World Airmail Covers. Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC Sale Dec. 14, Third Session.

Third Session Friday, December 14, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. Lots 1768-2066 World Airmail Covers In Our Offices in Danbury, Connecticut World Airmail Covers Balloon Flights 1768 Canada, 1978, Attempted Transatlantic Bal - loon Flight, July 26-30, not com pleted, ma chine stamped on ar rival July 27 in France, signed by the pi lots, scarce, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150-200 1769 Can ada, 1985, East to West At tempted Bal - loon Flight, car ried by a Dutch bal loon, can celed on ar rival in Can ada [#502 of 2500], signed, scarce as most were kept by the plot, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150-200 1770 Great Brit ain, 1967, bal loon flight across the Eng lish Chan nel, car ried aboard the Jambo, signed by the crew [#29 of 200], GB stamp can celed on ar rival in France, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $75-100 1771 Japan, 1981, First Successful Transpacific Bal loon Flight, No vem ber 9 from Ja pan to U.S. aboard Double Eagle V, can celed on ar rival 3 days later, signed by the crew [#161 of 1000] + May 8, 1982 Gordon Bennett flight, signed, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150-200 1772 United States, 1865, cover with con tents re - port ing on bal loon flight, Au gust 2, 1865, Newburyport, Mass, Sc. 63, tied to cover by strong grid with let ter de scrib - ing two men mak ing a bal loon as cent, most likely the Allen broth ers who were ac tive at that time in that re gion + 3 1932-66 bal loon re lated cover, in clud ing. one signed for Aus tra lian failed flight, good lot for the top i cal/the matic col - lec tor, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150-200 1774 United States, 1976, Trans at lan tic Bal loon Flight, Oc to ber 5, 1976, flown by Ed Yost aboard Silver Fox to Bel gium [#208 of 600], signed and scarce (photo on web site). Estimate $150-200 1775 United States, 1977-83, Dou ble Ea gle bal loon flights, 4 cov ers flown by Dou ble Ea gle I, III, IV & VII, all signed and ap pro pri ately franked, scarce group, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150-200 1776 United States, 1978, First Suc cess ful Trans - at lan tic Bal loon Flight, April 11, 1978 flight by Double Ea - gle II ar riv ing in France 5 days later [#811 of 1000], signed with a piece of the fab ric + 4 com mem o ra tive cov ers, scarce, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $200-300 1777 United States, 1983-84, Solo Trans at lan tic Bal loon Flight, Sep tem ber 14, 1984, first suc cess ful solo trans at lan tic flight made by Joe Kittinger Jr, signed [#436 of 2992] in Rosie Grady s Bal loon of Peace + 4 other Kittinger cov ers, 2 signed, scarce group, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $200-300 1778 United States, 1992, Chrys ler Trans at lan tic Chal lenge bal loon flight, Sep tem ber 16, 2 cov ers: U.S. to Spain car ried on Bel gium Bal loon G BUFA, Chrys ler 1 signed by the 3 pi lots [#119 of 900} & Amer i can bal loon Team USA to Mo rocco, first US to Af rica flight {#572 of 1000], signed by the two pi lots, scarce items, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $200-300 1779 United States, 2002, At tempted Solo Trans - at lan tic Bal loon Flight, September 25, 2002, unsuccessful at tempt by Da vid Hempleman-Ad ams to fly solo across the At lan tic, aban doned within the U.S. due to fail ure of the au to pi lot [#3 of 50], scarce, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150-200 1773 United States, 1962-77, Bal loon flights, May 2, 1962 Kathleen & Oc to ber 3, 1973 Forbes Chateau de Balleroy trans con ti nen tal flights, both signed + 3 cacheted com mem o ra tive cov ers, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $100-150 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 241

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights Zeppelin Flights 1780 Ar gen tina, 1930 (May 25 - June 6), Graf Zep - pe lin Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Friedrichshafen, post card from Bue nos Ai res to Lon don, with li lac US flight ca chet, franked with Ar gen tina C21, C22 +, Very Fine. Michel 68Fbc. Sieger 63B. Estimate $200-300 1783 Aus tria, 1930 (May 18-24), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Friedrichshafen - Bahia (Drop), post card from Vi - enna to Bahia, with red flight ca chet, Bahia post mark May 24, Bue nos Ai res ar rival post mark June 5, Ex tremely Fine. Michel 64I. Sieger 57L. Estimate $150-200 1781 Ar gen tina, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst, cover from Bue nos Ai - res to New York, on spe cial Zep pe lin sta tio nery, with vi o let Ar gen tina flight ca chet, franked with Ar gen tina 2 x C22-C23 +, Very Fine. Michel 68Fbc. Sieger 63B. Estimate $200-300 1784 Aus tria, 1930 (May 18-24), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Friedrichshafen - Bahia (Drop), post card from Vi - enna to Bue nos Ai res, with red flight ca chet, Bahia post - mark May 24, Bue nos Ai res ar rival post mark June 5, Ex tremely Fine. Michel 64I. Sieger 57L. Estimate $150-200 1782 Ar gen tina, 1935 (Nov. 22-24), Sec ond Graf Zep pe lin Shut tle Flight, Recife - Bathurst, registered pic - ture post card from Ar gen tina to Ger many, via DLH from Bathurst, with Green stag ing ca chet, franked with 7 stamps, Ex tremely Fine. Michel 500I. Estimate $150-200 1785 Bel gium, 1935 (Nov. 22-25), Sec ond Graf Zep pe lin Shut tle Flight, Recife - Bathurst, cover from Bel gium to Brazil, via DLH Stuttgart - Bathurst, with red stag ing ca chet, franked with 6 stamps, Very Fine. Michel 500IIc. Estimate $250-350 242 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1786 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro -) Lakehurst. Cover from La Paz to New York, with black 2-line script ca chet and black boxed flight ca chet (re - verse), green Lakehurst backstamp, franked with Zep pe lin set (Scott C8-C10, Sanabria 19-21) and com plete AERO set with in verted over print (RRR!) (Scott C11, C12, C14, C15, C16, C18; Sanabria 22a-27a), Ex tremely Fine. Michel 66Cabc. Sieger 60D. Estimate $4,000-6,000 1788 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Liv er pool, with black 2-line script ca chet, black boxed flight ca chet, US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, Friedrichshafen backstamp; franked with Zep pe lin set Scott C8-C10 and com plete AERO set plus 10c brown over print (trial color) C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C18 (Sanabria 19-21, 22-27, 30); light ver ti cal creases, oth er - wise Very Fine. Michel 68Cabc. Sieger 60D. Estimate $3,000-4,000 1787 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro -) Lakehurst. Cover from La Paz to New York, with black 2-line script ca chet, smaller red 2-line script ca chet (rare), and black boxed flight ca chet (re verse), green Lakehurst backstamp, franked with Zep pe lin set (Scott C8-C10, Sanabria 19-21) and com plete AERO set in clud ing 1b in - verted over print (RRR!) (Scott C11, C12 var., C14, C15, C16, C18 var.; Sanabria 22, 23a, 24, 25, 26, 27a), Ex - tremely Fine. Michel 66Cabc. Sieger 60D. Estimate $3,000-4,000 1789 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro -) Lakehurst. Cover from La Paz to New York, with black 2-line script ca chet and black boxed flight ca chet, green Lakehurst backstamp, franked with Zep pe lin set (Scott C8-10) in verted over print (RRR!) Sanabria 19a-21a, Scott C11, C12, C14, C15, C16, C23, and 1b bronzed over print (Sanabria 22-26, 37), Ex tremely Fine. Michel 66Cabc. Sieger 60D. Estimate $2,500-3,500 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 243

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1790 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro -) Lakehurst. Cover from La Paz to New York, with black 2-line script ca chet and black boxed flight ca chet (re - verse), green Lakehurst backstamp, franked with Scott C8, com plete AERO set in clud ing one bronzed over print C11-12, 14-16, 23, 24 (San 19, 23, 26, 33, 35, 37), Ex - tremely Fine. Michel 66Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $2,000-3,000 1792 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Liv er pool, with pur ple (face) and black (re verse) 2-line script ca chet, pur ple boxed flight ca chet (both sides), US violet diamond flight cachet, Friedrichshafen backstamp; franked with Zep pe lin set Scott C8-C10 and com plete AERO set in clud ing 2 in verted over print C11, C12 in verted over print, C14, C15, C16 in verted over print, C18 (Sanabria 19-21, 22, 23a, 24, 25, 26a, 27), Very Fine. Michel 68Cabc. Sieger 60D. Estimate $2,000-3,000 1791 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Paris, with black 2-line"script" ca chet (both sides), pur ple boxed flight ca chet, US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, Friedrichshafen backstamp; franked with Scott C9, C12, C14, C15, C17, C18, C19 (Sanabria 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 33), Very Fine. Michel Mi 68Cb. Sieger 60B. Estimate $2,000-3,000 1793 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro -) Lakehurst, May 25-31, 1930. Cover from La Paz to New York, with black 2-line script ca chet and black boxed flight ca chet (re verse), green Lakehurst backstamp, franked with Scott C8, C11 in vert over print, C12, C14, C15 in verted over print, C16, C18 (Sanabria 19, 22, 23a, 24, 25, 26a, 27); light hor i zon tal creases, oth er wise Very Fine. Michel Mi 66Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $1,500-2,000 244 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1794 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst -) Se ville. Cover from La Paz to Cataluña, Spain, with black 2-line script ca chet (both sides), black boxed flight ca chet (both sides), US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, and large green boxed air mail ca chet (re verse); Se ville ma - chine backstamp; franked with Scott C9, C10, C12, C14, C15, C16 in verted over print, C19 in verted over print (Sanabria 20-21, 23, 24, 26a, 33a, 36); cover was opened and for ti fied with card stock us ing an ad he sive that mi - grated through the en ve lope and aged as dark stains, Fine ap pear ance, rare cover via Se ville (22 pieces flown) pre - served phys i cally sound. Michel Mi 67Cbc. Sieger 60BC. Estimate $1,500-2,000 1796 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Pic ture post card from Cochabamba to Ham burg, with pur ple boxed flight ca - chet (re verse), red boxed Cochabamba air mail ca chet (re - verse), US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, Friedrichshafen post mark on face; franked with Scott C8, C11, C12, C16, C18 (Sanabria 19, 22, 23, 26, 27), Very Fine. Michel 68Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $1,000-1,500 1797 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Post card from Cochabamba to Berlin, with pur ple boxed flight ca chet (re - verse), red boxed Cochabamba air mail ca chet (re verse), US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, Friedrichshafen post mark on face; franked with Scott C8, C12, C19 (Sanabria 19, 23, 33), Very Fine. Michel 68Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $400-600 1795 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Dessau, with black 2-line script ca chet, pur ple boxed flight cachet, US violet diamond flight cachet, Friedrichshafen backstamp; franked with Zep pe lin set Scott C8-C10 and com plete AERO set C11, C12, C14, C15, C16, C18 (San 19-27); two light hor i zon tal creases, oth er wise Very Fine. Michel 68Cabc. Sieger 60D. Estimate $1,500-2,000 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 245

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1798 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Pic ture post card from La Paz to Ham burg, with pur ple boxed flight ca chet (reverse), US violet diamond flight cachet. Friedrichshafen post mark on face; franked with Scott C8, C12, C14, C15, C16 (Sanabria 19, 23-26), Very Fine. Michel 68Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $250-350 1800 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Berlin, with black boxed flight ca chet, US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, red Berlin air mail con fir ma tion ca chet, Friedrichshafen and Berlin backstamps; franked with Scott C8 ver ti cal pair (one comma va ri ety), C15 (Sanabria 19c, 25), Ex tremely Fine. Michel 68Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $250-350 1799 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Liv er pool, with black 2-line script ca chet, black boxed flight ca chet, US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, Friedrichshafen backstamp; franked with Scott C8 hor i zon - tal pair, C11 (2), C14 (Sanabria 19, two 22, 24), Very Fine; with Sieger cer tif i cate. Michel 68Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $300-400 1801 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Berlin, with black boxed flight ca chet, US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, red Berlin air mail con fir ma tion ca chet, Friedrichshafen and Berlin backstamps; franked with Scott C9, C12, C14 (Sanabria 20, 23, 24), Ex tremely Fine. Michel Mi 68Cb. Sieger 60B. Estimate $250-350 246 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1802 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro -) Lakehurst. Cover from La Paz to New York, with black 2-line script ca chet and black boxed flight ca chet, green Lakehurst backstamp, franked with Scott C8 (hor i zon tal pair) and C15 (Sanabria 19 hor i zon tal pair, 25), Ex tremely Fine. Michel 66Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $200-300 1804 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Deeau cover, with black 2-line script ca chet, black boxed flight ca chet, US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, Friedrichshafen backstamp; franked with Scott C9, C15 (Sanabria 20, 25), Very Fine. Michel Mi 68Cb. Sieger 60B. Estimate $200-300 1803 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Paris, with pur ple boxed flight ca chet (re verse), US vi o let di - a mond flight ca chet, Friedrichshafen backstamp; franked with Scott C8 (2), C12, C14 (Sanabria 2 x 19, 23, 24), Ex - tremely Fine. Michel 68Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $200-300 1805 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst, cover from La Paz to New York, with black Bolivia 2SL flight ca chet, vi o let Bolivia box ca chet, franked with Bolivia C11, C12, C26, Very Fine. Michel 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin Flight. Sieger 60B. Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 247

