Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

Worldwide Air Post, Foreign Stamps and Covers continued...

**Trans-Oceanic Record Flights continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
2078		1934, Oct. 18 -- Pacific Ocean Flight, Australia to California (AAMC 1216). Flown cover with Australila, Fiji and U.S. franking tied by appropriate datestamps, signed "C. Kingsford-Smith", receiving backstamp, one Australian stamp torn at corner, razor cuts around U.S. stamp, otherwise Fine, AAMC $500.00 (Image)	E. 150-200	475.00
2079		1934, Oct. 20 -- MacRobertson Air Race, England to Australia, Carried by Parmentier and Moll (AAMC 1217a). Flown cover with Netherlands franking tied by Amsterdam datestamps, red handstamped flight cachet, backstamped Royal Dutch Airways Oct. 24 oval (confirming Parmentier and Moll as pilots), accompanied by two similar covers carried by others, Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300	160.00
2080		1934, Nov. 15-23 -- Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, Exploration Flights (AAMC 1218). Five matching sequential covers, each legal-size with 6c Winged Globe and block of 3c Byrd commemorative, printed corner card and appropriate handstamped cachets, each signed by Admiral Byrd, datestamped Nov. 15, 16, 19, 22 and 23, with latitude and longitude indicated on each, Little America Jan. 30 duplex cancels, Very Fine, a remarkable and scarce series from this famous polar expedition, AAMC $1,750.00 (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	2,300.00
2081		1934, Dec. 17 -- Inaugural Service, Holland to Dutch West Indies per "Snip" (AAMC 1220, 1220a). Two items, flown cover from regular dispatch at Netherlands, and flown card from Paramaribo (Dutch Guiana) with Surinam franking and special cachet, Very Fine, scarce (Image)	E. 100-150	95.00
2082		1934, Dec. 19 -- Special Christmas Flight, Airplane "Uiver", Netherlands to Batavia, N.E.I. (AAMC 1221). Stained and charred cover salvaged from the "Uiver", which was hit by lightning and crashed, killing all aboard, franking intact, Fine and scarcer than AAMC $50.00 value suggests (Image)	E. 100-150	130.00
2083		1935, Mar. 21 -- Record Speed Flight, Australia to England (AAMC 1229). Flown cover sent by the pilot H. L. Brooks, endorsed in his hand "Carried by the Miles Falcon G-ACTM Australia-England 7 days 9hrs 50mins Piloted by H. L. Brooks", Australia and G.B. franking tied by Darwin Mar. 21 and Croydon Apr. 1 datestamps, Very Fine, only a few covers were carried (Image)	E. 300-400	350.00
2084		1935, Aug. 3 -- Attempted Flights over the North Pole, Moscow to San Francisco (AAMC 1238). Registered picture postcard to USSR Consul in New York with USSR 1935 1r on 10k Moscow-San Francisco Flight Overprint (C68) tied by Moscow Aug. 3 circular datestamp, appropriate handstamped cachets and registry labels VERY FINE. A PRISTINE CARD CARRIED ON THE INTERRUPTED POLAR FLIGHT OF THE "O 25". After flying over Siberia and 700 miles across the Arctic Ocean, the "O 25" developed a mechanical problem, forcing the pilot (Levanevsky, one of three co-pilots) to return to base. Mail carried on board was delivered by regular mail. AAMC $4,500.00 (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	4,750.00
2085		1935, Aug. 17 -- First Flight, Midway Island to Wake Island (AAMC 1240). Blue map cachet on printed flight cover with U.S. stamps tied by Honolulu duplexes on Aug. 13 and 22, signed by Capt. Sullivan, Very Fine, AAMC $300.00 (Image)	E. 200-300	350.00
2086		1935, Sep. 24 -- Attempted Non-Stop Flight by Waitkus, New York to Lithuania (AAMC 1241). Combination U.S. and Lithuania 1935 40c Overprint (C80 var) tied on flown cover addressed by Lt. Felix Waitkus to himself and signed, appropriate cachets, additional stamps tied on back, Very Fine, 400 flown, AAMC $250.00 (Image)	E. 200-300	325.00
2087		1935, Dec. 8 -- Guillaumet Paris-Martinique Flight, Bordeaux Dispatch to Guadeloupe (AAMC 1249 var). French franking incl. 1927 5fr Air Post Ovpt. (C2) tied by Bordeaux Dec. 1 datestamp on cover to Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, purple handstamped cachet, Very Fine, owner's notation "very rare", unlisted in AAMC (Image)	E. 200-300	110.00
2088		1936, May 29 -- First Flight, Manila to Madrid (AAMC 1260). Airmail cover with Hong Kong and Philippines franking, purple handstamped flight cachet, signed by Antonio Arnaiz, receiving backstamps, Very Fine, AAMC $300.00 (Image)	E. 150-200	260.00

