COLLECTION OF CRASH MAIL PILOT'S SIGNATURES on flight covers, mostly first flights, some signed also by first flight pilot period 1926-36, plus one piece aircraft fabric from crash - attractive frankings & cachets. Full list of flights accompanies. Very useful lot.
Estimated Price: £300.00 - 400.00
Sale #149
By: Corbitts
Corbitts Sale #149
This auction features close to 1600 lots of stamps, covers and postcards .
The auction contains a selection of All World mixed lots followed by an All World stamps and covers from Aden to Zanzibar.
The country lots include a range of Great Britain and commonwealth, Omnibus, Germany & Colonies and much more.
Stamp boxes, Cinderella, Thematics and other collectibles.
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Lot #1143 - United States of America
Lot #1144 - United States of America
Early to modern U ranges in album & stock book with some duplication, ranges to 1990's
Estimated Price: £100.00 - 140.00
Lot #1145 - United States of America
1847-1994 M & U collection housed in a large stock book incl. facsimiles and condition very mixed. Face value of modern will add up. (1000's)
Estimated Price: £150.00 - 200.00
Lot #1146 - United States of America
1851-1986 M & U collection housed in 7 green spring back albums, some duplication - still an excellent basis of expansion (1000's)
Estimated Price: £200.00 - 250.00
Lot #1147 - United States of America
1851-57 1c Franklin three examples (faults) on a cover to North Adams, Massachusetts, adhesives cancelled by grid of Hillsboro.
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00
Lot #1148 - United States of America
1861-65 illustrated Patriotic envelopes (3) unused by Charles Magnus Co. all over designs of Stewarts Place- Baltimore, Encampment of U. ST. Troops at Newport News (2 different).
Estimated Price: £30.00 - 40.00
Lot #1149 - United States of America
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 1862 5c (Davis) light milky blue, tied blue PETERSBURG VA d/stamp to N. Carolina, also 1862 (May) soldiers underpaid cover with s/line 'DUES' (Act by Confederate Congress not applying to MILITIA i.e. KIRKWOOD'S S. Caroline Volunteers) with letter. Also 3c Washington UNION patriotic cover - TRUE TO THE UNION by Magee PHILA. Good trio. (3)
Estimated Price: £100.00 - 120.00
Lot #1150 - United States of America
1869 2c Post Rider & 3c Steam Locomotive both M examples. SG. 115&116. (2) Cat. xA3900.
Estimated Price: £80.00 - 120.00
Lot #1151 - United States of America
1883-1980 good to FU collection neatly laid out in a Merton album, general run through lot with some better noted incl. 1893 Columbian set to $2, 1901 Pan-Am set, 1902-08 $5, 1904 Louisiana Purchase set, 1907 Jamestown set & later ranges of defins & commems to 1980. (100's)
Estimated Price: £400.00 - 500.00
Lot #1152 - United States of America
1893 Columbian issue 10c, 15c, 30c FU, 50c U (faults) & $1 VFU (thinned), SG.242/6. Cat. xA31000 (5)
Estimated Price: £120.00 - 150.00
Lot #1153 - United States of America
1893 Columbian issue 1c to 8c M (odd crease) SG. 235/241, 1896 Trans Mississippi Expo 2c M, 4c M (faults), 50c M, SG.292/3 & 1901 Pan-Am 4c M. Cat. xA31196 (7)
Estimated Price: £150.00 - 180.00
Lot #1154 - United States of America
1893 Columbian set to 50c M (some faults) as is usual, the 15c & 50c are unused, SG.235/245. Cat. xA31500+ (11)
Estimated Price: £120.00 - 170.00
Lot #1155 - United States of America
1895 15c, 50c, $1 Type I & $5 Av U, SG.277/9, 281. (4) Cat. xA3550
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #1156 - United States of America
1901-67 M or UM collection in a stock book, highlights incl. 1901 Pan-Am Expo set (xA3425), 1903 2c Washington block of four (xA372), 1907 Jamestown 2c top marginal strip of three UM (xA3102+), 1907 Jamestown set (xA3180), 1913-15 Panama Pacific 2c & 5c (xA3100), 1920 Pilgrim Fathers set (xA350), 1923 Air set (xA3190), 1924 Huguenot set (xA330), 1933 Chicago Exhibition M/Sheet (xA359), 1934 Exhibition Sheet (xA340), 1938-54 Presidential...
