1928, Nov. 29 -- Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Postmaster General's Official Business legal-size cover addressed to himself (Harry S. New), 5c Beacon and 2c Red tied by "S.S. City of New York Nov. 29, 1928" ship cancel, Byrd Antarctic Expedition handstamped cachet, signed "R E Byrd/Byrd Antarctic Expedition En route Antarctic", red oval Dec. 26, 1928 receiving handstamp applied at P.O. Dept., with letter from Postmaster General New to his friend, Fred Chamberlain, explaining that he gave this cover to Commander Byrd to be carried South, Very Fine, this cover dates from the first stage of Byrd's expedition, one year later he made his record flight

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1930-31 Admiral Byrd U.S. City Visits, Cacheted Covers. Approximately 66 covers with cachets commemorating visits by Admiral Byrd to various cities, nice range of cities, designs and stamps, Very Fine

Admiral Byrd Covers. Group of more than 15 covers, better include scarce Roessler cachet of bust in black, similar in blue, another bust cachet design also in blue, others with a few small flaws, overall Very Fine

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EGYPT, 1928, November 27, Major J.E. Carberry Flight in Fokker Monoplane (AAMC 16). Egypt 5m tied by "Cairo 6 XII 28" circular datestamp with additional strike below on cover addressed to Kenya, Kenya & Uganda 20c tied upon arrival by "Nairobi, Kenya 11 DE 28" circular datestamp, Very Fine and quite rare with only 20 flown on this leg, of the 40 covers flown from Amsterdam half were destined for Egypt, the other half for Nairobi

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GERMANY, 1929 Barcelona Drop (Sieger 26b). 4m Zeppelin stamp tied by bold "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 16.5. 1929" circular datestamp on cover to Zurich, proper cachets, "Barcelona 16 May 29" backstamp, Very Fine, only 19 pieces were dropped, Sieger €2,000

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NEWFOUNDLAND, 1932, May 20, Transatlantic DOX Flight (AAMC 31a). Newfoundland $1.50 on $1.00 Air Post (C12) tied by "Holyrood C.B., Newf'd, MY 20 32" circular datestamp on legal-sized cover, printed notice stating the cover was returned to St. John's from Germany "under special cover" and countersigned by Postmaster, manuscript "via DO-X & Germany" directive, Very Fine and rare, according to Bert Warr, Jr. in The Dornier DO-X Flight of 1932" (Newfie Newsletter, No. 17, May/June 1988), "Between 20 and 40 cards and covers...were posted at Holyrood...", likely less in existence today, ex Cole

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NEWFOUNDLAND, 1933, July 26, Balbo Return Flight to Rome (AAMC 1184h). Newfoundland $4.50 on 75c Air Post stamp (C18) tied by "St. Johns, Newf'd 26 JUL 33" circular datestamp on flown cover to Rome, Italy, Shoal Harbour Jul. 27 and Torino backstamp, blue flight cachet, Very Fine and scarce

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STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1926, August 23, Experimental Flight, Singapore-Kuala Lumpur-Port Swettenham (AAMC 1). Straits Settlements 2c King George V pair tied by "Singapore 23 AU 1926" double-circle datestamp on cover to Port Swettenham, "By Air Mail" straightline flight cachet, Port Swettenham arrival backstamp, Very Fine, little publicity was given to this flight, resulting in only five covers carried

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1926 Five-Country Airmail Cover. United States 2c Red and 4c Green Air Post (C4) tied by Chicago Jan. 18, 1926 duplex, a second No. C4 tied on reverse by same cancel, sent to London, with 1-1/2p stamps tied by 11 Feb datestamp, unclaimed and then forwarded to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, and Helsinki from February to April, with appropriate stamps tied, finally returned to the U.S., with May 1, 1926 N.Y. & Chi. R.P.O. backstamp, numerous backstamps and unclaimed markings (see our website for reverse of cover), some cover wear (mostly around the edges) as expected on such a large and well-travelled cover, Fine, a most unusual cover with lots of character

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Worldwide Zeppelin and Flight Covers. About 50 covers or cards, mainly Zeppelin flights, majority from Germany, a large number using the Zeppelin stamps, including two covers each with three Suidamerica stamps, other countries, a few catapult, various flight covers, and a couple Byrd expeditions, most Fine-Very Fine

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