1912, Aug. 3-10, Ocean City-Stone Harbor N.J. Inter-City Mail and Passenger Service (AAMC 46, 46b). Two flown cards, one carried in each direction, first AAMC No. 46, "Ocean City N.J. Aug. 9-12, 6--AM" duplex cancel ties 1c Green to picture postcard of enormous beached whale to Camden N.J., ms. "via Aeroplane" and violet "Ocean City & Stone Harbor Aerial U.S. Mail Service" two-line handstamp, signed by pilot Marshall E. Reid, second No. 46b, a scarce post Aug. 12 extension authorization use, "Stone Harbor N.J. Aug. 19" duplex datestamp on 1c Red postal card (UX24) to Cambridge Mass, same violet two-line handstamp cachet, message reads "Dear Sir, I beg to advise that the aeroplane mail service is concluded. It was in operation from 8/3 to 8/13 carrying in four trips from Ocean City N.J. distance 21 miles a total of 11,456 pcs mail and three trips from Stone Harbor N.J. a total of 1,059 pcs. Yours truly, Geo. Greskill.", Very Fine pair, AAMC Retail

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24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post (C3). Used with France 5c and 30c stamps which are tied by "Bordeaux Gare St. Jean May 20, 1926" circular datestamps on air post cover to San Francisco Cal., the 24c Air Post stamp cancelled on arrival and used to pay the airmail fee, Very Fine, rare use, the French stamps paid the fee for sending via surface mail to the United States

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24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post (C3). Top arrow, blue "top" and double plate no. strip of five, approaching the "fast plane" variety, used with top arrow block of four of 16c Green (C2) and tied by "Los Angeles Cal." ovals and "Los Angeles Cal. Aug. 25, 1929" duplex on cacheted cover to Newark N.J., Friedrichschafen and Lakehurst backstamps, two rightmost stamps lightly creased prior to use, Very Fine, colorful use

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65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). 65c and $1.30 on flown post cards, $2.60 on flown cover, 65c used April 30, 1930 from New York to Washington D.C. and with May 31 Lakehurst datestamp, the $1.30 tied by Lakehurst duplex of June 2, 1930 to Germany, the $2.60 tied by New York duplex of Apr. 23, 1930 to New York and with May 31 Lakehurst backstamp, fresh and Very Fine set

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65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Tied to three separate cacheted flight covers or cards, 65c on 1c postal card with plate no. at left addressed to Germany, $1.30 on 5c Air Post entire with plate no. at left addressed to Baltimore, $2.60 on 2c entire with selvage at left addressed to Detroit, usual red and purple cachets, fresh and Very Fine trio

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$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C15). Tied by Apr. 24 1930 Varick St. Sta. N.Y. slogan machine cancel on cacheted flight cover, slight cover soiling, stamp Very Fine

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50c Chicago Zeppelin (C18). 14 stamps on five flown New York First Day Covers (Oct. 2, 1933), multiple frankings with pairs, four singles and block of four, purple Century of Progress and red Round Trip Triangular cachets, two stamps lightly creased from overlap, generally Fine-Very Fine

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1932, July 5 -- Mattern and Griffin Round the World Flight (AAMC 1167). U.S., German and Russian franking appropriately tied on flown cover to New York City signed by Mattern and Griffin, usual light toning bands from envelope adhesive

VERY FINE. AN IMPORTANT TRANS-OCEANIC FLIGHT RARITY FROM THE MATTERN AND GRIFFIN 1932 ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT. ONLY FIVE PIECES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND CARRIED.

AAMC $1,500.00.

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1933, July 23, Flight by Captain and Mrs. Mollison, Pendine, Wales to New York (AAMC 1185). Typewritten "Per Airplane 'Seafarer'/London-New York/June 1933" and autographed by both, letter addressed to New York, Very Fine and rare transatlantic flight cover, only four carried -- the plane crossed the Atlantic successfully but ran out of gas and was forced down in a marsh at Stratford, Connecticut; the plane was wrecked and both pilots were injured; all covers from this flight have the stamps floated off and some water staining -- ex Krinsky and Robertson

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1936, August 5 -- Los Angeles-U.S.S.R. Experimental Flight. Two covers (one flown), each bearing U.S. 16c Air Mail Special Delivery stamp and 3c stamp, also with Russian stamp, tied by "Moscow 26.9.36" circular datestamps, flown cover with purple cachet, Berlin and New York backstamps, both covers signed by pilot Levanevsky and copilot Levchenko, some minor edgewear, Very Fine, scarce, accompanied by copy of letter from U.S.S.R. embassy in Washington stating this was a test flight for scientific research purposes and that almost no mail was carried

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Mercury 7 Autographed Covers. Two covers, first cacheted cover from 1986 Sandical exhibition bearing 4c Mercury and 18c coil stamps tied by ""Old Town Philatelic Center, San Diego California 92110, Oct. 11, 1986" oval postmark which also ties label from International Aerospace Hall of Fame, signed by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton and Betty (Mrs. Gus) Grissom, fresh and Very Fine, back of cover signed by creator of cachet design, ex Gruys, second a first day cover bearing 4c Mercury, tied by "Cape Canaveral Fla. Feb 20 1962 First Day of Issue" machine cancel, signed by Alan Shepard, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Gordon Cooper and Deke Slayton, missing only Gus Grissom, fresh and Very Fine

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Space Shuttle Challenger, Mission STS-8, August 30, 1983 (AAMC 824). 133 cacheted covers, franked with $9.35 U.S. Express Mail (No. 1909), flown on the Challenger on its third mission and first ever night launch and landing, from Aug. 30 to Sep. 5, 1983, each in its original USPS folder and mailing envelope, 259,377 of these covers were flown for the USPS and were sold to collectors for $15.35 each, Very Fine, 1985 AAMC value

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Flight Covers. Three-ring binder and few loose lot cards of flight covers, incl. Nos. C1, C2 (several), C3 used on May 31, 1918, few C4 and C5 incl. some with cachets, C18 FDC, couple Zeppelin flights, also one signed by Orville Wright, overall Fine-Very Fine

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