Lot #1157 - United States of America
1902 3c, 4c, 5c, 6c, 10c & 13c - all good M, from SG.308/313. (6) Cat. xA3390
Estimated Price: £45.00 - 55.00
Lot #1158 - United States of America
1908-22 Franklin Head defins 1c to 30c (15 different) M, some with heavy hinge remnants.
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 60.00
Lot #1159 - United States of America
U.S POSTAL AGENCY IN SHANGHAI 1919 Surcharged 12 vals to $2 M, condition mixed on xBD incl. some with gum thins or thins - still scarce group from SG.1/16. Cat. xA31200
Estimated Price: £150.00 - 200.00
Lot #1160 - United States of America
1922-24 range of first flight covers (7) incl. Experimental flight 6.10.22 Hartford - New York Aviation Meet, Official first flight Transcontinental Air route with night flying 1.7.24 first flown San Francisco - North Platte bears 16c Air & boxed cachet, another but San Francisco - Reno stage bears 8c Air & boxed cachet, another but Salt Lake City - Omaha bears 16c Air + boxed cachet, another but Cleveland - New York, another but San...
Lot #1161 - United States of America
1928-29 range of first flight covers incl. 25th Anniv Wright Bros. flight McKeesport - Tulsa, PAA Miami - Nassau 2.1.29 pilot signed Harry Rogers. Chicago - Bogota 16.1.29 SCADTA flown Cartagena - Bogota bears 20ct Scadta semi-official overprint 'EU' and Colombia airmail etiquette (scarce). CAM 29 New Orleans - Houston 23.1.29, PAA Miami - Cristobal 4.2.29 onto Costa Rica, PAA Brownsville - Mexico City 10.3.29, National Glider Conference...
Lot #1162 - United States of America
1929-30 range of 16 first flight cacheted covers incl. PAA 1929 May 21st Miami - Belize Airport Dedication 1929 Oct 12th Conneant Ohio - Cleveland & signed Blanche Wilcox Noyes (female pilot) & incl. several photos. Air Meet & Dedication Vero Beach Florida 1930 March 3rd signed aviator Mrs Freddie Lund - two pictures accompany. PAA 1930 May 1st Brownsville - Maracaibo Airfield pmk (250 flown), North West Air Tours 1930 July 31st...
Lot #1163 - United States of America
1930-31 range of 17 first flight covers incl. 1930 Oct 29th flown cover from Berkeley - Pennsylvania with letter and signed by aviator Lilian Moses, PAA 1930 Nov 10th first flight Miami - Para, Brazil with cachet, 1930 PAA FAM 10 Miami - Maranhao signed both pilots Williamson & Grooch, very scarce as only 216 items of mail flown, 1931 Shore to Ship experimental flight to S.S City of Los Angeles special cover postmarked Honolulu, another...
Lot #1164 - United States of America
1930-36 range of first flight covers (13) incl. 1930 Dec 2nd PAA Miami-Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1933 Chicago World fair PPC inscribed 'Bernetta A. Miller Licensed Mail Pilot 173 Sept 1912' she was the 5th licenced female pilot in USA, 1935 April 22nd PAA Surrey flight Honolulu-San Francisco with attractive cachet, 1935 Feb-June Wiley Post Stratosphere flights cover from on the 4 attempts Los Angeles-New York with cachets postmarked Los Angeles,...
Lot #1165 - United States of America
1931-83 range of 17 first flight covers incl. 1931 May 23rd Official Opening Floyd Bennett Airfield New York with cachet & signed Mrs Floyd Bennett (his widow), 1932 Jan 16th Kohler Aviation experimental flight Milwaukee - Detroit posted on arrival, cachet & pilot signed Stephanie Martin, 1932 April 9th Army Day Los Angeles Airport cachet signed Juanita E. Burns with cuttings, National Air Races Cleveland 27.3.32 cacheted cover signed...
Lot #1166 - United States of America
1937-39 range of first flight covers (22) incl. 1937 May 10th 25th anniversary flight Newport Beach-Avalon by 'China Clipper' special illustrated cover, 1937 May 9th Merrill Coronation New York-London-New York round trip cover with pictures of Merrill holding a package of GB Coronation Stamps before return flight and handing them over at Floyd Bennett Airfield on arrival, further range cacheted covers.
Estimated Price: £60.00 - 75.00...
Lot #1167 - United States of America
1939-46 range first flight covers (25) incl. 1940 Dec 17th Kitty Hawk Aviation Day special cover signed Eddie Rickenbacker - WWI Ace, 1946 TWA Philadelphia-Tripoli (only 10 flown)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 65.00
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