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1806 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-31), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro -) Lakehurst. Cover from La Paz to New York, with black 2-line script ca chet and black boxed flight ca chet, green Lakehurst backstamp, franked with Scott C9, C11, C12 (Sanabria 20, 22, 23); tape stains at bot tom right, oth er wise F.-V.F. Michel 66Cb. Sieger 60B. Estimate $150-200 1809 Brazil, 1930 (May 24-25), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Recife - Rio de Ja neiro, Roessler post card, with black flight ca chet, franked with Brazil reg u lar + Zep pe lin (Sanabria Z1), Very Fine. Michel 64Ba. Estimate $150-200 1810 Brazil, 1930 (May 25 - June 2), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Ha vana via Lakehurst, cover to Cristobal, with black Brazil flight ca chet, li lac US flight ca - chet, post mark Ha vana (face) and Cristobal (re verse); franked with Brazil reg u lar + Zep pe lin (Sanabria Z7), Ex - tremely Fine. Michel 66Ibb. Estimate $200-300 1807 Bolivia, 1930 (May 25-June 6), Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Re turn Flight, La Paz - (Rio de Ja neiro - Lakehurst - Se ville -) Friedrichshafen. Cover from La Paz to Stuttgart, with black boxed flight ca chet, US vi o let di a mond flight ca chet, Friedrichshafen backstamp; franked with Scott C8 hor i zon tal pair, C15 (Sanabria 19, 25), Very Fine. Michel 68Ca. Sieger 60A. Estimate $150-200 1808 Brazil, 1930, South Amer i can Flight, cover set with spe cial stamps, a re mark able group of 8 cov ers, each franked with one of the spe cial stamps pro duced for this flight. Very dif fi cult to as sem ble., Very Fine. Sieger 57A-57H; 1,625 ($2,070) (photo on web site). Estimate $1,500-2,000 1811 Brazil, 1930 (May 25 - June 2), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Ha vana via Lakehurst, cover to Santo Domingo, with black Brazil flight ca chet, li lac US flight ca chet, post mark Ha vana and Cristobal (re verse), franked with Brazil reg u lar + Zep pe lin (Sanabria Z7), Very Fine. Michel 66Ibb. Estimate $200-300 248 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1812 Brazil, 1930 (May 25-26), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Recife, black flight ca chet on re - verse, franked with Brazil reg u lar + Zep pe lin (Sanabria Z4), Very Fine. Michel 65Ba. Estimate $150-200 1815 Ger many, 1930 (May 18-22), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Friedrichshafen - Pernambuco, red flight ca chet, franked with Michel 439, Scott C39, Very Fine. Michel 63a. Estimate $150-200 1813 Brazil, 1930 (May 25 - June 5), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Se ville, post card, with black Brazil flight ca chet, vi o let US flight ca chet, Se ville backstamp, franked with Brazil Zep pe lin (Sanabria Z2) +, Very Fine. Michel 67Bb. Estimate $150-200 1816 Ger many, 1930 (May 19 - June 2), Graf Zep - pe lin Flight, Berlin - Ha vana, post card with red Berlin - Se ville con nec tion flight ca chet, red Zep pe lin flight ca chet, vi o let US flight ca chet. No mail drop at Ha vana, flown to Lakehurst, then by air to Ha vana, ar rival post mark June 2. Franked with 2 x Mi. 438, Scott C38. Michel 66Ic. Estimate $250-350 1814 Ger many, 1930 (May 18-25), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Friedrichshafen - Rio de Ja neiro, cover to Par a - guay, with Rio de Ja neiro tran sit post mark May 25, 1930, Asuncion tran sit post mark June 5, Puerto Co lon ar rival post mark June 13, red flight ca chet. Franked with Mi. 439, Scott C39, two Con dor stamps (Sanabria C5-C6), Very Fine. Michel 64aa. Estimate $300-400 1817 Ger many, 1930 (May 19-24), Graf Zep pe lin Flight, Friedrichshafen - Bahia (Drop), Bordpost via Bahia to US cover, franked with Mi. 381 (2), 382, 438; crease, oth er wise Very Fine. Michel 64Ib. Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 249

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1818 Ger many, 1931, 4m Po lar Flight Zep pe lin (C42), tied by July 25 1931 can cel and red Graf Zep pe lin Polarfahrt ca chet on cover ad dressed to Pottsdam PA, with Po lar Flight handstamp, Very Fine. Michel 458. Sieger 119H. Estimate $400-600 1821 Ger many, 1933 (Oct. 14-19), Graf Zep pe lin Chi cago Flight, Friedrichshafen - Rio de Ja neiro, cover to Rio de Ja neiro, with red flight ca chet, franked with Sc. C43+, Mi. 496+, Very Fine. Michel 347a. Estimate $200-300 1819 Ger many, 1931, 4m Po lar Flight Zep pe lin (C42), tied by July 25 1931 can cel and red Graf Zep pe lin Polarfahrt ca chet on air mail cover ad dressed to Pottsdam PA, with po lar flight handstamp; small tear at top, F.-V.F. Michel 458. Sieger 119H. Estimate $300-400 1822 Ger many: Saar, 1934 (June 23-28), Graf Zep - pe lin Ar gen tina Flight, Friedrichshafen - Bue nos Ai res, pic ture post card with pur ple flight ca chet, franked with Saar Scott 119, 130, Ex tremely Fine. Michel 370a. Sieger 254Ba. Estimate $250-350 1820 Ger many, 1933, Graf Zep pe lin flight cover to Chi cago World s Fair (C43), two 1 dm with 10 pf(c28), 15 pf(c29) 30 pf(409) and 50 pf(c31) tied by 1933 Friedrichshafen Ger many cds on cover ad dressed to New York City, with red round trip ca chet, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400 1823 Liech ten stein, 1930 (May 18-22), Graf Zep pe - lin Flight, Friedrichshafen - Pernambuco, red flight ca - chet, Very Fine. Michel 63. Sieger 57K. Estimate $200-300 250 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1825 United States, 1928, Graf Zep pe lin flown cover Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst-(Chi cago), post - marked Friedrichshafen Oct 10, 1928, and flown on LZ-127 to Lakehurst, from there flown by in ter nal U.S. air mail to Chi cago, backstamps New York Oct 16 and Chi cago Oct 17, with Ger man 4 RM Zep pe lin stamp and US C11 for trip to Chi cago, Very Fine. Sieger 21B; 100 ($130). Estimate $150-200 1824 Rus sia, 1931, Po lar Flight, Malyguin to Friedrichshafen, reg is tered cover & post card (C26-C29), for mer with 35k (C27) & 2r (C29) tied by BRISE-GLACE MALYGUIN/ ARCTIQUE 18.VII.31 spe - cial post marks, red po lar flight ca chet and vi o let three-line Mit Eisbrecher.NORDPOL-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN guid - ing handstamp at left, vi o let reg is tra tion handstamp, red/ tan Par avion et i quette on lower left cor ner, ad dressed Friedrichshafen with re ceiv ing on face (Michel 205Ag), lat - ter with 30k (C26) & 1r (C28) tied by same spe cial post - mark, and all other mark ings, with same des ti na tion and sim i lar re ceiv ing on face (Michel 205Af), Very Fine. Michel 402 B-405 B. Estimate $500-750 1826 United States, 1929, Zep pe lin cover flown on Round-the-World Flight, LZ-127 cover post marked in Lakehurst Aug 7 for Round-the-World flight. Backstamped Lakehurst Aug 29, 1929 with green Zep pe lin slo gan can cel - la tion. U.S. Na val Air Sta tion Lakehurst, N.J. cor ner card on #10 env. Proper $3.55 post age, in clud ing C11. Signed by C. E. Rosendahl, LZ-127 Cap tain. Sieger 28D; 85 ($110). Estimate $200-300 1827 United States, 1930, Graf Zep pe lin post age due cover, New York May 6th flown round trip with all the proper ca chets and plas tered with var i ous post age due stamps in clud ing 50 (#J28), in cred i ble post age due item, the likes of which we have not of fered be fore! Very Fine and most unusual. Estimate $1,500-2,000 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 251

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin Flights 1828 United States, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zep pe lin, First Day Cover (C15), Wash ing ton DC flown round trip, Choice Ex tremely Fine; 1981 PF cer tif i cate. Scott $1,200. Estimate $750-1,000 1831 United States, 1933, piece of the Ak ron skin, in scribed by post mas ter of Barnegat NJ at test ing to its hav - ing been brought up from the sea floor, rare and mar vel ous piece of col lat eral and his tory, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600 1829 United States, 1932, U.S.S. Ak ron cov ers, 9 cov ers + 2 post cards with var i ous ca chets and frankings, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150 1832 United States, 1933-35, U.S.S. Macon cov ers, 40 cov ers incl. chris ten ing day & cover with ca chet on day of crash, many dif fer ent ca chets and frankings, a good starter lot for this fas ci nat ing area, Very Fine. Estimate $350-500 1830 United States, 1932-46, Ak ron and Macon covers, Au gust 1, 1932 set of 3 Ak ron cov ers each signed by one of her com mand ers & a 1933 me mo rial cover + 3 Macon re lated cov ers, nice lot, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 252 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

World Airmail Covers: Zeppelin - Catapult Flights Catapult Flights 1833 United States, 1937, post-ac ci dent Hindenburg cover, with rare 4-line pur ple handstamp and re turn to sender, ( 350), rare, Very Fine. Estimate $250-350 1836 Brazil, 1931 (Aug. 5-27), Do-X Amer ica Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - New York, cover from Pelotas to New York, with vi o let Brazil flight ca chet, New York backstamp, franked with 9 Brazil stamps, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $150-200 1834 Uru guay, 1930 (May 25 - June 6), Graf Zep pe - lin Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Friedrichshafen, cover from Montevideo - Berlin cover, on special Zeppelin stationery, with green Uru guay flight ca chet, li lac US flight ca chet, franked with 3 Uru guay stamps, Very Fine. Michel 68D. Sieger 61B. Estimate $300-400 1835 World wide, 1930-35, Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Flights, re main der group of 11 cov ers, in clud ing 6 Brazil, Ger many, Ar gen tina, Spain, F.-V.F. (no photo). Estimate $300-400 1837 Ger many, 1930 (Nov. 13-Aug. 27, 1931), Do-X Amer ica Flight, Friedrichshafen - New York, cover to U.S., wa ter dam aged dur ing sup pres sion of wing fire at Lis - bon, with red Ger man flight ca chet, black Brazil flight ca - chet, Do-X post mark, New York backstamp, franked with Sc. C32-C34, Mi. 382-384, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 253

World Airmail Covers: Catapult Flights 1838 Ger many, 1930 (Nov. 30-June 6, 1931), Do-X Amer ica Flight, Friedrichshafen - Rio de Ja neiro, multi-stop cover by Do-X crew mem ber: Por tu gal (28.11.30), Porto de la Luz, Ca nary Is lands (30.4.31), Rio de Oro, Span ish Sa hara (30.4.31), Bolama, Por tu guese Guinea (5.5.31), Praia, Cape Verde Is lands (30.5.31), Rio Grande Norte, Brazil (5.6.31), Rio de Ja neiro post mark (22.6.31). With red Ger man flight ca chet (re verse), black Brazil flight ca chet, Do-X post mark.(6.6.31); franked with 14 stamps (4 re verse) in clud ing Ger many 3 x Sc. C33, Mi. 383, Extremely Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000 1840 Neth er lands Col o nies: Su ri nam, 1931 (Aug. 10-19), Do-X Amer ica Flight, Su ri nam - Trin i dad, cover to Eng land, via sur face from Trin i dad, with spe cial Su ri nam cancel, purple Surinam flight cachet on reverse, Trinidad backstamp, franked with Su ri nam Scott C9 hor i zon tal pair, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1841 Pal es tine, 1934 (Aug. 29), First ac cep tance of mail from Pal es tine for S. At lan tic Cat a pult ser vice, cover from Je ru sa lem to Brazil via SS Westfalen, franked with Pic to ri als, Very Fine, rare - only 10 covers flown. Estimate $1,000-1,500 1839 Ger many, 1931 (June 3-22), Do-X Amer ica Flight, Do-X (at Praia) - Rio de Ja neiro, Dornier cover to Berlin, Do-X Bordpost can cel, with red Ger man flight ca - chet, black Brazil flight ca chet, Rio backstamp, franked with Ger many Scott C33, C38; Michel 383, 439; light cen tral crease, oth er wise Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1842 Por tu gal, 1931 (Jan. 30-June 22), Do-X Amer - ica Flight, Lis bon - Rio de Ja neiro, via Lis bon (can cel 28.1.31) - Rio de Ja neiro. Post card with red Ger man flight ca chet, black Brazil flight ca chet, Do-X post mark, Rio backstamp, franked with 2 Por tu gal stamps, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $150-200 254 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

