADIO' h/s & signed "Hubert Wilkoins/April 21st 1928". This was the first inter-contintal flight across the North Pole. Wilkins was knighted & assumed the title Sir Huibert Wilkins. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 48 1928 (Apr 3) Japan-France by French aviators D Costes & J Le Brix with Japanese 10s tied by Japanese-language cds & 'BOUGET-AVIATION/14.4.28/SEINE' arrival cds, 'The Imperial Hotel/Tofyo' imprint on the flap, faint blemishes. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 49 1928 (May 28) Boston-Newfoundland-Wales per Wilmer Stulta & L Gordon with Amelia Earhart as passenger, 'HOTEL STATLER/BOSTON' cover posted from England SymbolC/LGradeC/A- View details Quantity4Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 50 1928 (Sept 2) India-England cover endorsed "Princess Xenia" carried by Captain Barnard & Flight Officer Alliott in their Fokker Jupiter monoplane on the return flight with India KGV ½a x2 tied 'KARACHI/23AUG28' d/s & Great Britian KGV 1d affixed alongside tied 'PADDINGTON W12/7SEP/1928' machine cancel on arrival, couple of minor blemishes. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 51 1928 (Sep 2) India-Iraq India '1½' on 1a Postal Card carried on the return flight to England by Captain Barnard & Flight Officer Alliott in the Fokker 'Princess Xenia' with octagonal 'KARACHI/31AUG28/UNPAID' d/s & 'MAGIL' arrival cds, signed by both pilots SymbolC/LGradeC/B View details Quantity2Estimate$750Price Realized$1,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 52 1928 (Dec 20) Deception Island-Antarctica per Sir Hubert Wilkins & Carl Ben Eielson with Falklands 1d just tied by 'Wilkins Antarctic/Deception/Island/Expedition' cachet in green & 'PORT STANLEY/29OC/30/FALKLAND ISLANDS' cds, SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 53 1928-29 Round the World Flight per the German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen being a Stephen Smith postcard with 'CALCUTTA TO RANGOON' h/s & boxed 'DELAYED BY/UNFAVOUARBLE/WEATHER/...' cachet in green, small commemorative label on the reverse. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 54 1929 (June 14) Argentina-Chile per the French aviator Jean Mermoz in "Croix du Sud" (= "Southern Cross") with Argentinian stamps & 'VIA AEREA/12JUN29/BUENOS AIRES' cds, 'SANTIAGO/15JUN29/RECEPCION' arrival b/s, signed by the pilot "Mermoz". Only 41 covers carried. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 55 1929 (July) United States-Spain-Italy by American aviators Lewis Alonzo Yancey & Roger Williams in "Pathfinder", stampless cover with 'CITY OF NEW YORK/OFFICE OF THE MAYOR' imprint SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold Lot 56 1929 (Sep 28) Suriname-Puerto Rico per Charles Lindbergh with Suriname stamps tied by flight cachet in violet & 'EERSTE LUCHTPOST/...' h/s in green, San Juan airmail slogan b/s, signed "Charles A Lindbergh" & "Anne M Lindbergh". SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 57 1929 (Oct 12) Argentina-Chile (Northern Route) endorsed "Via aerea Panagra" (= Pan American Grace Airways) with Buenos Aires cds & 'CORREO-AEREO/ANTOFAGASTA' arrival b/s. Only 8 covers carried on this leg. Ex Boris Joffe. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 58 1928-29 Round the World Flight per the German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen being a Stephen Smith postcard with 'CALCUTTA TO AKYAB' h/s SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 59 1930 (Apr 19) Rome-Alexandria with superb 'ROMA FERROVIA/POSTA AEREA' cds 7 2-line h/s, Alexandria arrival b/s. Only 5 flown. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 60 1930 (May 28) Bolzano-Monaco underpaid cover addressed to Germany carried on first flight with Italy 10c, 35c & 80c tied 'BOLZANO/FERROVIA' d/s taxed on arrival with 'T' cachet but still forwarded by airmail with german 'Mit Luftpost befördert/Postamt München 2' & 'Nachgebühr' cachets in red on face and 'MÃœNCHEN/29.5.30' arrival b/s, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 61 1930 (June 24) Ireland-Newfoundland-America per Charles Kingsford Smith in the Fokker monoplane "Southern Cross", SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$8,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 62 1930 (Sep 14) Japan-United States Attempt by the Australian Harold Charles Gatty & the Canadian Harold Bromley in the "City of Tacoma", Japanese 6sn Postal Card uprated