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Lot 1626 |
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1909 Fulton-Flight, black and yellow publicity label picturing a plane, a balloon and two dirigibles over the Hudson River, an unused block of four (one stamp repaired) and a single affixed to a cover bearing a 2¢ Hudson Fulton (372) cancelled East Orwell, O., Nov. 8, 1909, F-VF and very rare.
Estimate 200 - 300
On September 28, 1909 two dirigibles, attempting to win a $10,000 prize by sailing about the same route on which Fulton sent his first steamboat left New York's "Fulton Flight Square", at 119th St. and Riverside Drive, for Albany. One was forced down near White Plains after only two hours. The other dropped into the Hudson at 190th St. Airplanes left the south end of Manhattan at the same time and made the trip without mishap.
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Lot 1627 |
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1911 (Sept. 17) "Vin Fiz" Flyer collateral, three items: unused special picture postcard showing the plane and its pilot, C.P. Rodgers; 8-page illustrated booklet published by the Vin Fiz Co. entitled Story of My Flying with Complete Technical Description of My Aeroplane by Rodgers; and a small "Greetings from the Sky" flyer, one of hundreds that Rodgers dropped; faults but a scarce group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1628 |
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1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, Garden City, N.Y. (AAMC 3), picture postcard (real photo biplane in flight) with 1¢ green cancelled Sept.23, message reads "…keep this card as it goes by the first Aerial Mail." Very Fine. AAMC $500.
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Lot 1629 |
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1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, Garden City, N.Y. (AAMC 3), cover bearing 2¢ carmine cancelled Sept. 23, addressed to Washington, D.C. then forwarded to Hyattsville, Md., Sept. 25, Very Fine. AAMC $500.
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Lot 1630 |
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1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, Garden City, N.Y. (AAMC 3d), 1¢ postal card cancelled Sept. 30, reverse is advertisement for Manufacturer's Publicity Corp. minor corner bend, Very Fine. AAMC $350.
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Lot 1631 |
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1911 (Sept. 23-Oct. 1) International Aviation Tournament, Garden City, N.Y. (AAMC 3d), 1¢ postal card cancelled Sept. 26 (?) with Locust Valley, N.Y. receiver SEpt. 27, reverse is an advertisement for Doubleday, Page & Co., minor corner bend, Very Fine. AAMC $350.
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Lot 1632 |
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1912 (Feb. 17-25) Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet, Oakland, Cal. (AAMC 16b), cover with 2¢ carmine cancelled Feb. 22, pencil address a bit smeared, otherwise Very Fine. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1633 |
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1912 (Feb. 17-25) Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet, Oakland, Cal. (AAMC 16b), 2¢ entire cancelled Feb. 22, Very Fine. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1634 |
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1912 (Mar. 12-16) Aviation Meet, Hot Springs, Ark. (AAMC 18a), picture postcard showing pilot Jimmy Ward at the controls of his biplane, 1¢ green cancelled Mar. 15, message tells of watching the flight; couple light creases, Fine and rare. AAMC $2,000.
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Lot 1635 |
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1912 (Apr. 10) City to City Experimental Flight, New Orleans, La. to Baton Rouge, La. (AAMC 22), 1¢ postal card cancelled Apr. 10, couple minor corner bends, Very Fine. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1636 |
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1912 (July 12-13) Butler County Fair Aviation Meet, Hamilton, Ohio (AAMC 39), picture postcard (pilot Lincoln Beachey standing next to his biplane) with 1¢ green (damaged) cancelled July 13, Fine. AAMC $350.
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Lot 1637 |
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1912 (July 19-22) Queen City Aviation Meet, Coney Island (Cincinnati), Ohio (AAMC 41), picture postcard (pilot Paul Peck seated at controls of his plane) with 1¢ green cancelled California, Ohio, July 20 (date not struck up but pencil message date July 19); couple light creases, Fine. AAMC $750.
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Lot 1638 |
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1912 (Aug. 3) Hohokus Driving Park Aviation Meet, Hohokus, N.J. (AAMC 45), picture postcard (pilot Brookins and his Wright "Flyabout") with 1¢ green cancelled Aug. 3, small corner bend, fresh and Very Fine. AAMC $250.
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Lot 1639 |
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1912 (Aug. 6-8) Harvest Festival Aviation Meet, Fort Recovery, Ohio (AAMC 45), A.C.I. picture postcard (dog "Bob" seated at controls of plane) with 1¢ green cancelled Aug. 8; minor corner bend, Very Fine. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1640 |
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1912 (Aug. 6-8) Harvest Festival Aviation Meet, Fort Recovery, Ohio (AAMC 47b), picture postcard (real photo of plane "leaving the ground at Fort Recovery, Ohio. Aug. 6, 1912.") with 1¢ green tied by Aug. 8 flight cachet-cancel on picture side, Very Fine and unusual. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1641 |
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1912 (Aug. 6-8) Harvest Festival Aviation Meet, Fort Recovery, Ohio (AAMC 47b), same picture postcard as previous but with 2¢ Hudson-Fulton tied by Aug. 8 cachet-cancel, Extremely Fine. Rare use of a commemorative stamp. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1642 |
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1912 (Aug. 6-8) Harvest Festival Aviation Meet, Fort Recovery, Ohio (AAMC 47b), picture postcard (real photo of plane in air apparently taken through a window) with 2¢ carmine imperf tied by Aug. 8 cachet-cancel, Very Fine. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1643 |
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1912 (Aug. 6-8) Harvest Festival Aviation Meet, Fort Recovery, Ohio (AAMC 47b), 1¢ green tied by Aug. 8 cachet-cancel on special souvenir envelope prepared for the meet, some edge faults, very scarce. AAMC $300+.
