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U.S. Cover Single Lots - Airmail to Official Seals

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1117		U.S., Pioneer Flight: 1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, Garden City, N.Y., 1¢ postal card canceled with Garden City Sep 27, 1911 duplex, with photo of plane, Fine to Very Fine. AAMC #3 $175. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 1118		U.S., Airmail: 1918, 16¢ First Flight Cover, #C2, Very fine tied by JUL 15 c.d.s. from Nassau Stamp Co. on 1st flight 11AM with violet Special Delivery imprint to Boston, Very Fine. Scott $800. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1119		U.S., Airmail: 1918, 24¢ First Flight Cover, #C3, Perfs touch at bottom, fine, tied by MAY 15 First Trip c.d.s. to Scott Stamp & Coin Co. in NY, Fine. Scott $750. 350 flown . Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 1120		U.S., Airmail: 1918, 8¢ First Day Cover, #C4, well centered, very fine, tied by AUG 15 Washington, D.C. local cancel, Very Fine and clean. Scott $450. Estimate $120-140. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 1121		U.S., Airmail: 1923, 16¢ First Day Cover, #C5, well centered, very fine, tied by AUG 17 Washington, D.C. local cancel, Very Fine and clean, PF (1990) cert. Scott $650. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 1122		U.S., Airmail: 1923, 24¢ First Day Cover, #C6, well centered, very fine, tied by AUG 21 Washington, D.C. local cancel on Worden cover, Very Fine and clean. Scott $850. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1123		U.S., Airmail: 1925, 2¢ on "Los Angeles" Puerto Rico Zeppelin Flight, #554, tied by Air Mail Service, May 6, 1925 Mayaguez, P.R. in violet, to New York, City Hall Sta., May 11, 1925 receiving cancel on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Michel #8b €320. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1124		U.S., Airmail: 1925, 2¢ on "Shenandoah" Governors Conference Zeppelin Flight, #618, tied by Lakehurst July 3, 1925 cancel, U.S.S. Patoka Jul 4, 1925 in black, Air Mail Service, U.S.S. Shenandoah h.s. in violet, scarce piece, Fine to Very Fine. Michel #2A €500. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 1125		U.S., Airmail: 1926, 10¢ Map & Planes Used From France, #C7, tied by Marseilles 20-6 27 cancel, France #B23 (cat. $75), 232-234 tied by same cancel, used to pay the airmail rate within the U.S., nice item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1126		U.S., Airmail: 1929 Lakehurst Roundtrip Zeppelin Flight, #C7, C11, Etc., on oversized cover with trimmed Ambassador Dinner menu, addressed to Ambassador Hotel with appropriate cachet and additional "Fee claimed by Office of first address", with $3.06 in regular issue franking and 45¢ in Special Delivery, incl. 5¢ Beacon, Map Issue, and 1922-25 Definitive Issue to 50¢, highly unusual, Fine and scarce. Michel #31A-a. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 1127		U.S., Airmail: 1930, 5¢ Beacon on Airport Dedication, to Fiji and Returned, #C11, Alamosa Jul 4, 1930 cancel, cachet for Old Fort Garland, Colorado in purple, Fiji 3d tied by Labasa c.d.s., transit and receiving cancels on reverse, interesting letter enclosed from the American Consular Service, Suva, regarding the return of the cover from Fiji, "no air mail postage stamps have been issued", "it will be mailed to you by the first air mail leaving Labasa, to be sent by seapost (from Suva) by the first outgoing mail", cover signed by the 4 pilots, great Beacon item, unique, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 1128		U.S., Airmail: 1930 Zeppelin Set, on South America Flight, #C13-C15, 65¢ tied on card by Lakehurst June 2, 1930 duplex, with reverse showing four illustrations, Graf Zeppelin, Dr. Hugo Eckener, developer Count Zeppelin and Capt. Ernest Lehmann, flight cachet in violet, $1.30, $2.60 on round trip cover, various cachets and cancels, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,175. Estimate $900-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 1129		U.S., Airmail: 1930, 65¢ April 19, 1930 First Day Cover, #C13, Fine to very fine, tied by Washington, D.C. to Boston, Very Fine cover. Scott $1,200. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1130		U.S., Airmail: 1930, 65¢ on Zeppelin Flight, #C13, 2 singles tied by May 19, 1930 cancels, flight cachets in red and violet, Friedrichafen 6.6.30 receiving cancel on reverse, perfs. a bit ragged at top, otherwise Fine. Scott $335. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 1131		U.S., Airmail: 1930, April 19, 1930 $1.30 First Day Cover, #C14, very fine, tied by Washington, D.C. to Boston on 1st South America flight with red cachet (slightly smudged) via Friedrichshafen, Very Fine cover. Scott $1,100. Estimate $350-400. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1132		U.S., Airmail: 1930, $1.30 on South America Flight, #C14, tied to card by Varick Sta. May 6, 1930 cancel, flight cachets in red and violet, Lakehurst receiving cancel in green, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $400. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 1133		U.S., Airmail: 1930, $1.30 on South America Flight, #C14, tied to envelope by New Haven May 24, 1930 duplex, flight cachets in red and violet, Friedrichafen 6.6.30 receiving cancel, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $400. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 1134		U.S., Airmail: 1930, $2.60 April 19, 1930 F.D., #C15, Large copy, very fine tied by Washington D.C. cancel on 1st South America Zeppelin roundtrip flight via Lakehurst, Very Fine. Scott $1,200. Estimate $350-400. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1135		U.S., Airmail: 1933, 50¢ "Chicago" Zeppelin First Day's, #C18, 5 different, all on addressed, cacheted covers except Akron, consists of New York Oct. 2, Akron Oct. 4, Washington Oct. 5, Miami Oct. 6 and Chicago Oct. 7, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,175. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $510