World Airmail Covers: Catapults - Lindberghiana 1843 Trin i dad & To bago, 1931 (Aug. 20), Do-X Amer ica Flight, Trin i dad - Mi ami, cover to Chi cago, with vi o let Trin i dad flight ca chet, franked with Trin i dad & To bago Scott 22, 26, 28, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $150-200 1844 World wide, 1929-31, Do-X Amer ica Flights, remainder group of 8 covers, including Surinam, Brazil, Antigua, Trin i dad, mostly F.-V.F. (no photo). Estimate $300-400 Lindberghiana 1845 Cuba, 1931 No vem ber 24, Kingston to Cienfuegos, Lindbergh Flown, with cor rect 9d frank ing, scarcer than the cat a log would in di cate, Very Fine. AAMC L 97. Edifil C58; 150 ($190). Estimate $150-200 1846 United States, Lindy The new fly ing game, Im proved Edi tion, Parker Bros Card Game, in original box and ap par ently com plete, signs of age and use but still quite pre sent able (photo on web site). Estimate $100-150 1847 United States, 1928 (Lindbergh, Charles), cus tom tex tile pro duced by AVION, lavender with repeti - tive caricature designs of The Spirit of St. Louis, 88 x 106 inches, lobed edges, good con di tion, also in cluded are two ad di tional tex tiles, one 12½ x 20 inches, the other 18 x 38 inches, both fea tur ing The Spirit of St. Louis themed de - signs, three let ters at test ing to the pre sen ta tion and prov e - nance from previous owner. Estimate $2,000-3,000 This textile was presented to P.R. Weddell, the superintendent of the Corona Tire Company in Butler, Pa., in 1928. The previous year, the company produced the tires for The Spirit of St. Louis. Also present is a typed letter signed ( Wm. A. Maguire ), dated January 18, 1928, from Manville Jenkes Company to P.R. Weddell. In full: We are sending you under separate cover one of our AVION bedspreads. This spread was manufactured by our organization to commemorate Lindbergh s flight and other aviation achievements that have taken place the last year. You might be interested to know that we have already sent spreads to every person in the news today, to the King and Queen of every reigning house in Europe, to Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. Lindbergh, Ambassador Houghton, Ambassador Schurman, Mr. Orteig of the Brevoort Hotel, who was really responsible for Lindbergh s flight, and last but not least, Col. Lindbergh has slept under one of these spreads at the Premier s house in Ottawa, Canada. We have had replies from all of these notable people thanking us for the Spreads. I might add that this spread cannot be bought in the stores at any price, as we only made, for our friends, a limited amount, which is rapidly being exhausted. We hope you will get as much pleasure out of this Spread as we do in sending it. Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 255

World Airmail Covers: Lindberghiana - Misc. Airmail Postal History Misc. Airmail Postal History 1848 United States, 1928-34, Lindbergh flights, 2 cov ers: 1928 A.M. 2 with spe cial Spring field IL la bel ap plied to face & 1934 AAMS S.H. 686 Sikorsky fight with Lindbergh on the crew, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600 1849 United States, 1931 (April 25), NY to Cristobal to Mon te vi deo, Lindbergh Flown with 65 Zep pe lin (#C13), backstamped Cristobal April 27 and Mon te vi deo May 2; small tear in en ve lope, oth er wise fresh and Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 1850 World wide, Lindberghiana, Com plete In tact Bal ance/backup of Gold Medal Col lec tion, as formed by the late Rob ert Spooner, housed in twelve bind ers plus two ref er ence bind ers, there are many hun dreds of cov ers, in - cludes early flights, FDCs, FAM 5, FAM 8, FAM 6 ex ten - sions North and South, Ex press, Clip per, USGWT West to Oak land and re turn, LAGWT South and re turn, West In dies 1-8 and later, NY 1-5, spot ted items that were pur chased up to $200 a piece, even spot ted an in vert, Adler hand painted, and nu mer ous other better items, by far this is the nic est and most com pre hen sive hold ing that we have had the plea sure to of fer and would be the ba sis for an ex hi bi tion col lec tion, miss ing only the truly key items, would also pro - vide the re tailer with a hand some re turn, in any case, you should plan to spend an am ple amount of time view ing as this would be one worth the extra time, Very Fine lot (no photo). Estimate $5,000-7,500 1851 Ar gen tina, 1926 (Mar. 1), Junkers Mis sion: First Flight Bue nos Ai res - Mon te vi deo and Re turn (re - turn reg is tered) PLUS three later cov ers from the BA - Mon - tevideo service: (1) Montevideo - Buenos Aires, March 17, 1926 (2) Bue nos Ai res - Mon te vi deo, May 19, 1926, and (3) Montevideo - Buenos Aires, September 17, 1926, regis - tered. To tal = 5 cov ers, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Estimate $200-300 1852 Ar gen tina, 1934 (Apr. 20-24), DLH South At - lan tic 6th Flight North, Na tal - Stuttgart, cover from Bue - nos Ai res (first Ar gen tina ac cep tance) to Prague, Con dor, with Stuttgart and two Prague backstamps, franked with Ar - gen tina Scott C9, C16-C19 (high value!) (G/D L 12), Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 256 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1853 Aus tra lia, 1930-47, First Flight cov ers, 13 cov ers in clud ing. last flight of the Southern Cross signed by Kings ford Smith and a 1942 Morning ton Is land cover with spe cial la bel (CV $700+), Very Fine. Estimate $350-500 1855 Bel gium, 1934 (Apr. 14-18), DLH South At lan - tic 6th Flight South, Stuttgart - Na tal, cover from Bel gium (first ac cep tance) Brussels to Bahia via Berlin, with printed ca chet show ing map with route, red Berlin air mail con fir ma - tion ca chet and red Stuttgart stag ing ca chet, franked with 4 stamps (G/D L 11BE), Very Fine. Estimate $250-350 1856 Bolivia, 1925 (Aug. 14), LAB First Flight, Cochabamba - La Paz, franked with Bolivia red over print air mail stamp (Sanabria 3); light hor i zon tal crease, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 1854 Australia, 1934-86, commemorative aviation covers, 33 cov ers cel e brat ing Ross Smith, Kings ford Smith and Fran cis Chichester among oth ers, some lovely frankings and ca chets, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 1857 Brazil, 1927 (June 2), Con dor Rio de Ja neiro - Santos, cover to Sao Paulo with Con dor tri an gle stamp (handstamp), flown by Atlantico, uprated, pur ple Con dor post mark, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 257

1858 Brazil, 1927 (June 3), Con dor Santos - Rio de Ja neiro, post card with two Con dor tri an gles, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1861 Brazil, 1930 (Mar. 21), Con dor First Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Berlin, large reg is tered Parahyba - Friedberg cover, air-sea (Cap Arcona) -air, sur face Lis - bon-se ville; franked with 10 stamps in clud ing 7 Con dor (Sanabria 2 x C1, C2, C3, C4, C8, C9), black flight ca chet; ver ti cal crease, tear and stain, oth er wise F.-V.F. Estimate $300-400 1859 Brazil, 1927 (June 22), VARIG First Flight, Porto Alegre - Florianopolis, mailed with Con dor tri an gle frank ing, de layed by trans fer of route from Con dor to VARIG, franked with 5 stamps; stains, closed tear at top, Fine. Estimate $150-200 1862 Brazil, 1930 (Mar. 21), Con dor First Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Berlin, air-sea (Cap Arcona) -air; sur face Lis bon-se ville; franked with 2 Brazil + 2 Con dor (Sanabria C3, C5), with black flight ca chet, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $200-300 1860 Brazil, 1929 (Aug. 5), VARIG Rio Grande (Sul) - Porto Alegre, franked with 7 Brazil stamps + VARIG over - print on Con dor (Sanabria V3), black ca chet on re verse, Ex - tremely Fine, a great cover! Estimate $200-300 1863 Brazil, 1930 (Mar. 21), Con dor First Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - Berlin, air-sea (Cap Arcona) -air, sur face Lis bon-se ville; franked with Brazil + Con dor (San. C6) (2 stamps), with black flight ca chet, Berlin backstamp 1.4.30; re verse bears manu script no ta tions on mail flown, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 258 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1864 Brazil, 1930 (Mar. 21), Con dor First Flight, Brazil - Eu rope, reg is tered cover from Porto Alegre to Berlin, air-sea (Cap Arcona) -air, sur face Lis bon-se ville; Berlin backstamp 1.4.30, franked with 2 Brazil + 3 Con dor (Sanabria C3, C8, C9), no flight ca chet, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 1866 Brazil, 1930 (Mar. 21), Con dor First Flight, Brazil - Eu rope, pic ture post card from Santos to Ham burg, air-sea (Cap Arcona) -air, sur face Lis bon-se ville; franked with Brazil + Con dor stamps, no flight ca chet, red Ham burg airmail confirmation cachet, Berlin postmark 1.4.30, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1867 Brazil, 1930 (June 13), Con dor Rio de Ja - neiro - DLH Berlin, fourth sched uled con nec tions and first com pleted con nec tions with Cap Arcona at Fernando de Noronha (June 14) and DLH at Las Palmas (June 19). Air - mail to Berlin, ar rived June 23 backstamp, with 9 Brazil stamps, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $200-300 1865 Brazil, 1930 (Mar. 21), Con dor First Flight, Brazil - Eu rope, cover from Rio de Ja neiro to Eng land via Berlin, air-sea (Cap Arcona) -air, sur face Lis bon-se ville; with black flight ca chet, Berlin backstamp 1.4.30; franked with 4 stamps: Brazil + 3 Con dor (Sanabria C2-C4), Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1868 Brazil, 1930 (June 13), Con dor Rio de Ja - neiro - DLH Berlin, fourth sched uled con nec tions and first com pleted con nec tions with Cap Arcona at Fernando de Noronha (June 14) and DLH at Las Palmas (June 19). Air - mail to Berlin, ar rived June 23, franked with 1 Brazil stamp + 3 Con dor stamps (Sanabria C1-C3), Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 259

1869 Brazil, 1930 (Aug. 13), Aeropostale: Porto Alegre - Berlin, in tended for (sched uled 8th) con nec tion with Cap Arcona at Fernando on Au gust 16 but missed Con dor con nec tion flight from Rio de Ja neiro. Sent via Aeropostale from Rio de Ja neiro on Au gust 16. 4Franked with Brazil stamps + 3 Con dor (Sanabria C1, 2 x C3), aux il - iary mark ings on re verse, F.-V.F. Estimate $150-200 1872 Brazil, 1930 (Nov. 6), VARIG Pelotas - Porto Alegre, franked with 2 Brazil stamps + VARIG sur charge on Con dor (Sanabria V1), Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $200-300 1870 Brazil, 1930 (Aug. 15), Con dor Rio de Ja neiro - DLH Berlin, con nec tion (sched uled 8th) with Cap Arcona at Fernando de Noronha (Au gust 16) and DLH at Las Palmas (Au gust 21), air to Berlin, ar rived Au gust 23; franked with Brazil stamp + 2 Con dor (Sanabria C1, C5), Berlin Aufklärungstelle post mark; light ver ti cal creases, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 1871 Brazil, 1930 (Aug. 28), Con dor First Flight, Rio de Ja neiro - La Paz, flight by Con dor to Corumba + LAB to La Paz, with 2 Brazil stamps + set of 7 Con dor (Sanabria C1-C7), black flight ca chet, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $200-300 1873 Brazil, 1931 (Feb. 23), VARIG First Flight, Santa Maria - Porto Alegre and Re turn, two match ing cov ers, on spe cial VARIG sta tio nery for flight, franked with Brazil stamp + VARIG sur charge on Con dor (Sanabria V8, V9; one on each cover), Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 260 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1874 Brazil, 1933 (June 6), DLH South At lan tic Trial Flight, Na tal - Westfalen - Bathurst, Gam bia, post card to Ger many, with pur ple flight ca chet, red oblit er a tion bars, with Westfalen and Bathurst tran sit post marks (G/D L T6), Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000 1876 China, c. 1930-47, First Flight cov ers, 10 cov - ers, 9 CNAC & 1 Eur asia, in ter nal and ex ter nal flights, Very Fine. Scott $215 ++. Estimate $200-300 1875 Brit ish Of fices in Mo rocco, 1934 (Nov. 3-7), DLH South At lan tic 17th 1934 Flight South, Stuttgart - Natal, reg is tered cover from Tang ier to Bahia, Brazil, in - tended for 11th 1934 Graf Zep pe lin South Amer ica Flight, too late. This is an in ter rupted DLH flight, with red stag ing ca chet, franked with 8 stamps (G/D L 33BM), Very Fine. Estimate $350-500 1877 China, 1931, two com mer cial cov ers to Great Brit ain, both backstamped in Berlin, one with Berlin air ar - rival in red on face, franked with C6, 7, 10 (2) & C9, 10, scarce pair, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 261

1878 China, 1936-43, com mer cial air cov ers, 9 cov ers: 8 to U.S., 1 to Aus tra lia, var i ously franked, a num - ber with di rec tional handstamps, 3 reg is tered, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1880 Co lom bia, 1925 (Aug. 10), SCADTA first flight, Barranquilla, Co lom bia to Cen tral Amer ica, Ca - nal Zone (Au gust 12), Costa Rica (Au gust 14), Nic a ra gua (Au gust 17), Hon du ras (Au gust 18) and Gua te mala (Au - gust 22). 5 cov ers, each with pur ple flight ca chet and cor - rect backstamp, mixed Co lom bia + SCADTA frank ing. Also: Cristobal, Ca nal Zone - Costa-Rica, Au gust 14, 1925, with Spec i men vi o let ca chet and can cel, Limon CR backstamp and 2 Ca nal Zone backstamps. Total 6 covers, F.-V.F. Estimate $300-400 1879 Co lom bia, 1925 (June 27), SCADTA first flight, Barranquilla to Maracaibo, a trial flight with vi o let flight ca chet, Ven e zuela seal, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $250-350 262 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