with 20sn SymbolPSGradeA View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 63 1930 (Oct 30) Round the World Flight by The Honourable Mrs Victor Bruce being an Indian commemorative cover printed in grey flown Karachi-Calcutta with Indian 1a cancelled on arrival & signed "Mildred Bruce". SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 64 1930 (Oct 30) Round the World Flight by The Honourable Mrs Victor Bruce being an Indian commemorative cover printed in grey flown Karachi-Burma with Indian 1a cancelled on arrival with 'EAST RANGOON/31OCT30' cds & signed "Mildred Bruce". SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 65 1930 (Oct 9) Newfoundland-England cover endorsed "Courtesy of Captain Boyd and Lieutenant Connor USNR Transatalantic Fliers" carried on second flight of Airship 'Columbia' with Newfoundland 4d Prince of Wales tied 'HARBOUR GRACE/NEWF'D' d/s signed by pilot J. Errol Boyd & Harry P. Connor Navigator on face, couple of minor blemishes. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 66 1930 (Dec 17) Italy-Brazil per General Italo Balbo's Trans-Atlantic Massed Flight, commemorative envelope with 'PRIMO VOLO/TRANSATLANTICO/...' imprint in blue at U/L, Flight 7L70c (Cat £1800 as a used stamp) SymbolCGradeA+ View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot 67 1931 (March 26) Karachi-Calcutta cover with 'Drigh Road (Karachi) To Dum Dum (Calcutta) By AMERICAN WORLD FLIERS/Messrs Ross Hadley & John E Pratt/In "Stearland" Biplane NR8809' cachet in violet alongside India KGV ½a x2 tied 'PARK STREET/26MAR31/CALCUTTA' arrival d/s signed Ross Hadley & John E Pratt on face, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 68 1931 (April 25) Calcutta-Rome Aero Philatelic Club of Calcutta illustrated cover carried on the First Experimental Australia-England flight in the 'Southern Cross' with India KGV ½a, 1½a x2, 3a & 4a tied 'CALCUTTA GPO/1MAY31' d/s and 'ROMA/19V/31' arrival cancel on back signed C Kingsford Smith on face, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 69 1931 (June) Round The World Flight by the American Wiley Post & Australian navigator Harold Charles Gatty in Lockheed "Winnie Mae", cover with 'ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT/...' imprint at U/L and signed "Wiley Post" and "Harold Gatty", SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 70 1931 (June 10) Liechtenstein-Switzerland Sieger #110B cover endorsed "Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" with Liechtenstein 2fr Zeppelin tied 'VADUZ/JUNI 1931/ZEPPELIN-POST/NACH/LAUSANNE' cachet in red, 'VADUZ' despatch d/s & 'LAUSANNE/POSTE AERIENNE SUISSE' arrival d/s on face, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 71 1931 (July 28) Japan-United States by Clyde Pangborn & Hugh Herndon Jr in "Miss Veedol", cover with 'ATW CORPORATION/HOTEL ROOSEVELT/NEW YORK' imprint at U/L, US 2c tied by 'BROOKLYN, NY/VENDERVEER STA' cancel SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 72 1931 (July 28) Round The World Flight by Clyde Pangborn & Hugh Herndon Jr in "Miss Veedol", cover with 'ATW CORPORATION/HOTEL ROOSEVELT/NEW YORK' imprint at U/L, SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 73 1931 (July 28) Japan-United States by Clyde Pangborn & Hugh Herndon Jr in "Miss Veedol" with Japanese 1½sn & 8½sn tied by Japanese cds and US Red Cross 2c cancelled on arrival at 'WENATCHEE/WASH', signed "Clyde Pangborn" & "Hugh Herndon Jr". SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 74 1931 (Aug 2) Manila-Shanghai postcard carried by Francis Chichester in his DH60G Moth float plane 'Miss Elijah' with 2c & 30c 'LOF/1928' overprints ('London Orient Flight') tied Manila 'JUL29/1931' cancel and China Airmails 30c tied 'SHANGHAI/10.8.31' d/s on arrival, fine condition, AAMC Cat $2750. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 75 1932 (April 14) Calcutta-Rangoon cover carried by Capt Hans Betram with 'Round the World Flight/BY GERMAN SEAPLANE' vignette tied 'ATLANTIS/ICHAPUR/14 APRIL/1932/JUNKERS, D-1925' cachet with another strike on back and India 3p & 1a tied 'RANGOON GPO/22APR32/SORTING' d/s on arrival plus 'BERTRAM ATLANTIS/[propellor]/EXPEDITION' cachet alongside on face, fine condition. Only 75 flown. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 76 1932 (March 23) India-Burma cover with 'AMERICAN FLIGHT CROYDON:HONG KONG/By Savoia-Marchetti NR-898W/Pilot: Smith Reynolds/Dep-Dum Dum 23rd March '32 for Rangoon' cachet in violet tying 'GIVE YOUR LETTER WINGS' label plus 'TIME IS MONEY' label tied 'American Flier' cachet, signed by pilot on face and India KGV 3p x5 tied light 'RANGOON GPO/24MAR32/SORTING' arrival d/s on back, fine condition. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 77 1933 (May 19) Newfoundland-Germany by Fritz Hammer in the huge 12-engine Dornier flying boat with Newfoundland $1.50 on $1 commemorative issue SG 221 tied by St Johns slogan cancel & 'HARBOUR GRACE' transit b/s SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 78 1932 (May 21) Newfoundland-Germany stampless postcard posted aboard the plane with 'DORNIER/21MAI32/FLUGSCHIFF' cds & superb 'AMERICA EUROPE/[plane]/FLUGSCHIFF DO-X' cachet in purple, unusually addressed to Holland. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 79 1932 (July) Round the World Attempt by Jimmie Mattern & Bennett Griffin plain cover with US Wings 5c tied by New York slogan of JUL5/1932 plus German 4pf tied by Berlin cds & Russian 15k tied by bilingual Minsk cds, signed "Jimmie Mattern" & "BH Griffin" SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 80 1932 (Aug 18) Ireland-Canada-United States per the Scottish aviator James Mollison in De Havilland "Puss Moth" plain cover with 'GRESHAM HOTEL/DUBLIN' imprint at U/L, Ireland 1d & 2d tied by bold 'UPR LESSON ST/18AU/32/DUBLIN' cds & Canadian 3c on 2c tied by 'SAINT JOHN-NB/AU20/32/CANADA' cds (with all dateslugs inverted), signed by the pilot "JA Mollison". SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 81 1932 (Sep 29) Philippines-Java PPC of the massive Dornier flying boat with 'ROUND-THE-WORLD-FLIGHT/VON GRONAU' Overprints tied by Manila d/s, flight cachet in violet & 'Via 'DORNIER GREENLAND WHALE/By Capt Wolfgang von Gronau...' cachet in purple, 'SOERABAJA' arrival cds, minorcreasing. philip,nindie,opt,air,whaling,flyingbo SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 82 1932 (Sep) Paraguay-Germany per "Graf Zeppelin" registered to Australia with flight cachets including oval 'SERVICIO AEREO/CONDOR-ZEPPELIN/TRANSATLANTICO' on the flap SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 83 1932 (Sep 29) Philippines-Germany plain cover with 'ROUND-THE-WORLD-FLIGHT/VON GRONAU' Overprints tied by Manila d/s & 'FRIEDRICHSHAFEN/10.11.32/(BODENSEE)' arrival b/s, signed by the pilot "WvGronau". The final sector of his Round The World flight. 28 covers were carried. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$350Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 84 1932 (Oct 13) Colombia Military Flight Caucaya-Bogota stampless with rubber 'CORREO AEREO MILITAR/13OCT1932/CAUCAYA' cds plus similar '.../POTOSI' transit b/s & '.../BOGOTA' arrival cds, superb 'SERVICIO DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS/BGOTA' cds on the face & similar '.../BARRANQUILLA' arrival b/s. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 85 1932 (Oct 15) Calcutta-Bombay AAMC#291 intermediate cover with 'Spirit of Fun Lockheed Orion NC-12229.../China-South Africa Flight November 1932' label tied '1200 MILES NON STOP FLIGHT/Calcutta to Bombay' cachet altered to "5th Nov" and India KGV 3p x4 tied 'PARK STREET/5NOV31/CALCUTTA' d/s & another 5 alongside tied 'BOMBAY GPO/5NOV31' arrival d/s, signed by pilot James B Dickson on back, fine condition, Cat $550. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 86 1932 (Oct 15) Bombay-Karachi AAMC#291a attempted 'Around The World' flight intermediate cover endorsed "Carried by Mr Arthur M Loewe ... in his Monoplane SPIRIT OF FUN..." signed by pilot James B Dickson on face with India KGV ¼a, 1½a & 2a6p tied 'KARACHI/7NO32/REG' arrival d/s and registration label on back, couple of minor blemishes, Cat $700. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 87 1933 (Feb 6) England-Senegal-Brazil per Jim Mollison in Puss Moth "Heart's Content", stampless with oval 'DUTY OFFICE/6FEB1933/LYMPNE AIR PORT' cachet & Brazilian 'RIO D NORTE/9.II.33/CORREIO AEREO - NATAL' cds, Brazilian 700r tied by cds of 14FEV1933, endorsed "Carried by me/first England/S America flight/JA Mollison". Only 3 covers were flown to Natal & pilot-signed. SymbolC:LGradeA View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 88 1933 (June 3) Around The World Attempt cover flown by James Mattern in the 'Century of Progress' signed Jimmie Mattern with USA Winged Globe Airmail 8c tied 'NEW YORK,NY/GPO' duplex, Norway 'JOMFRULAND/4VI33' & Moskow transits plus Russia 5k & 15k tied Khabarovsk d/s on face, fine condition, American AMC Cat US$1500. