Specialized U.S. Collections, Air Post, Foreign Stamps & Covers continued...

**Air Post and Flight Covers (Scott C1-C11, Byrd, Roessler) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
5062		10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane (C10a). Tied by "Washington D.C. May 26, 1928" duplex cancels on First Day cover to Saginaw Mich., fresh and Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	875.00 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
5063		10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane (C10a). On cover cancelled by purple "Cleveland (Midwestern Philatelic Sta.) Ohio May 26 1928" First Day cancel, No. 645 at top right similarly tied, also incl. booklet pane single tied by the same marking in green on cover with biplane, eagle and shield cachet with fancy purple airplane handstamp cachet, Fine lot, the C10a single not counted (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	800.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
5064		General Balbo Italian Squadron Flight, Chicago to New York Leg. Cover franked with $1.00 No. 571 and Air Post C8-C9, C12 and C10a Booklet Pane, all tied by Chicago Ill Jul. 18 1933 "Century of Progress" advertising machine cancel, grids of short bars and the attractive large Air Cruise cachet, New York July 20 receiving backstamp, Very Fine (Image)	E. 400-500 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
5065		5c Beacon (C11). Massive collection and accumulation of virtually all covers, partially mounted in five volumes, others in various envelopes, incl. First Flights, FAM's, Zeppelins, Special Events, Crash Cover, Memorial Airship Akron crash cover signed by three of the survivors (reportedly only ten prepared), 1929 "Yellowbird" Record Flight, and more, the unused stamps include some plate blocks plus an interesting page of vignette shifts, several are really severe and should be eagerly sought after by buyers of this collecting area, virtually all Fine-Very Fine, while far from being entirely mounted, this is easily the most comprehensive specialized offering of this stamp we have ever seen, impossible to duplicate Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $4,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
5066		$2.00 Carmine & Black (547). Used with 50c and $1.00 1922 Issue and 5c Aeronautics, tied by New York Aug. 6, 1929 duplex on Graf Zeppelin round-the-world flight cover to Nickles in Washington D.C., purple cachet, Lakehurst N.J. special machine cancel on back, Very Fine, ex Martin, Scott Retail $250.00 for flown cover (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
5067		1927, June 27 -- Byrd Transatlantic Flight (AAMC 1060). Congressional corner card cover to Paris, France, with original enclosure, "Official Business-Free" crossed out and with two 10c Special Delivery (E12) affixed over the "M.C." part of free frank, stamps uncancelled and no postal markings as is often the case, endorsed "Via U.S. Trans-Atlantic Air Mail First Flight Commander Byrd Pilot 'America'" and signed R.E. Byrd on front and back, Very Fine, this is one of the few pieces of mail from the "America" to retain its stamp after the plane was forced to touch down off the coast of France, lot includes photograph of "America" (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 750-1,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
5068		1929, November 28, South Pole Byrd Antarctic Expedition (AAMC 1100). Violet cachet with black datestamp, 2c 1922 Issue tied by "S.S. City of New York Feb. 19, 1930" postmark to Raymond Fosdick in New York, addressed by and initialed by Byrd, probably not flown as there is no ms. certification as is usual, Very Fine and rare signed, accompanied by a biography of Fosdick (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
5069		Roessler "Graf Zeppelin" Ovpt.. 1c Green (632) bearing Roessler cinderella overprint, used with 5c and $1.00 1922-25 Issue, tied by "Lakehurst N.J. Oct. 28, 1928" duplexes on cover with picture cachet depicting Graf Zeppelin flying over the Statue of Liberty, Friedrichshafen backstamp, the well-known Air Mail dealer A.C. Roessler applied this cinderella overprint and was charged by postal authorities with issuing counterfeit stamps, as a first offender he was given probation on the condition that he retire from the stamp business, he died a few years later in a mental institution, interesting item (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction

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