Cuba Flight Rarity 1881 Cuba, 1914, Jaime Gon za lez Pi o neer Flight, First airmail attempt; indications of foxing, folded vertically and re paired, Fine ap pear ance and Very Rare, One of Four re corded spe cially printed ca chets, il lus trated in Terry s book with a sim i lar cover to Lapeira in Cruz Planas Mu seum of Min is try of Communications. Estimate $2,000-3,000 The Key to any Cuban Airmail Collection. 1884 Cuba, 1920 (Nov 1), For eign Route 1, 1st Trip via Sea plane, with pri vate ca chet, Truby Broth ers cover, 6 per ounce ap plied in stamps (US #C1, slightly ox i dized), proper backstamp Nov 12, Very Fine. Edifil C1; 850 ($1,080). Estimate $400-600 1882 Cuba, Cuba, 1914-39, Air Mail Ser vice, Ex hi - bi tion Col lec tion, 45 cov ers in clud ing: 1928 Ha vana to San ti ago de Cuba; Sur vey Flights for the Na tional Route (2); In au gu ra tion of Route 1(23); Ad di tion of Cienfuegos to Route 1 (5); Ad di tional Changes to Route 1(8); Pres ton added to Routes 1 & 2; In au gu ra tion of Route 3 (5), many are signed by the pi lot, by far a won der ful and de sir able col - lec tion that would by-and-far be the back bone to any Cu ban Flight col lec tion, gen er ally F.-V.F. (photo on web site). Estimate $2,000-3,000 1885 Cuba, 1920, Nov 12, Com mer cial Cover U.S. - Cuba, the first US for eign air mail ser vice to any des ti na tion Coun try, First Class mail was car ried on a space avail able ba sis only, No Cu ban dis patches, post marked in New York Oct 29 which was brought to Key West 1/2 hour be fore these flights left for Ha vana, of fi cial ca chet backstamped, light in di ca tions of us age, F.-V.F., One of the few non-philatelic covers. Estimate $500-750 1883 Cuba, 1920 (Nov 1), For eign Route 1, 1st Trip via Sea plane, with pri vate ca chet, a W. W. Wil son cover, 6 per ounce ap plied in stamps (ver ti cal pair of US #535), proper backstamp Nov 12, Very Fine. Edifil C1; 850 ($1,080). Estimate $400-600 1886 Cuba, 1926, No vem ber 23, US Navy Flight to Ca nal Zone, Hampton Roads, Va., sea plane suf fered bro - ken oil line over Cuba and was forced down near the Isle of Pines, af ter re pairs it was able to con tinue to Cristobal, F.-V.F., Scarce, #24 of 58 flown covers. Estimate $100-150 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 263

1887 Cuba, Cuba, 1927-43, Air mail Flight col lec - tion, of 35 cov ers and 3 stamps in clud ing dou ble over print, excellent collection of this most popular area, generally F.-V.F., ex- Rob ert Spooner (no photo). Estimate $750-1,000 1888 Cuba, Cuba, 1927-1935, Ex hi bi tion Flight Col lec tion, 48 covers including Inauguration of Resumed Flight Route 1, re-named FAM 4; WIAE (7) dif fer ent; FAM 4 change to Mi ami ter mi nal (2); FAM 6 In au gu ral Flight Mi - ami-san Juan (12); FAM 5 First Ser vice to in ter me di ate stops (3); FAM 7 & 8 which made their first dis patches to Cuba (not through); NYRBA Trunk In au gu ra tion, Bue nos Ai res-mi ami (5) plus Cienfuegos; Roessler in tended for LZ-127 missed; FAM 6 route change via Camaguay(4); FAM 5 Change in Ex press Route (5); Carribean Air ways, Ltd., Kingston-San ti ago de Cuba (3), In ter na tional Glider Flight Mi ami to Ha vana (2); some pi lot signed, a won der ful and in ter est ing se lec tion of Cu ban Flights, generally F.-V.F. (photo on web site). Estimate $1,000-1,500 1891 Cuba, 1929, June 30, Mex i can Dis patch to Cuba, Pan Amer i can Sur vey Flight, from Merida to Ha - vana by Ba sil Rowe, backstamped in Cuba 8PM July 1st, Very Fine, ex ceed ingly rare. Estimate $500-750 1889 Cuba, Cuba, 1928-35, Flight Col lec tion, over 125 cov ers and in cludes 1928, Cuba 1-9 (21), Ex ter nal Flights (24) which in cludes Frank Hawks signed re cord flight (2), sev eral US Navy Planes, Bob Buck Ju nior Re cord Flight, Flights to Cuba (35) in clud ing LA He li cop ter, Flights from Cuba (43) which in cludes two crash cov ers on the Mi - ami - New York Route, an im pres sive col lec tion formed over many de cades, ex- Rob ert Spooner (no photo). Estimate $1,500-2,000 1890 Cuba, 1929, FAM 5 and FAM 9 Con nect ing Ser vice, First Trans-An dean Flight, Bue nos Ai res - Ha - vana, Bue nos Ai res to Cuba, Panagra In au gu ral flight to Ca nal Zone then on to Cuba via FAM 5, backstamped in Bue nos Ai res and Ha vana, Very Fine, Very Rare and Un - listed. AAMC F9-47 var. Estimate $500-750 1892 Cuba, 1939, Rocket Flight Pre-Test Trial Launches, six cov ers, two are from the Sec ond Test with la bels handstamped C1 and 25, one in red and one in blue Oc to ber 3rd, 1939, four cov ers from teh Third Trial has four cov ers for Oc to ber 8, 1939: red la bel with three line handstamp 25 no di ag o nal lines with an other that has dif - fer ent bor ders and is wa ter dam aged, then blue and red match ing bor ders, an ex tremely rare group, the only ones that we have had the plea sure to of fer, gen er ally F.-V.F., very rare, likely less than 20 of any one exist. Estimate $1,500-2,000 The cornerstone to any Rocket Mail Exhibit. 264 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1893 Cuba, 1930 (Dec. 17), Ha vana, Cuba to Los An geles, Crash in Alhambra CA De cem ber 22, 1930, al - though no crashes oc curred in Cuba to dam age Cu ban Air - mail, some oc curred else where af ter mail left Cuba, crash in Alhambra, CA on Salt Lake - San Diego route, Very Fine for this. Estimate $150-200 1895 Cuba, 1931, First Flight Baracoa to San ti ago de Cuba, af ter only five days from the ex per i men tal flight a new Na tional Route 2 took over as an ex ten sion of Route 1 East from San ti ago de Cuba, not Holguin. This short time gave lit tle chance to pre pare cov ers, this is a Votaw re turn cover signed by Pi lot R.H. McGlohn and with the spe cial ca - chet, Very Fine, Very Rare, 1 of only 9 cov ers to make the full return flight. Estimate $500-750 1896 Cuba, 1931, CNCAC, Re turn Flight Antilla to Holguin, tested as a branch of Route 1 ser vice, Very Fine, 1 of 31 cov ers car ried. Estimate $300-400 1894 Cuba, 1931, Ex per i men tal Hy dro plane Route, lovely pair of cov ers, Baracoa to Antilla and Antilla to Baracoa, Route tested for ser vice to towns along Cuba s far east ern coast, fresh and Very Fine. Edifil N17, N18. Estimate $1,000-1,500 1897 Cuba, 1931, CNCAC, Holguin to Baracoa, tested as a branch of Route 1 ser vice, Very Fine, 1 of 54 covers carried. Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 265

1898 Cuba, Cuba, 1931-32, FAM 5, 6 & 10 Col lec - tion, of 21 cov ers all on an no tated ex hi bi tion pages, 1st In - ter na tional Dis patch Camaguey FA 6 (6); Ha vana FAM 5 connections and extensions including: to Maracaibo (only 13 flown), Co lon (30 flown), Tampico from Mex ico City, Win ni peg via USA, La Guaira & Barranquilla (44 flown), Arequipa via Lima, Cor doba via Bue nos Ai res; Nuevita - FAM 6 & 10 (4); Mex i can and Gua te ma lan Stops added to FAM 5 (3), an in trigu ing and im pos si ble to du pli cate group, generally F.-V.F. (no photo). Estimate $750-1,000 1901 Cuba, 1932, Ad di tion of Guantanamo to Route 2, Manzanillo to Antilla de Guantanamo, lovely cover signed by first pi lot A.L. McCullough and was then car ried by George Rumill, Very Fine, Very Rare, 1 of 10 cov - ers flown. Edifil N130. Estimate $500-750 1899 Cuba, 1931 (Jan. 19), Mex ico to Cuba, forced down in the Gulf near Suculu, dis con tin ued and mail sent by boat, la bel ap plied; in di ca tions of the forced land - ing in the Gulf, oth er wise fresh and Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 Nierinck 310119a. 1902 Cuba, 1932, Com bi na tion of Routes 1 and 2, Bayamo to Antilla, lovely cover signed by first pi lot A.L. McCullough and was then car ried by George Rumill, Very Fine, Very Rare, 1 of 12 cov ers flown. Edifil N127. Estimate $400-600 1900 Cuba, 1932, Com bi na tion of Routes 1 and 2, Bayamo to Baracoa, lovely cover signed by first pi lot A.L. McCullough and was then car ried by George Rumill, Very Fine, Very Rare, 1 of 10 cov ers flown. Edifil N125. Estimate $500-750 1903 Cuba, 1935, De cem ber 22, Camagüey - Se - ville, First Flight, Na val Lt. Menendez Pelaez and Col. Gon za lez flew from Cuba to Spain via South Amer ica and Af rica, ini tialed by the fly ers and mailed back, Very Fine and rare, a Great Avi a tion Rar ity, 1 of 5 reported. Estimate $2,000-3,000 Cuban Aviation takes its first step towards International Air Service. 266 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1906 Cuba, 1939-1983, Cuba Postal Rocket Mail Ex hi bi tion Col lec tion, of over 50 items, in cludes some An ni ver sa ries (of which many are signed by Terry), in - cludes reg is tered (only 50 pro duced), huge re tail value, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, generally F.-V.F., ex- Robert Spooner (photo on web site). Estimate $2,000-3,000 1904 Cuba, 1935, In ter na tional Glider Flight from Ha vana to Mi ami, six cov ers: per fo rated stamp with pi lots and other sig na tures; pair of per fo rated on cover with hand can cel and 5:30 PM time; an other sim i lar franked with im - perforate block; then perforated ad dressed and for - warded to Aruba- the only one ac cord ing to Post Of fice records; 1 of 38 Wash ing ton D.C. cov ers with a sin gle of each; lastly one to New York signed by glider pi lots and Augustin Perla- in whose honor the flight was made (and flew in the tow plane), a sat is fy ing group that one would strug gle immensely to duplicate, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600 1907 Cuba, 1939, ex per i men tal rocket mail cover, Habana, with imperforate stamp overprinted PRIMER COHETE AEREO/ 1939", en ve lope with large pur ple ca - chet, Very Fine, Edifil cat a logue states that only 60 cov ers were re cov ered. Edifil 300 ($380). Estimate $200-300 1905 Cuba, 1935, In ter na tional Glider Flight from Mi ami to Ha vana, three cov ers, two are spe cial cov ers with Un ion League Club of Chi cago cor ner cards, first post - marked at 8:30 PM sec ond which is franked by air mail spe - cial de liv ery (US#771) and post marked at 10:00 PM, each with ap pro pri ate ca chets and marked Nulo by Cu ban of fi - cials as the flight was not sanc tioned in ad vance, last cover is the flight with the Cu ban stamp erad i cated (cut out) by Cu ban au thor i ties, interesting group, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 1908 Den mark, 1934 (July 28-Aug. 1), DLH South At lan tic 10th 1934 Flight South, Stuttgart - Na tal, regis - tered cover from Co pen ha gen to Rio de Ja neiro via Berlin, with red stag ing ca chet, franked with Den mark Scott C9, C10+ (G/D L 19DE), Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $150-200 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 267