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 89 1933 (June 21) India-England AAMC#313b intermediate cover carried by Charles Ulm, PG Taylor & GU Allan in the 'Faith in Australia' on an attempted 'Round The World' flight from Australia endorsed "Aeroplane VH-UXX Pilot Ulm" & signed CTP Ulm on face with violet 'KARACHI-AIR-PORT/BRIGH ROAD/29JUN1933/SIND' private despatch marking & Great Britain KGV 1½d tied 'LONDON FS/11JLY/1935' machine cancel on arrival, fine condition, Cat $2000. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$800Price Realized$1,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 90 1933 (July 24) United States-Italy per the Italian Air Squadron with US 10c 50c & $1 strip of 3 tied by New York cancels & superb strike of the huge flight cachet in purple, 'TORINO FERR AMERICA/14.8.33/...' arrival b/s SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 91 1933 (July 15) United States-Lithuania per Steponas Darius & Stasys Girenas in "Lituanica", usage of US 3c Envelope with 10c Lindberrgh tied by New York cancel, 'LITUANICA/JUL/15/1933' cds in violet plus two cachets in Lithuanian SymbolCLGradeC View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 92 1933 (July 22) Great Britain-United States per James & Amy Mollison in de Haviland Dragon "Seafarer", stampless with typed endorsement of "July 27 1933" on the reverse re the plane having crashed at Bridgeport Connectiicut, SymbolCLGradeB View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold Lot 93 1933 (July 2) Australia-England AAMC#317 intermediate cover with 'DUM DUM AIR PORT' label tied 'AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND FLIGHT/CARRIED BY/"The Spirit of Western Australia'/Piloted by Mr James Woods/Stage:-Calcutta-Lucknow/20th July 1933' cachet & India 1a3p tied 'LUCKNOW/21JL33' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $400. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 94 1933 (May 15) United States-Italy-United States per the American George Pond & Italian Cesare Sabelli in their Bellanca, usage of US 8c Airmail Envelope with 'BROOKLYN' D/S & 'RECEIVED/MUNICIPAL AIRPORT/FLOYD BENNETT FIELD/...' cachet SymbolPSGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 95 1934 (Oct 21) Australia-USA intermediate cover carried from Hawaii to Los Angeles AAMC#455a by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith & PG Taylor in the Lockheed Altair 8D 'Lady Southern Cross' on the first eastward crossing of the Pacific by air with USA 3c Mt. Rainier imperf x3 tied 'HONOLULU/SCHOFIELD BKS' duplex cancel signed "C Kingsford Smith" and "PG Taylor" on face, fine condition, Cat $3000. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 96 1934 (Nov 24) Chicago-Midland (Texas) per Charles Ulm in his Airspeed Envoy "Stella Australis", usage of US 6c Airmail Envelope cancelled on arrival at Midland, typed endosement signed "CTP Ulm", SymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 97 1935 (Jan 11) Honolulu-Oakland cover (241x114mm) endorsed "Carried by air/..." and signed by the pilot "Amelia Earhart" at upper-left and "No.17 of 49 covers" at lower-left, SymbolCLGradeA View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 98 1935 (Oct) Australia-England per FR Maguire & OFY Thomson Indian intermediate with Airmail 6a pair cancelled on arrival at Allahabad with oval 'CIVIL AERODROME - ALLAHABAD, BAMRA' dated cachet in violet on the reverse, signed by both pilots on the reverse, ironed-out crease clear of the markings. See Australian Air Mail Catalogue #537c, Cat $500. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$1,100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 99 1936 (April) England-South Africa per Amy Mollison (Johnson) South West Africa-South Africa leg with SWA ½d & 1d tied by tiny 'WINDHOEK/6.5.36/AIR MAIL' cds & large 'CAPETOWN/7MAY36/KAAPSTAD 22' arrival cds, typed endorsement & signed "Amy Mollison". Only 4 covers were carried on this leg. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 100 1936 (Sep 29) England-South Africa Air Race per Tommy Rose & J Bagshaw with flight cachet in green, KEVIII ½d tied by London cds & Egyptian Airs cancelled on arrival at Cairo where the plane's undercarriage was damaged on lanidng causing the flight to be abandoned, minor blemishes. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next