Trans-Oceanic Record Flights continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

2078

1934, Oct. 18 -- Pacific Ocean Flight, Australia to California (AAMC 1216). Flown cover with Australila, Fiji and U.S. franking tied by appropriate datestamps, signed "C. Kingsford-Smith", receiving backstamp, one Australian stamp torn at corner, razor cuts around U.S. stamp, otherwise Fine, AAMC $500.00 (Image)

E. 150-200

475.00

2079

1934, Oct. 20 -- MacRobertson Air Race, England to Australia, Carried by Parmentier and Moll (AAMC 1217a). Flown cover with Netherlands franking tied by Amsterdam datestamps, red handstamped flight cachet, backstamped Royal Dutch Airways Oct. 24 oval (confirming Parmentier and Moll as pilots), accompanied by two similar covers carried by others, Very Fine (Image)

E. 200-300

160.00

2080

1934, Nov. 15-23 -- Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, Exploration Flights (AAMC 1218). Five matching sequential covers, each legal-size with 6c Winged Globe and block of 3c Byrd commemorative, printed corner card and appropriate handstamped cachets, each signed by Admiral Byrd, datestamped Nov. 15, 16, 19, 22 and 23, with latitude and longitude indicated on each, Little America Jan. 30 duplex cancels, Very Fine, a remarkable and scarce series from this famous polar expedition, AAMC $1,750.00 (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

2,300.00

2081

1934, Dec. 17 -- Inaugural Service, Holland to Dutch West Indies per "Snip" (AAMC 1220, 1220a). Two items, flown cover from regular dispatch at Netherlands, and flown card from Paramaribo (Dutch Guiana) with Surinam franking and special cachet, Very Fine, scarce (Image)

E. 100-150

95.00

2082

1934, Dec. 19 -- Special Christmas Flight, Airplane "Uiver", Netherlands to Batavia, N.E.I. (AAMC 1221). Stained and charred cover salvaged from the "Uiver", which was hit by lightning and crashed, killing all aboard, franking intact, Fine and scarcer than AAMC $50.00 value suggests (Image)

E. 100-150

130.00

2083

1935, Mar. 21 -- Record Speed Flight, Australia to England (AAMC 1229). Flown cover sent by the pilot H. L. Brooks, endorsed in his hand "Carried by the Miles Falcon G-ACTM Australia-England 7 days 9hrs 50mins Piloted by H. L. Brooks", Australia and G.B. franking tied by Darwin Mar. 21 and Croydon Apr. 1 datestamps, Very Fine, only a few covers were carried (Image)

E. 300-400

350.00

2084

1935, Aug. 3 -- Attempted Flights over the North Pole, Moscow to San Francisco (AAMC 1238). Registered picture postcard to USSR Consul in New York with USSR 1935 1r on 10k Moscow-San Francisco Flight Overprint (C68) tied by Moscow Aug. 3 circular datestamp, appropriate handstamped cachets and registry labels

VERY FINE. A PRISTINE CARD CARRIED ON THE INTERRUPTED POLAR FLIGHT OF THE "O 25".

After flying over Siberia and 700 miles across the Arctic Ocean, the "O 25" developed a mechanical problem, forcing the pilot (Levanevsky, one of three co-pilots) to return to base. Mail carried on board was delivered by regular mail. AAMC $4,500.00 (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

4,750.00

2085

1935, Aug. 17 -- First Flight, Midway Island to Wake Island (AAMC 1240). Blue map cachet on printed flight cover with U.S. stamps tied by Honolulu duplexes on Aug. 13 and 22, signed by Capt. Sullivan, Very Fine, AAMC $300.00 (Image)

E. 200-300

350.00

2086

1935, Sep. 24 -- Attempted Non-Stop Flight by Waitkus, New York to Lithuania (AAMC 1241). Combination U.S. and Lithuania 1935 40c Overprint (C80 var) tied on flown cover addressed by Lt. Felix Waitkus to himself and signed, appropriate cachets, additional stamps tied on back, Very Fine, 400 flown, AAMC $250.00 (Image)

E. 200-300

325.00

2087

1935, Dec. 8 -- Guillaumet Paris-Martinique Flight, Bordeaux Dispatch to Guadeloupe (AAMC 1249 var). French franking incl. 1927 5fr Air Post Ovpt. (C2) tied by Bordeaux Dec. 1 datestamp on cover to Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, purple handstamped cachet, Very Fine, owner's notation "very rare", unlisted in AAMC (Image)

E. 200-300

110.00

2088

1936, May 29 -- First Flight, Manila to Madrid (AAMC 1260). Airmail cover with Hong Kong and Philippines franking, purple handstamped flight cachet, signed by Antonio Arnaiz, receiving backstamps, Very Fine, AAMC $300.00 (Image)

E. 150-200

260.00