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Lot 1644 |
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1912 (Aug. 10-11) Country Club Aviation Meet, Portland, Or. (AAMC 48), picture postcard with 1¢ green cancelled Aug. 10; some chipping on picture side, otherwise Very Fine. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1645 |
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1912 (Aug. 10-11) Country Club Aviation Meet, Portland, Or. (AAMC 48), 1¢ postal card cancelled Aug 10, fresh and Very Fine. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1646 |
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1912 (Sept. 10-12) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Columbia, Tenn. (AAMC 54), picture postcard (Harry Truby handpainted landscape) with 1¢ green tied by red flight cachet-cancel, Fine. AAMC $500.
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Lot 1647 |
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1912 (Sept. 9-15) International Aviation Meet, Cicero, Ill. (AAMC 55d), A.C.I. picture postcard (showing Orville Wright among others, viewing meet) with 1¢ green cancelled Cicero, Sept. 16, 5-PM, message relates to flight; minor corner bends, Very Fine. AAMC $500.
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Lot 1648 |
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1912 (Sept. 9-15) International Aviation Meet, Cicero, Ill. (AAMC 55d), same picture postcard as previous with same stamp and cancel but with additional Chicago receiver Sept. 16, 10 PM, message includes "This land card will go from here to Chicago in an airship.", Fine. AAMC $500.
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Lot 1649 |
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1912 (Sept. 16-22) Grant Park Aviation Meet, Chicago, Ill. (AAMC 56 var.), A.C.I. picture postcard (two monoplanes over Grant Park) with 1¢ green cancelled Sept 23 Chicago machine cancel ("2" of "23" inked on reverse), circular "Aerial Mail" cachet also ties stamp, Fine. AAMC $300+.
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Lot 1650 |
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1913 (Sept. 2) Fair Grounds Aviation Meet, Rutland, Vt. (AAMC 71), picture postcard with 1¢ green tied by flight cachet-cancel, Very Fine. AAMC $600.
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Lot 1651 |
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1914 (May 30-Sept. 7) Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service, Chautauqua, N.Y. (AAMC 80), 1¢ postal card cancelled Chautauqua, N.Y. flag duplex, July 6; minor corner bends, Very Fine. AAMC $750.
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Lot 1652 |
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1914 (May 30-Sept. 7) Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service, Chautauqua, N.Y. (AAMC 80a), 1¢ postal card cancelled Bemus Point, July 30; couple small mounting stains at corners, Very Fine. AAMC $400.
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Lot 1653 |
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1914 (May 30-Sept. 7) Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service, Chautauqua, N.Y. (AAMC 80a), picture postcard with 1¢ green cancelled Bemus Point, July 17, minor corner bends, Very Fine. AAMC $400.
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Lot 1654 |
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1914 (May 30-Sept. 7) Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service, Chautauqua, N.Y. (AAMC 80b), 1¢ postal card cancelled Celeron, July 30, Extremely Fine. AAMC $350.
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Lot 1655 |
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1914 (May 30-Sept. 7) Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service, Chautauqua, N.Y. (AAMC 80b), 1¢ postal card cancelled Celeron, Sept. 3, Very Fine. AAMC $350.
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Lot 1656 |
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1914 (May 30-Sept. 7) Experimental Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Service, Chautauqua, N.Y. (AAMC 80c), 1¢ postal card cancelled Mayville, Aug. 12, Very Fine. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1657 |
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1916 (Oct. 5) Driving Park Aviation Meet, West Branch, Mich. (AAMC 95), 1¢ postal card cancelled two strikes Oct. 5 flight cachet-cancel, Very Fine. Signed Kessler. AAMC $300.
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Lot 1658 |
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1916 (Oct. 13) Experimental Aeroplane Mail Flight, Ithaca, N.Y. (AAMC 96), 1¢ postal card cancelled Ithaca machine cancel Oct. 16, blue boxed flight cachet at left; minor corner bends, Very Fine and rare. AAMC $3,000.
Mail was flown on October 14 but the mailing was dropped off course and landed in a nearby woods. It was not found until two days later when it was cacheted and postmarked.
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Lot 1659 |
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1916 (Nov. 2) New York Times Aerial Post, Chicago to New York (AAMC 97a), special New York Times souvenir postal card with additional 10¢ stamp applied, cancelled Chicago, Nov. 2; light creases and toning, Fine. Message quotes from "Darius Green and his Flying Machine", a 1910 poem by J.T. Trowbridge. AAMC $600.
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