1909 France, 1929, France to Indochina in ter - rupted flight cover (131 x2 & 146 x2), with Guynemer la - bel, 10f Lib erty & Peace with ANNULE handstamp and 50 Sower type tied by MARSEILLE-BCHES DU RHONE Feb. 16, 1929 cir cu lar datestamps, plus 10fr Lib erty & Peace, and 50 Sower type tied by POSTE AERIENNE/ FRANCE-INDO-CHINE spe cial Feb. 19, 1929 cir cu lar datestamps, also vi o let three-line handstamp read ing RAID INTERROMPU/ PAR ACCIDENT/ Re tour a l envoyeur, backstamped Paris & Mar seille cir cu lar datestamps (Nierinck 290219), Very Fine. Yvert 199 x2,207 x2. Estimate $300-400 The plane left Le Bourget at 5.55 PM but a short time later it had engine problems and had to land in the outskirts of Bondy Station. The occupants of the plane were wounded, and the mail was returned to senders. 1911 Ger many, 1912, Rhein-Main Air mail Card, Mainz, 23/ 6/ 1932 cir cu lar datestamps tie 30Pf x3 (Michel III) & 5pf Germania to post card, ad dressed Darmstadt, Ger - many; ver ti cal fold not af fect ing stamps, Fine. Michel III; 640 ($820). Estimate $200-300 1912 Ger many, 1930, Graf Zep pe lin, Friedrichshafen to Neth er lands (C38var), with 2m zep - pe lin stamp de pict ing Moon over air ship va ri ety, and tied on cover by FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (Bodensee) 10.11.30 circular datestamp, adjacent confirmation cachet in blue (Michel 150), Very Fine. Michel 438YI; 1,000 ($1,280). Estimate $400-600 1910 French Col o nies: Alaouites, 1925, air mail cover from Kerdaha to Deir-Ez-Zor (C1-C4), franked with 2p-10p air mail over prints (Scott #C1 to #C4) and tied by a vi o let Kerdaha 23-3-25", back stamped tran sit Alep 26-3-25" and ar rival post mark Deir-Ez-Zor 27-3-25", both in black. Phila teli cally in spired, yet nev er the less very at - trac tive and a hard to come by cover; in di ca tions of cor ner mounts from ex hi bi tion, Very Fine and scarce. Estimate $200-300 1913 Ger many, 1930 (Mar. 22), First Flight, Cap Arcona (Deut sche Schiffspost) - Curityba, day of mail ex change to Con dor at Fernando; trop i cal spots, oth er wise F.-V.F. Estimate $200-300 268 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1914 Ger many, 1930 (June 19), Cap Arcona (Deut - sche Schiffspost) - Paris, con nec tion to DLH at Las Palmas, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $150-200 1917 Ger many, 1931 (Sep. 2), Olin da Crash at Na - tal, me ter-franked cover from Ham burg to Porto Alegre, via DLH to Las Palmas for (sched uled 10th) con nec tion with Cap Arcona on Sep tem ber 6, trans ferred to Con dor Dornier Wal fly ing boat Olin da at Na tal on Sep tem ber 11, but Olin - da, tak ing off on Rio Potengi in Na tal, struck a sub merged ob ject and was de stroyed, 3SL crash no tice, ar rival backstamp Oc to ber 14; ex pected wa ter and stain dam age from crash, Very Fine for this. Estimate $500-750 1915 Ger many, 1930 (Aug. 16), Cap Arcona (Deut - sche Schiffspost) - Santos, connection to Condor at Fernando, backstamp Rio de Ja neiro Au gust 20; franked with Ger many stamp + Con dor (Sanabria C6); light crease, closed tear at right, oth er wise F.-V.F. Estimate $200-300 1916 Ger many, 1931 (Aug. 13), Cap Arcona (Deut - sche Schiffspost) - Sete (France), cancelled Caes de Porto Rio, reposted on Cap Arcona, Au gust 20 (ar rival date in Las Palmas) (sched uled 9th) con nec tion to DLH at Las Palmas, air to Bar ce lona, sur face to France; franked with Brazil + 3 Ger many; light ver ti cal crease, oth er wise Fine. Estimate $150-200 1918 Ger many, 1931 (Sep. 2), Olin da crash at Na - tal, cover from Mülheim to Rio de Ja neiro, via DLH to Las Palmas for (sched uled 10th) con nec tion with Cap Arcona on Sep tem ber 6, trans ferred to Con dor Dornier Wal fly ing boat Olin da at Na tal on Sep tem ber 11, but Olin da, tak ing off on Rio Potengi in Na tal, struck a sub merged ob ject and was de stroyed. Mod er ate fire and wa ter crash dam age, no crash no tice, ar rival backstamp Sep tem ber 20, con tents still inside! Fine. Estimate $400-600 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 269

1919 Ger many, 1933 (June 6), DLH South At lan tic First Trial Flight, Westfalen - Na tal, Brazil, postal card to F. Ham mer, with pur ple flight ca chet, Pernambuco ar rival post mark (G/D L T3a), Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $750-1,000 1922 Ger many, 1934 (Feb. 2-7), DLH South At lan - tic First Flight South, Berlin - Na tal, cover to New York, signed by Wieting, cap tain of Westfalen, with red stag ing ca chet; re verse has il lus trated printed flight plan; Pernambuco tran sit post mark; franked with Mi. 381, 496 (G/D L 1), Ex tremely Fine, ex-heinmueller. Estimate $150-200 1920 Ger many, 1933 (June 2), DLH South At lan tic First Trial Flight, Westfalen - Bathurst, Gam bia, post card from J. Blankenburg to J. v. Studnitz, pi lot, with pur ple flight ca chet, Bathurst ar rival post mark (G/D L T1), Ex - tremely Fine. Estimate $500-750 1923 Ger many: Danzig, 1934 (Feb. 2-7), DLH South At lan tic First Flight South, Stuttgart - Na tal, reg - is tered cover from Danzig via Berlin to Rio de Ja neiro, with Berlin post mark on re verse, franked with Danzig Mi. 206, 234 (G/D L 1DZ), Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $400-600 1921 Ger many, 1934 (Feb. 2-7), DLH South At lan - tic First Flight South, Stuttgart - Na tal, cover to Bahia, Brazil, signed by Blankenburg, pi lot, with red stag ing ca - chet, vi o let re turn flight ca chet on re verse, franked with Mi. 381, 496 (G/D L 1), Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $300-400 270 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1924 Great Brit ain, 1929-39, First Flights, 7 cov ers: 2 FF to In dia; 4 Em pire Air Scheme & 1 Trans at lan tic with com bi na tion frank ing: U.S., G.B. & Hong Kong (around the world), use ful lot, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 1926 Guam, 1936-74, 15 com mer cial air mail cov - ers, some with ca chets, some with pho tos, nice lot, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1927 Gua te mala, 1925 (Sep. 25), SCADTA in - tended Gua te mala to US flight, Gua te mala City to Chi - cago reg is tered cover, in tended for SCADTA Co lom bia - Cen tral Amer ica - Ha vana - Key West sur vey flight, last legs not flown by SCADTA; flight to US blocked by PAA; trans - mit ted to US via New Or leans. An im por tant aero doc u - ment! Extremely Fine. Estimate $400-600 1925 Great Brit ain, 1934 (Apr. 14-18), DLH South At lan tic 6th Flight South, Stuttgart - Na tal, registered cover from Great Brit ain (first ac cep tance) to Recife via Berlin, with red Berlin air mail con fir ma tion ca chet and red Stuttgart stag ing ca chet, franked with 2 GB stamps (G/D L 11GB), Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 271

1928 Ha waii, 1919-34, com mer cial air cov ers, 5 cov ers: first ser vice from Ho no lulu to Hilo, un listed; 1924 franked C6 to U.S.; 1928 with blocks of 4 of 2 & 5 Ha waii over prints; ship-to-shore from U.S.S. West Vir ginia (35 cov ers car ried); 1932 S.S. Dickenson from Ho no lulu to Mid - way and Fan ning Is land with 1d. NZ stamp tied by Fan ning Is land cds, scarce group of covers, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600 1930 Ha waii, 1934-79, First Flights, 37 cov ers incl. AM 33, FAM 30, etc., a nice va ri ety, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400 1929 Ha waii, 1927-36, com mer cial air cov ers, 52 cov ers, com mer cial or spe cial event, many with ca chets, some with pho tos, a lovely lot, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400 1931 Hong Kong, 1935-38, 6 First Flight cov ers, HK to Sin ga pore; HK to Lon don (one to Swit zer land); CNAC HK to Peiping & 1st weekly ser vice HK to GB, in ter - est ing group, nice frankings, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 272 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1932 Hong Kong, 1935-41, 13 air cov ers to and from Hong Kong, 13 cov ers in clud ing AAMS TO1324 Around the World Flight & 5 FF cov ers + some lovely com - mer cial cov ers, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $500-750 1934 It aly, 1930 (Dec. 15), Balbo Mass Flight to Rio, signed by all 18 pi lots, franked with 7.70 lira air mail stamp and 1.25 lira reg u lar post age, an Ex tremely Fine cover in an ex cel lent state of pres er va tion. Sassone GP 25a; 2,200 ($2,800). Estimate $1,500-2,000 1935 It aly, 1934 (Jan. 27), Rome-Bue nos Ai res, First Ital ian Com mer cial Cross ing, three items: two cov - ers each franked with over printed stamp 5 Lire and 10 Lire re spec tively and a card franked with 3Lira, a beau ti ful matched set of three items, a Very Fine set. Sassone GP64 a-c; 1,920 ($2,450). Estimate $1,000-1,500 1933 In dia, 1931-38, 5 First Flight cov ers, including two with spe cial Ste phen Smith la bels (1932 France to Can - ada + 1934 Para chute), scarce group, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 273

1937 Lux em bourg, 1934 (Feb. 17-29), DLH South At lan tic Sec ond Flight South, Stuttgart - Na tal, regis - tered cover from Lux em bourg to Na tal, with red flight ca - chet, franked with Lux em bourg Sc. C1, C6 and Ger many Mi. 378, 380, 455 (G/D L 3LX); cen tral ver ti cal crease, otherwise Fine. Estimate $150-200 Flown on both Solo Flights by Amelia Earhart 1936 Ja pan, 1919-33, 6 First Flight cov ers, 1919 To kyo to Osaka (cr.); 1926 Osaka to Darien; 1928 To kyo to Paris (un ad dressed); 1930 Brit ish Royal AF from To kyo, via HK to Ma nila & in ter rupted non-stop To kyo to Se at tle (2), a scarce group ing, Very Fine. Estimate $500-750 1938 Mex ico, 1935, Los An geles - Mex ico - New ark - New York, Amelia Earhart Flown and Signed, leaving Los An geles on April 19, 1935 franked with (#C7) and ar riv - ing in Mex ico on April 20th and franked with a 40 air mail stamp and re turned to New ark where it was franked with 18 (#696, 720) for car riage to New York, signed Car ried by air Amelia Earhart, Ex tremely Fine and rare. Estimate $4,000-6,000 One of the few covers that were actually carried by Earhart on both her solo flights. 274 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1939 Neth er lands, 1934 (Nov. 18-21), DLH South At lan tic 19th 1934 Flight South, Stuttgart - Na tal, cover from s Gravenhage to Rio de Ja neiro, night flight Se ville to Las Palmas, re cord time on route; with red stag ing ca chet, franked with 5 stamps]. (G/D L 37NE), Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1942 New Zea land, 1919 (Dec. 6) Can ter bury (NZ) Avi a tion Co. Ltd. (NZAMC 3). Unofficial publicity drop mail over Christchurch by J.C. Mer cer, ad ver tis ing the movie Sport ing Life. In cludes printed let ter in sert stat ing Save This as a sou ve nir of the First Ae rial Mail De liv ery in Christchurch. Only 2 cov ers known. NZAMC $4,000 ($3,150). Estimate $4,000-6,000 1940 Netherlands Colonies: Curaçao, 1925 (Apr. 8), SCADTA Curaçao First Air mail Flight, sur vey flight by von Bauer, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 1943 New Zea land, 1921 (Jan. 31) Christchurch-Ash burton In au gu ral Reg u lar Ser vice (NZAMC 27a). First flight of con tract ser vice by Can ter bury (NZ) Avi a tion Ltd. Handstruck AERIAL MAIL mark ing. Un - der paid 2d, un col lected, as 6d air mail was a sur charge on 2d sur face rate. Roughly opened at top re sult ing in sev eral tears. Only 9 pieces flown Christchurch to Ash burton. NZAMC $2,000 ($1,570). Estimate $1,000-1,500 1941 Neth er lands East In dies, 1936-38, 5 First Flight cov ers, 1936 Java-Phil ip pines (signed by pi lot); 1936 Java-Bor neo (2); Soerabaja-Makassar & Java-Indochina, use ful lot, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 275