Lot 1136		U.S., Airmail: 1937, Round the World Zeppelin Flight, #C21-C22, cover started in New York, 1937 China Clipper 20¢, 50¢ cancelled Apr 19, 1937, cover was prepared for first flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong via clipper, San Francisco Apr 21, 1937 transit on reverse, flight cachet in blue, then sent to Penang by Imperial Airways, 6 MY 1937 cancel, sent to Amsterdam by K.L.M., 10.V.37 receiving cancel on reverse, sent to Brazil via Air France (missed the last flight of the Hindenburg), Dutch adhesives tied by 15.V.37 cancels, received in Brazil 18.V.37 (backstamp), sent to U.S. by Pan-Am, Brazil adhesives cancelled 20.V.37, corner fault on #C22, still a wonderful historical piece, photocopy of map of route incl., plus story from Linn's in 1974 about a similar cover, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 1137		U.S., Carrier: 1851 (1¢) Franklin on Cover, #LO1, red star cancel, cutting to large margins, cover a bit wrinkled, still attractive and scarce item, Fine, PF (1965) cert. Scott $17,500. Estimate $5,000-6,000. View details and photo	Realized $6,900
Lot 1138		U.S., Carrier - Semi-Official: Baltimore, Md., 1857, 1¢ Red, Short Rays on Cover, #1LB9b, position 2, margins to just touching, tied with #26 by bluish green SEP, docketed 1859 and m.s. via Point of Rock to Leesburg, Virginia, rounded corner, Fine. Scott $500. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 1139		U.S., Carrier - Semi-Official: Boston, Mass., 1849-50, 1¢ Blue on Slate, With 3¢ on Cover, #3LB2; 10, 1¢ (rough margins) canceled by red crayon, tied by red 18 Sep Boston c.d.s., #10 cutting to clear margins, attractive "ladies" cover, Fine. Scott $500. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 1140		U.S., Carrier - Semi-Official: Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.P.O. Despatch, 1850-52, 1¢ Gold on Black on Cover, #7LB11, not tied on cover, mailed within Philadelphia, figured as single, Very Fine. Scott $175 (single off cover). Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 1141		U.S., Local: American Letter Mail Co., 1844, Black on Gray on Cover, #5L2, Pen cancel, large margins all round on folded letter date lines Nov. 8, 1844, Philadelphia to N.Y., red "Forwarded by American Mail" h.s., fresh lovely cover, Choice Extremely Fine, PF (1999) cert. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1142		U.S., Local: Blood & Co., 1850 (1¢) Bronze on Black With 1847 5¢ on Cover, #15L13; 1 (1¢) with faults, soiled or gum tied along with 5¢ (large margins all round, slightly soiled), with blue grid to soiled cover from Philadelphia to Baltimore, scarce, Fine appearance. Scott $2,000. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1143		U.S., Local: Blood & Co., 1850 (1¢) Bronze on Black, With 1851 3¢ on Cover, #15L13; 10, local tied by Blood Despatch Jan 22 cancel in black, #10 tied by blue Philadelphia Jan 22 c.d.s., addressed to New Orleans, embossed "Blood's Despatch" on flap (re-attached), small stain on front and edges a bit worn, stamps sound, Fine. Scott $250. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1144		U.S., Envelope: 1855, 10¢ Green on Buff, Die 1, EDU, #U16, Yreka "Buffalo" Jun 15, 1857 cancel, to East Chester, NY, Fine to Very Fine, APS (2004) cert. UPSS #26-7-20-1. Scott $150+. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 1145		U.S., Envelope: 1860, 3¢+1¢ Red & Blue, #U28, New York Aug 21 cancel, to Stony Brook, NY, light soiling on edges, still fresh colors, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $500. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 1146		U.S., Envelope: 1860, 10¢ Green, EDU, #U32, Oroville, Cal. 4/29/1861 (inverted year date slug), to New London, CT. "lightly soiled", Fine to Very Fine, APS (2006) cert. Scott $650+. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1147		U.S., Envelope: 1861, 3¢ Pink on Buff, EDU, #U35, Washington, DC, Feb 7 (1862), to Philadelphia, PA, Very Fine EDU for U.P.S.S. (not Scott number), APS (2005) cert. UPSS #79-7-23-1. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $58
Lot 1148		U.S., Official Seals: 1890 2¢, 10¢ on 1891 Cover, #OX7; 220, 226, 1890 2¢, 10¢ tied on 2¢ Plimpton with 1889 bistre brown with pink label "Request Examination On Delivery, Obtain Envelope if Irregularity is Reported", from Kentucky to New York, on back violet "Received in Bad Condition", also "D" with "40" inside and "91" below, Very Fine for this unusual item. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $219

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