1944 New Zea land, 1921 (Feb. 19) Ex per i men tal Ser vice Christchurch-Ash burton-timaru. For a pe riod Jan 31-Apr 7, 1921 a week day ex per i men tal ser vice was op er ated by Can ter bury (NZ) Avi a tion Co. This cover was flown from Timaru to Christchurch on Feb 19. Ad di tional Ex - press De liv ery Ser vice paid by 6d (dam aged) Express Delivery stamp. Estimate $750-1,000 1946 New Zea land, 1929 (June 21) Karamea Earth - quake Emer gency Flights (NZAMC 34b). Cap tain Bur rell flew small amounts of mail be tween Westport and Karamea on June 21 and 22nd. This cover, signed by him, flown from Karamea to Westport and on to Christchurch on 21st. Roughly opened at top. Owner states only 4 pieces of mail flown. NZAMC $1,500 ($1,180). Estimate $1,000-1,500 1945 New Zea land, 1921 (July 6) Reg u lar Week Day Ser vice Be tween Auckland and Whangarei. For a pe riod May 9-July 30, 1921, a reg u lar week day ser vice was of fered by Walsh Bros. and Dex ter Ltd. This cover flown from Whangarei on July 6th. Signed by pi lot. One-line Per Ae rial Post. ca chet applied. Estimate $750-1,000 1947 New Zea land, 1929 (June 29) Karamea Earth - quake Emer gency Flights. A flight was un der taken from Christchurch to Westport in or der to bring me chan ics to the site of Bur rell s dam aged plane. Some mail was car ried on this flight. This piece was sent by rail from Dannevirke to Wellington and from Wellington to Lyttelton, then by interisland ferry and fi nally placed on the June 29th flight. Re search by owner; not listed in NZAMC. Estimate $750-1,000 276 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1948 New Zea land, 1930 NZ Ac cep tan ces of Air - mail to be flown by ANA in Aus tra lia (NZAMC 36j, 36l). Mail was sent by steamer from Wellington to Syd ney, where it was placed on ANA air planes to Bris bane and Mel bourne via inaugural acceptance flights. Surface rate to Australia 1d, air sur charge 3d. These two cov ers were on the re spec - tive first flights. 8 cov ers flown to Mel bourne, 10 to Bris - bane. NZAMC $300 ($240). Estimate $300-400 1950 New Zea land, 1930 (Jan.-July) NZ Over seas Air Mail Acceptances (NZAMC 36e, 36h). Two cov ers, one flown from Adelaide to Perth on the way from Wellington to West ern Aus tra lia (5 known) and the other on the same flight but sent from Auckland to the U.K. (1 known). Cor rect 4d frank ing to W. Aus tra lia and 5d to U.K. NZAMC $600 ($470). Estimate $400-600 1949 New Zea land, 1930-31 NZ Ac cep tan ces for air mail dis patched through Can ada (NZAMC 36r). Two cov ers, one sent via the ini tial ac cep tance (July 29, 1930) for air mail ser vice through Can ada to Eng land, and the other a later ac cep tance for air mail ser vice in Can ada to To - ronto. First cover left Auckland onboard S.S. Ni ag ara July 29 and ar rived in Van cou ver on Au gust 15. Air ser vice to NY where Jusqu a mark ings ap plied, and then by steamer to Eng land. Sec ond cover left Christchurch June 5, 1931 and trav eled via steamer S.S. Makura from Wellington to Van - cou ver and then by air to To ronto. NZAMC $150 for July 29 cover ($120). Estimate $200-300 1951 New Zea land, 1930 (June 9) Im pe rial Air ways Karachi-Lon don Air Ser vice. Cover mailed in Christchurch June 9, 1930, and then by rail to Auckland, by mail steamer Auckland-Syd ney, rail to Perth and Fre man - tle, Perth to Karachi by mail steamer. Then Im pe rial Air - ways ser vice IW70 to Croy don Air port, ar riv ing Aug. 11. Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 277

1952 New Zea land, 1930 (July 1) First NZ Ac cep - tance of Mail to be flown on ANA Mel bourne to Syd ney route (NZAMC 36n). Let ter posted in Christchurch July 1, 1930, then from Bluff on board the S.S. Maheno and even - tu ally by air Mel bourne to Syd ney. Only cover dis patched from NZ on this in au gu ral ser vice. NZAMC $450 ($350). Estimate $400-600 1955 New Zea land, 1930 (July 29) Dou ble Air mail Ser vice, Adelaide-Perth and Karachi-Lon don. This first dis patch via the dou ble rout ing was on the S.S. Maunganui from Wellington on July 4, 1930. Let ter trav - eled on Im pe rial IW69 de part ing Karachi July 29, ar riv ing Croy don Air port Au gust 4. Only 10 let ters for the U.K. and Eu rope are re corded for this first dispatch from NZ. Estimate $200-300 1953 New Zea land, 1930 (July 2, 8, 9) First NZ Dis - patches to Lon don and Be yond via Im pe rial Air ways Karachi-Lon don route (NZAMC 36p). Three (3) cov ers post marked Christchurch July 2, 8 and 9, 1930; 2 ad - dressed to Eng land and one to Swit zer land. De parted Wellington for Syd ney July 11th and then by rail, steamer and over land to Karachi, where placed on Im pe rial Air ways plane to Lon don. NZAMC $300 ($240). Estimate $300-400 1954 New Zea land, 1930 (July 9, 30) First NZ Dis - patches Us ing U.S. Air Ser vices (NZAMC 36q). Two (2) cov ers, post marked Christchurch July 9 and 14, 1930 dis - patched on S.S. Makura July 15 for San Fran cisco. Then by U.S. Air Ser vices to New York, fi nal des ti na tion for one and ship to Eng land for the other. FERRY STATION ca chet ap plied in San Fran cisco. Jusqu a mark ing can cels air mail in Lon don. Only 48 NZ cov ers in this first di rect dis patch. NZAMC $300 ($240). Estimate $300-400 1956 New Zea land, 1930 (Nov. 6) Christchurch-Dunedin Ser vice and In tro duc tion of 3d Air mail Fee (NZAMC 37a). Two cov ers flown from Christchurch to Dunedin by Air Ser vice on Nov. 6, 1930. New fee for air mail 3d in ad di tion to 1d sur face rate. First cover signed by pi lot McGregor and post marked in eve ning of 5th in Christchurch. Sec ond cover is a spe cial air mail en - ve lope post marked in morn ing of 6th. NZAMC $200 ($160). Estimate $200-300 278 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1957 New Zea land, 1931-45 NZ Do mes tic Air mail. Five (5) cov ers show ing changes in NZ do mes tic air mail rates 1931-1945. Noted are 2 cov ers flown on In ter mit tent Air Mail Ser vice Kaitaia-Auckland 1931, In au gu ra tion of Do mes tic Trunk Air Route 1936, cover show ing do mes tic 2d air mail rate in 1939, in creased do mes tic rate to 3d cover 1945. Estimate $250-350 1960 New Zea land, 1931 (Feb. 12) Hawkes Bay Earth quake Emer gency Flight (NZAMC 41r). Cover flown from Gis borne to Hastings on Feb 12, 1931, in re - sponse to devestating Feb 3 earth quake. Signed by pi lot. Sin gle-line EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE AIR MAIL rub - ber stamp pri vately ap plied af ter the fact. Very few cov ers flown. NZAMC $200 ($160). Estimate $250-350 1958 New Zea land, 1931-1940, Sur vey Flights from New Zea land, 15 cov ers in clude AAMS TO 1151, 1203, 1206, 1210a, 1292 (2 + 2 round trips), 1292a (4) & 1344 (2), a very dif fi cult lot to as sem ble, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $1,500-2,000 1959 New Zea land, 1931 (Jan.) Do min ion Air lines Ser vice Hastings-Gis borne and Re turn (NZAMC 39c, 39d). Cover and card, one flown Gis borne to Hastings and the other Hastings to Gis borne, Jan u ary, 1931. Both signed by pi lot and ini tialed by air line agent. Proper ca chets. Gis - borne-hastings cover has spe cial cut la bel and was flown on the last flight, Jan u ary 30, 1931. NZAMC $240 ($190). Estimate $200-300 1961 New Zea land, 1931 (Mar.) Reg u lar Air Ser - vice be tween Gis borne and Hastings (NZAMC 43b, 44d). Two (2) cov ers flown be tween these two towns in March 1931. One a March 10 pre-printed First Flight cover from Hastings to Gis borne, the other flown Gis borne to Hastings on a later March 16 flight, with rub ber-stamped ca - chet. Both signed by pi lot. Post marked on ar rival. NZAMC $160 ($130). Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 279

1962 New Zea land, 1931 (Mar. 24) In ter mit tent Air Ser vice be tween Auckland and Kaitaia (NZAMC 45a, 47f). Two (2) cov ers, one flown on first mail flight on this ser vice from Auckland to Kaitaia March 24, 1931, and the other on a later flight from Kaitaia to Auckland (Oct 19, 1931) and off-loaded at Mangere air port in Onehunga in - stead. Both printed en ve lopes, signed by pi lot. NZAMC $170 ($130). Estimate $200-300 1964 New Zea land, 1931 (May 6) Sec ond NZ Ac - cep tance for Ex per i men tal Air mail Aus tra lia-lon don (NZAMC 51b, 51c). Two (2) cov ers, both post marked Christchurch May 6, 1931, and trans ported to Syd ney where flown ANA and Qantas to Dar win and then on ward by Im pe rial. One cover flown as far as Karachi, the other to Lon don. Only 14 pieces from NZ flown to In dia. NZAMC $350 ($280). Estimate $300-400 1963 New Zea land, 1931 (Apr. 16) NZ Ac cep tan ces for Ex per i men tal Air Ser vice Aus tra lia-lon don (NZAMC 46b). Two (2) cov ers, one posted in Christchurch and other in Wellington (Apr 16, 1931) and trans ported to Syd ney, Aus tra lia where placed on se ries of planes for bal - ance of trip be gin ning Apr 17. Of fi cial ca chets. One cover all the way to Lon don, other (scarcer) only part way to Burma. NZAMC $300 ++ ($240). Estimate $400-600 1965 New Zea land, 1932 (July 15) Ac cep tan ces to South ern Af rica from Wellington (NZAMC 80b, 80c). Two (2) cov ers flown from Wellington on first ac cep tance for ser vice to South ern Af rica on Im pe rial Air ways com - bined Karachi-Cairo-Cape town route. One (reg is tered) to Cape town, the other to Rho de sia. Of fi cial ca chets on both. Only 46 cov ers ac cepted for Rho de sia and Nyasaland, 55 for South Africa. NZAMC $400 ($320). Estimate $350-500 280 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1966 New Zea land, 1932 (Sep. 16) Gis borne Earth - quake Emer gency Air Flight. Large OHMS un franked en - ve lope from Post mas ter in Gis borne ad dressed to the Chief Post mas ter in Napier which held tele grams from Gis borne un able to be for warded due to earth quake dam age the pre - vi ous day. Flown to Hastings, where post marked on re ceipt. Signed by pilot. Estimate $2,000-3,000 1968 New Zea land, 1933-51, 8 First Flight cov ers, in clud ing 1931 Auckland to Invercargill, 1938 first Trans pa - cific flight, 1942 Sid ney-auckland, clean lot, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150 1967 New Zea land, 1932 (Sep. 16) Gis borne Earth - quake Emer gency Air Flight. Large OHMS un franked en - ve lope from Post mas ter in Gis borne ad dressed to the Sec re tary, Gen eral Post Of fice, Wellington, which en closed newspapers showing earthquake damage from previous day. Post marked Gis borne Sep 16 at 2:15 PM. Flown to Hastings and then by over night railway to Wellington. Estimate $2,000-3,000 1969 New Zea land, 1933 (Mar. 2) First NZ Ac cep - tance for Aus tra lia-salamaua Air mail Ser vice (NZAMC 90b). On Mar 2, 1933 mail was ac cepted in Wellington for the first time for the Port-Moresby to Salamaua, New Guinea, Guinea Air ways ser vice. This cover, post marked in Wellington on the 2nd and Syd ney on the 7th, was flown on the in au gu ral ac cep tance flight. Only 36 cov ers ac cepted for first flight. Grossly undercatalogued. NZAMC $100 ($80). Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 281

1970 New Zea land, 1933 (May) Inter-Is land and Ferrymans Strike Emer gency Air Flights Across Cook Strait (NZAMC 95a, 95d, var.). A ship ping strike be tween the North and South Is lands led to mail-car ry ing emer gency flights in early May, 1933 be tween Wellington and Blenheim. Three (3) cov ers, two on Wellington to Blenheim and Blenheim to Wellington flights of 4th and one on an un - cata logued Blenheim to Wellington flight of 3rd (2-inch tear on bot tom). NZAMC $500 for 1st 2 ($390). Estimate $500-750 1972 New Zea land, 1936-48 AIR SERVICE INTERRUPTED Type 38 Boxed Ca chet. From April 1936 to July 1948 when ever there was an in ter rup tion due to bad weather, high winds, fog, etc., the air mail was sup - posed to be appropriately marked. Attractive selection of seven (7) cov ers hav ing this mark ing, in var i ous col ors. Noted are First Flights, com mer cial mail, late fee, etc. Estimate $300-400 1971 New Zea land, 1935 Im pe rial Air ways New Time ta ble. Three cov ers flown soon af ter new time ta bles were an nounced. NZ-Nova Sco tia with new time ta ble be - tween Cal cutta and Croy don (air mail in Lon don); NZ to Lon - don with sim i lar sched ule change (OHMS cover);ad di tional changes be tween Sin ga pore and Cal cutta for NZ-London cover. Estimate $200-300 1973 New Zea land, 1936-43, AEROPLANE TRIP CANCELLED Types 39 and 41 Sin gle-line Ca chet. Five cov ers, 2 with Type 39 and three with Type 41 ca chet on air mail cov ers that could not be flown due mainly to the weather. Noted is one cover orig i nally mailed from Delta Air Force. Estimate $300-400 282 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1976 New Zea land, 1938 (Jan. 2) Auckland-San Fran cisco PAA Sur vey Flight (NZAMC 178e). Large-sized Pan Am Com pany cover flown from Auckland to San Fran cisco. SF Backstamp of Jan 6, 1938. Scarce large black flight ca chet ap plied by Pan Am. NZAMC $200 ($160). Estimate $200-300 1974 New Zea land, 1936 Im pe rial Air ways Sched - ule Changes. Three cov ers show ing an nounced changes in Im pe rial sched ules. One cover (Wellington)-Aus tra - lia-london; another (Wellington)-Australia-London-surface to Durban, S.A.;another (Wellington)-Australia-Alexan - dria-durban. Exceptionally interesting group. Estimate $250-350 1975 New Zea land, 1936 Of fi cial Paid Priv i lege Air Mail. Two cov ers sent air mail free OHMS. One sent from Wellington to The Earl of Powis in Lon don and for - warded to Powis Cas tle in Welsh pool, Aug 10, 1936, with R.P.S.N.Z. type 47 Of fi cial Frank handstamp; the other sent from Wellington s Of fice of the Leader of the Op po si - tion, House of Rep re sen ta tives, to Christchurch, with R.P.S.N.Z. type 44 Of fi cial Frank handstamp. Estimate $200-300 1977 New Zea land, 1940 WWII Re cruit ing Bomblet Air Drop by the R.N.Z.A.F. Dur ing Nov and Dec 1940 the RNZAF dropped thou sands of re cruit ing bomblets over Christchurch, Dunedin and Timaru. Fewer than 20 are known to day. Estimate $500-750 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 283

1978 New Zea land, WWII Pris oner of War Ital ian and Ger man Let ter Forms and Cards. Four (4) items. Two are Ital ian POW cards and two are Ger man POW let ter forms. Sent home to NZ by pris on ers by air mail at an ex tra fee. Very elusive! Estimate $300-400 1980 New Zea land, 1940-41 Jusqu a Bars Can cel Air mail. Two (2) in ter est ing cov ers. First a First Flight cover for through air mail ser vice NZ-Aus tra lia-eng land post marked Rotorua Apr 20, 1940, and then air mail can - celed in Lon don and for warded by sur face to ad dressee in Saskatoon, Sas katch e wan. Sec ond cover is a cen sored en ve lope from Auckland to Zu rich Feb 11, 1941, with air - mail canceled in London. Estimate $200-300 1979 New Zea land, 1940 New Air mail Let ter Rates In tro duced. Four (4) cov ers, one 5d per ½ oz rate to Aus - tra lia, an other 10d dou ble rate for 1 oz. let ter to New Guinea (NZ cir cu lar cen sor 50 ap plied in Auckland), an other 3d per ½ oz do mes tic rate, lastly 6d do mes tic dou ble rate with 4d frank ing and 4d due paid (dou ble the de fi ciency). Attractive grouping. Estimate $200-300 1981 New Zea land, 1941-44 WWII Mil i tary Re lated Covers. Three (3) mil i tary cov ers. First, an On Ac tive Ser - vice cover mailed air mail by ser vice man in Egypt with NZ stamps cancelled Egypt/42/7-JU-41/ Post age/ Pre paid ; sec ondly an of fi cial OHMS en ve lope, unstamped, mailed at NZ Army Base Post Of fice March 6, 1941; thirdly an air mail let ter card sent to a serviceman in 1944. Estimate $200-300 284 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1982 New Zea land, 1943 (July 10) Third Lib erty Loan Bomblet Air Drop Over Christchurch City. On July 10, 1943, the NZ Gov ern ment dropped 2,500 of these bomblets over Christchurch in an ef fort to raise money for the war ef fort. Fewer than 12 sur vive to day. Estimate $500-750 1984 New Zea land, 1945 (Feb. 23) Can ter bury and North Otago Flood Emer gency Air Flights (NZAMC 255b). Cover flown by RNZAF from Christchurch to Dunedin on Feb 23, 1945 dur ing se vere floods cut ting rail and road links. Dunedin backstamp. Pri vately en dorsed. Very few known. NZAMC $200 ++ ($160). Estimate $400-600 1983 New Zea land, 1945 (Jan. 25, 28) North Is land Rail Strike Emer gency Air Flights (NZAMC 254c, 254t). As a re sult of a rail strike on the North Is land, the gov ern - ment or dered the RNZAF to fly pas sen gers and mail Jan 24-28, 1945. Two (2) cov ers, one flown New Plym outh to Auckland on 25th; the other Wellington to Gis borne on the 28th (backstamp Gis borne 28JA45 10AM). Sec ond has pri - vate sin gle-line ca chet. NZAMC $500 ($390). Estimate $300-400 1985 New Zea land, Post-WWII Re sump tion of Civil Air Ser vices to the U.K. and Be yond. Four (4) ex - cel lent cov ers show ing post-wwii ser vice to Lon don (2) and then on to France and to Swit zer land (sur face, with Jusqu a bars ap plied in Lon don). One cover Registered. Estimate $250-350 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 285

1986 New Zea land, 1946-48 RNZAF Flights from Oc cu pied Ja pan to NZ. Af ter the war NZ pro vided oc cu - pa tion troops in Ja pan. Mail was flown by the RNZAF to and from these troops. Two (2) ex am ples of such mail, one an Air Let ter mailed in 1946 from NZAPO 222 in Ja pan to Little - ton, NZ, and the other a cover from same APO ad dressed to Auckland in 1948, with out stand ing Hubba-Hubba ca - chet. Both trans ported free of postage. Estimate $200-300 1988 New Zea land, 1946 (Feb.) - 1947 (Nov.) Changes to the For eign Air Mail Let ter Rates for Air All-The-Way Ser vice. Seven (7) su pe rior ex am ples of cov ers show ing air all-the-way at new post-war rates. In - cludes cov ers to France, Ger many, Swe den, Den mark and Switzerland (3). Estimate $300-400 1987 New Zea land, New and Re sumed Post war Services. Af ter the war Pan Am re sumed FAM 19 ser vice to NZ, BOAC re sumed ser vice be tween Hong Kong and NZ in con junc tion with TEAL, QUE and CNAC, and ANA be gan a new ser vice to San Fran cisco and Van cou ver. Four (4) cov ers flown on these ser vices, in clud ing NZAMC 286c, the scarce ANA first flight. Estimate $200-300 1989 New Zea land, 1947-48 NZ Air Rates to North America. Eight (8) cov ers show ing changes in rates dur ing this time pe riod. All com mer cial mail in ex cel lent con di tion. Estimate $250-350 286 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1990 New Zea land, 1947 Boxed In struc tional Handstamp By Air to Lon don Only. Air Let ter mailed to Stock holm, Swe den, in 1947 from Auckland, underfranked for air mail all the way. Auckland ap plied boxed in struc tional handstamp. Air mail was can celed in Lon don us ing red roller-type jusqu a mark ing. Only five uses of this in struc - tional mark ing are known. Estimate $200-300 1992 New Zea land, 1948 (Oct.) Zone Air Mail Let ter Rates. Four air mail zones were es tab lished for mail from NZ world wide. Four (4) ex am ples of mail from NZ dur ing this zone pe riod. Aus tra lia (Zone 1), Malta (Zone 3), U.K. let ter card rate (Zone 3), USA via Brit ish Com mon wealth Pa cific Air lines (Zone 4). At trac tive group. Estimate $200-300 1991 New Zea land, 1947-48 New Let ter Rates for Air mail Ser vice to the Amer i cas. Two air lines, B.C.P.A. and P.A.A. now car ried mail from NZ to the Amer i cas. Four (4) ex am ples show ing the rates on some of these flights. BCPA cov ers to Ed mon ton (Can ada), San Jose (Costa Rica), West Ches ter (Penn syl va nia) with Late Fee and Brit ish Pa cific Ser vice boxed mark ings ap plied twice, and a PAA cover to New York. Estimate $200-300 1993 New Zea land, 1930 s-40 s Bal ance of Col lec - tion. Thir teen (13) cov ers show ing many dif fer ent NZ rates and routes in the late 30s and 40s. In cludes war time cen - sored mail, a few phil a telic cov ers, mainly com mer cial. In - spection suggested. Estimate $400-600 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 287

1994 Peru, 1928 (Oct. 22), SCADTA First Flight Peru - Ec ua dor - Co lom bia, Paita - Barranquilla, blue flight ca chet, SCADTA printed en ve lope con sular over print with large Paita SCADTA black un dated can cel, Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $150-200 1996 Phil ip pines, 1931-36, air cov ers, 4 Fran cis Chichester cov ers (2 signed): Ma nila-ja pan; Mati-Ormoc; Ma nila to Alaska (com mer cial + around-the-world with mixed world-wide frankings (1 miss ing), a won der ful and rare lot, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600 1995 Phil ip pines, 1928-49, 29 First Flight cov ers, including U.S. Army Experimental flights, internal flights and a few over seas, some scarce items, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $350-500 288 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

1999 Rus sia, 1931, 35k Po lar Flight Zep pe lin, perf 12 x 12½ (C31), tied by Mos cow cds, 23 Aug 1935, on reg - istered cover to Paris, France; cou ple open ing tears at top, otherwise Fine. The Zep pe lin is sue is quite rare pay ing the proper post age on non-zep pe lin mail. Michel 403 C. Estimate $200-300 1997 Phil ip pines, 1935-36, 10 Na val Air cov ers, car ried by spe cial Na val flights, Dutch, U.S. and G.B. to N. Bor neo, Java, Sin ga pore, China, etc., in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150 2000 South Amer ica, 1922-29, South Amer ica cover group, in cludes early air mail by SCADTA (3), LAB (4) and Con dor, plus one Ger many - Brazil 1929 sur face. To tal 9 cov ers, mostly F.-V.F. (no photo). Estimate $250-350 Amelia Earhart Flown & Signed Forced Weather Landing - Express Mail Flight Cover 1998 Phil ip pines, 1936-41, 27 com mer cial air cov - ers, var i ously franked, most to U.S. or in ter nal, in clud ing 2 Japanese occupation covers, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 2001 United States, 1912 (Jan. 20-28) Dominguez Field Avi a tion Meet, Los An geles, Ca., Air Ex press by Rail way Ex press Agency, Inc., Air Ship ment pre paid la bel af fixed and tied to re verse by flight ca chet and re ceiv ing post mark, the flight was forced down over Lake Erie when the flight en coun tered fog and landed near the Ca na dian shore (hence a foreign incident). Afternoon newspapers in Cleve land re ported her and her pas sen gers and mail lost, when the fog cleared they took off for Detroit. AAMC 14a. Estimate $1,000-1,500 Signed by Amelia Earhart. Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 289

2002 United States, 1918, 24 car mine rose & blue (C3), first flight cover ad dressed to New York City, tied on cover by Wash. N.Y. Phila - Air mail Ser vice, May 15, First Trip cancellation; adhesive with natural straight edge at right, F.-V.F. Scott $750. Estimate $400-600 2004 United States, 1924, U.S.A.F. Around-the-World flight, T.O. 1015 with stops in Se at tle and Boston (3), spe cial two line pur ple handstamp on each, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 2003 United States, 1923 (April 9), Hy dro plane Mail, New Or leans - Pilottown, LA to Belize, Brit ish Hon du ras by Steamer, on 2 sta tio nery, Truby Bros cover. AAMC F3-1. Estimate $150-200 2005 United States, 1925, Na val flight to Ha waii, T.O. 1033a (4), one signed, 3 with pur ple handstamps, a rare group, Very Fine. Estimate $500-750 290 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

2006 United States, 1925-83, sou ve nir flight cov - ers, 25 AAMS listed cov ers, some signed, incl. Sikorsky, Seattle-Victoria seaplane, various Naval flights, and the very rare AAMS 686, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600 2008 United States, 1927-82, Around-the-World flights, 46 cov ers incl. some com mem o ra tive ones, a num - ber signed, noted are Lundgren, Globster, Reynolds, etc., in spec tion well worth while, Very Fine.Estimate $500-750 2007 United States, 1926-39, First Flight cov ers, CAM 8; AAMC 95d (Phil ip pines); 2 cov ers from Clara Ad - ams on 1936 first trans pa cific pas sen ger flight, etc., use ful lot, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400 2009 United States, 1929, Yel low Bird Flight U.S. to Spain, 5c airmail stationery envelope additionally franked with C11, post marked June 13, 1929 in Old Or - chard, Maine. and flown by three French Avi a tors des ti na - tion Paris. Due to lack of fuel plane had to land at Comilias, Spain, about 25 miles from Santander, Spain. June 14 Comilias re ceiv ing stamp on front, as well as June 16 Paris re ceiv ing stamp. Signed by all 3 fly ers., Ex tremely Fine. AAMC TO 1091; $250. Estimate $500-750 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 291

2010 United States, 1929 (May 14), First Am phib - ian Mail Flight, De troit-cleve land, Amelia Earhart Pi lot, franked by 5 (#650), De troit May 14th ma chine can cel and Cleve land May 15 re ceiv ing post mark on re verse, Very Fine. AAMC 27E27 (photo on web site). Estimate $200-300 Earhart Flown Covers are Scarce and most sought after. 2013 United States, 1930, Ja pan to U.S. Gatty flight, T.O. 1119, 2 cov ers: one franked with 5 Bea con tied with dou ble straight-line To kyo-ja pan/14 Sep 1930" the other franked with Jap a nese stamps, com mer cial, both signed by Gatty, very rare pair, Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000 2011 United States, 1929 (May 4), FAM 7 Mi ami to Nassau, forced down at Berry Is lands, located adjacent to New Prov ince Is land which is sit u ated in Nassau, cover bears a hand writ ten ca chet Air Mail de layed by crash at Berry Is lands, May 4th, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 mail recovered includes First Flight CAM 16, addition of Springfield Ohio, and First Flight CAM 28 all dated May 1st, 1929, original mail is stated as being approximately 150 letters, all salvaged. 2012 United States, 1930 s, group of avi a tion ephemera, ~75 pieces in clud ing PAA stock cer tif i cate, var - i ous PAA bag gage la bels + some non-air ma te rial such as Alcatraz cov ers, pho tos, post cards, an in ter est ing lot need - ing in spec tion, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 2014 United States, 1931-65, Transocean re cord flights, 56 cov ers incl. T.O. 1137A, 1178, 1211, 1217, 1319, sev eral signed, worth close in spec tion, Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500 292 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

2015 United States, 1931, U.S. to Ber muda leg of trans at lan tic flight, T.O. 1130, flight con tin ued on from Ber muda to Paris, signed by pi lot, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 2016 United States, 1930-90, Air Mail, First Flight & Zep pe lin Postal His tory Lot, several hundred covers all re lated to flight or space, a fresh un picked col lec tion that is sure to please the flight en thu si ast, cov ers start in the 1930 s with three Macon/Ak ron cov ers, six dif fer ent Wiley-Post cov ers, cover from the 1934 Lon don to Mel - bourne race, 1938 Cal i for nia Na tional Air Mail Week cover, 1934 Navy Flight to Alaska cover, and a 1941 ini tial flight B19 cover, then there are com mem o ra tive zep pe lin and flight cov ers from the 1950s to 1990, and even some air line ephem era, this lot should be viewed by the flight spe cial ist who can fully ap pre ci ate its true worth, F.-V.F. (no photo). Estimate $500-750 2018 United States, 1932, von Gronau Around-the-World flight, T.O. 1168h (2) from Phil ip pines to Java & 1168j (2) from China to Phil ip pines, a rare group, Very Fine. Estimate $500-750 2017 United States, 1931 (April 1), Flown on Five Flights with 65 Zep pe lin Frank ing (#C13), April 1st Flor - ence, SC to At lanta GA (April 2), to Los An geles, CA (April 4), to New York, NY (April 6), to Rich mond, VA (April 7), to Jack son ville, FL (April 8 re ceiv ing), a well-trav eled item which shows the in di ca tions of wear which in cludes soil ing and faults to the stamp, a most unusual item. Estimate $200-300 2019 United States, 1934, Navy Massed Flight to Ha waii, T.O. 1200 (4), one signed by crew, one with a lovely ca chet, scarce group, Very Fine. Estimate $250-350 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 293

2020 United States, 1934, Sikorsky flight, AAMS S.H. 682 signed by the crew, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150 2021 United States, 1935, Waitkus-At lan tic flight (C80 note), leav ing Brook lyn Sept 21st 1935 with a USA # C19 ap plied, ar riv ing in Kaunas, Lith u a nia. Then sub se - quently for the re turn sec tion of the jour ney the spe cial air - mail over print Scott #C80 var. ap plied of Lith u a nia jour ney to Chi cago, ac com pa nied by the au to graph of the pi lot Waitkus. A rare com bi na tion cover sel dom seen as such. This was last sold in Ger many in 1985 at 1800 marks, Very Fine and scarce. Estimate $1,000-1,500 2023 United States, 1935, FAM 14 to the Phil ip - pines, 54 cov ers with most of the routes for the ini ti a tion of this route in clud ing one signed by the en tire crew, Very Fine. Estimate $600-800 2022 United States, 1935, FAM 14 SF to Guam round trip, signed by full crew with both ca chets, rare thus, Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000 2024 United States, 1935, FAM 14 to Ma nila, signed by full crew, from San Fran cisco to Ma nila and re turn, green ca chet, rare thus, Very Fine. Estimate $500-750 294 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

2025 United States, 1935, Na val Ma neu vers be - tween Ha waii and Mid way, T.O. 1234 (3), T.O. 1234a (2), T.O. 1234b (3), T.O. 1234d, a nice group of the var i ous routings, Very Fine. Estimate $350-500 2028 United States, 1935, Mid way to Ha waii flight by Lueder, T.O. 1236 with lovely large black ca chet + un - used cover with ca chet, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 2026 United States, 1935, First Flight to Wake via Mid way, T.O. 1240 (2), each with a dif fer ent ca chet, one signed, Very Fine. Estimate $350-500 2029 United States, 1935, FAM 14 to Phil ip pines, 12 cov ers, var i ous stages and ca chets of the flight, 3 from Philippines, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 2027 United States, 1935, First Flight to Guam, T.O. 1243 (4), 1243a (2), 1243b, 1243 round-trip (5), all with appropriate cachets, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400 2030 United States, 1935, FAM 14 to Mid way, AAMS T.O. 1236 from Ha waii with large black ca chet, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 295

2031 United States, 1935, Mass Flight to French Frig ate Shoal and Johnston Is land, T.O. 1245 (5), one signed, three cacheted, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 2032 United States, 1935, FAM 14 from Guam, prop erly franked with C18 (scarce) from Guam to San Fran - cisco with black ca chet, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150 2034 United States, 1935-42, Mid way Is land sur - vey and com mer cial/mil i tary air cov ers, 26 cov ers in - clud ing AAMS TO 1234 (2) & 1234a, 7 ci vil ian cov ers and 15 military including 9 Marine covers, with appropriate ca - chets, a dif fi cult and valu able group, Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000 2033 United States, 1935-40, FAM 14 (Wake), 3 cov ers and 3 pho tos of Wake re lated ma te rial incl. 1940 with blue ca chet. Estimate $100-150 296 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

2037 United States, 1936, Phil ip pines to Spain pi - o neer flight, T.O. 1260 with large pur ple ca chet, backstamped in Hong Kong and Spain, a scarce cover, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 2035 United States, 1935-46, Pan Amer i can cov - ers and post cards, 40 cov ers, 23 post cards and 11 pho tos all re lated to Pan Am, some signed, a few test cov ers, var i - ous ca chets, com mem o ra tive cov ers, etc., well worth in - spec tion, Very Fine. Estimate $350-500 2038 United States, 1936-83, Re cord Flights, 10 covers incl. Dreamboat and Beautiful Doll, most signed, in - spect, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 2036 United States, 1935, 25 China Clip per (C20), 12 first day cov ers from San Fran cisco & 7 from Wash ing - ton, one signed, var i ous ca chets, Very Fine. Scott $700. Estimate $200-300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 297

2039 United States, 1937, photo of Hindenburg Di - sas ter signed by pho tog ra pher, from his es tate, a signed copy of his fa mous photo with a copy of the award he re - ceived for the photo + a copy of the My 17, 1937 Life mag a - zine it ap peared in, very rare and de sir able item. Estimate $750-1,000 2040 United States, 1937, FAM 14 First Flights, 22 cov ers, var i ous stages and ca chets, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600 2042 United States, 1937, FAM 14 to Hong Kong, 73 cov ers for the ex ten sion of the route incl. one from Brit ish Hon du ras and an other to Ger many, for warded to U.S., both around-the-world flights; an other to Ger many; sev eral more around-the-world flights, a mar vel ous lot, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000 2041 United States, 1937, FAM 14 First Flights, 9 covers with various cachets, one registered returned from Shang hai, a pub lic ity cover and a 1935 pre-sur vey cover, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $200 298 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

2045 United States, 1937, 50 China Clip per (C22), 14 first day cov ers, var i ous ca chets, one signed, Very Fine. Scott $700. Estimate $200-300 2043 United States, 1937, 20 and 50 China Clip - per (C21, C22), 2 first day cov ers with both stamps pres ent, one backstamped Pitts burgh RPO, Very Fine. Scott $200. Estimate $100-150 2046 United States, 1938-39, FAM 17 First Flights, 14 trans at lan tic flight cov ers be gin ning with 2 to Ber muda (1938), var i ous ca chets + 1930 Chi cago Na tional Air Race cover with spec tac u lar over all de sign, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 2044 United States, 1937, 20 China Clip per (C21), 15 first day cov ers, var i ous ca chets, Very Fine. Scott $600. Estimate $200-300 2047 United States, 1939, First Flight to Can ton Is - land, T.O. 1329 with large black ca chet, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 2048 United States, 1939 on wards, FAM 18: the South ern Route, 39 cov ers with all stages pres ent, in - spect, Very Fine (no photo). Estimate $750-1,000 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 299

2049 United States, 1939 on wards, FAM 18: the North ern Route, 25 cov ers in clud ing 2 pi lot signed, in - spect, Very Fine. Estimate $500-750 2050 United States, 1939 on wards, FAM 18 First Flight cov ers, 18 FF cov ers, no du pli ca tion, in spect, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $150-200 2052 United States, 1940-41, FAM 19 to New Zea - land, 74 cov ers for the var i ous routes and ex ten sions incl. sev eral mixed frank ing, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $500-750 2051 United States, 1940 on wards, FAM 19 to Australasia, 42 cov ers with all stages in cluded, with Can - ton Is land, Suva and oth ers, Very Fine. Estimate $500-750 2053 United States, 1940 on wards, FAM 19 First Flight cov ers, 33 FF cov ers, no du pli ca tion, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300 300 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012

2056 United States, 1941 on wards, FAM 22: War - time Route to Af rica, 41 cov ers with all stages pres ent, 3 signed, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000 2054 United States, 1940-41, Can ton Is land to U.S., 2 cov ers: 1940 First Flight signed by PMG James A. Farley & 1941 com mer cial cover, both to U.S., Very Fine. Estimate $100-150 2055 United States, 1941, Archbold Sci en tific Re - search Ex pe di tion, T.O. 1306 & 1306a (signed), var i ously franked and can celed, scarce, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 2057 United States, 1941, FAM 14 ex ten sion to Ma - laya, 20 cov ers, 2 signed, 4 with green cir cu lar ca chet (AAMS F14-23a), all cen sored, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400 2058 United States, 1941 on wards, FAM 22 First Flight cov ers, 17 FF cov ers, no du pli ca tion, in spect, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $250-350 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012 301

2062 United States, c. 1962, Alan B Shep herd Jr au to graphed cov ers, 50+ cov ers au to graphed by Alan Shepherd for National Broadcasting Company, franked with #1193 Pro ject Mer cury stamp and tied by stamped Jerry Lewis sig na ture, one was sent to each do nor to the Jerry Lewis Foun da tion, with let ter and mail ing en ve lope, Brookman to tal cat a log value 7500.00+, ex cel lent lot for the space top i cal or space au to graph col lec tor, F.-V.F. (photo on web site). Estimate $750-1,000 2059 United States, 1946-47, First Flights, 2 FAM 14 to U.S., 2 FAM 19 to U.S. & Aus tra lia & 2 Mu. 274 to Rome, all over sized with re mark able frankings, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200 2063 United States, 1970-73, As tro naut postal his - tory col lec tion, 42 cov ers all re lated to the space pro gram, cov ers in clude 1970 Apollo 13 Track ing Sta tion, 1973 US Na val space Sur veil lance Field Sta tion, 1973 Sky lab track - ing sta tion, 1971 Sat el lite Earth Sta tion in sup port of Apollo 14, with many signed by sta tion s di rec tor, also in cludes group of first day cov ers of air mails and space re lated stamps, an en ter tain ing lot for the space en thu si ast, F.-V.F. (photo on web site). Estimate $200-300 2064 Uru guay, 1934 (July 13-17), DLH South At - lan tic 7th Flight North, Na tal - Stuttgart, Condor cover from Uru guay (first ac cep tance) to Ger many, with Stuttgart ar rival post mark on face, franked with 10 stamps (G/D L 18), Ex tremely Fine. Estimate $150-200 2060 United States, 1947-86, FAM 14 ex ten sions, 50 cov ers from var i ous ex ten sions of the trans pa cific route, from U.S., Ja pan & Phil ip pines incl. some around-the-world cov ers, in spect, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600 2061 United States, 1959-64, C.I.A. dis in for ma tion bal loon cov ers, 4 Ghost [Global Hor i zon tal Or bit Soar ing Tech nique] cov ers, 2 from U.S., 2 from Ghana, all pur - ported to have been car ried aboard the J.F. Ken nedy, but never flown; these were ap par ently spy flights, in ter est ing lot, Very Fine (photo on web site). Estimate $60-80 2065 World wide, Bal ance of Flight Cov ers, housed in over 15 vol umes and in sev eral car tons and in cludes three air mail framed items, many hun dreds and en com - pass ing ev ery type of flight, these were the bal ances that en abled this col lec tor to pro duce sev eral award win ning col - lections including South Atlantic Airmails in addition to Lindbergh flights (this bal ance is also of fered in the sale as a sep a rate lot) Cuba Air mail (also listed as sep a rate lots in this sale). This col lec tors true love for aero-phi lat ely is dis - played with the con tents of this col lec tion, one should plan to spend am ple time as there are many sur prises to be found within, gen er ally Very Fine, ex- Robert Spooner (no photo). Estimate $4,000-6,000 2066 World wide, 1930-35, DLH South At lan tic Air - mail, re main der group of 19 cov ers, in clud ing Ger many (7), Brazil (6), Ar gen tina (5), It aly, mostly F.-V.F. (no photo). Estimate $300-400 End of the Third Session 302 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 14, 2012