Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1306 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Norway - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Roald Amundsen's Attempted Flight to North Pole by flying boats ''Dornier Do J Wal'': 1925, proof of double-sided postcard (all design on one side) issued by ''Gimbel Bros.'' by order of the Norwegian government to help financing the Expedition, size 100x135mm, printed on thin wove watermarked paper, fresh, VF and very rare, Est. $400-$500 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Norway |
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 Lot 1317 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90July 9-10, 1931, FFC Rome - Athens - Thessaloniki, mixed franking of Vatican City 25c dark blue on light blue network and Italy 50c dark brown in block of four, cancelled by Vatican ''8.7.31'' and Rome ''9.7.31'' date stamps, arrival and transit markings, mostly VF and rare, only 22 items carried, Est. $250-$300 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City |
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 Lot 1312 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90January 15-16, 1931, Special Flight to Tripoli, Balbo card (produced for prospective Trans-Atlantic flights), mixed franking of Vatican City 30c dark blue on yellow network and Italian Virgil 50c brown, Italy-Brazil etiquette in blue and gold tied by Tripoli ''16.1.31'' arrival ds, VF, 70 items were delivered by this flight, Est. $150-$200 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City |
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 Lot 1325 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90May 26-June 6, 1940, Pioneer Flight registered cover delivered by LATI Rome - Rio de Janeiro and P.A.A. Rio de Janeiro - New York, franked by four values, met altogether 14.50L rate (2.25L - letter rate, 1.50L - registration fee, 10.75L - air mail fee), NYC ''6.6.1940'' arrival ds, mostly VF and very scarce, Est. $200-$250 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City |
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 Lot 1327 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90First and Pioneer Flight Covers and Aerogramme - Collection: 1929-74, 17 items presented chronologically and neatly arranged on exhibition style pages, starting with two FFC Rome - Genoa (1929), FFC Rome – Munich (1929, only 6 carried), FFC Rome - Aegean Islands (1930, only 10 flown), FFC Rome - Alexandria (1931, 25 flown), Special Flight to Caprera (Sardinia), FFC Rome - Haifa (1937, 26 items carried), PanAm Flight from Rome to Boston via Lisbon and New York (1941), nice quality unit with all appropriate markings, F/VF or better, Est. $1,000-$1,200 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City |
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 Lot 1307 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Norway - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Roald Amundsen's Attempted Flight to North Pole by flying boats ''Dornier Do J Wal'': 1926, Polar Bear, 2o-25o, complete set of seven issued for helping to finance the Roald Amundsen Expedition, used on registered cover from Bergen to England, postmarked ''28.JA.26'' at New Castle on reverse, mainly VF and very attractive item, Est. $200-$250 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Norway |
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 Lot 1320 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90May 31-June 1, 1933, Special Flight cover from Rome to Berlin, four Vatican City definitives franking, met altogether 1.45L postal rate (1.25L - letter rate and 20c - air mail fee), all appropriate markings and arrival ds, mostly VF, 48 items carried, Est. $150-$200 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City |
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 Lot 1302 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Monaco - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90April 1-15, 1914, Monaco Aerial Rally, six specially printed Rally postcards bearing the special vignette in red, tied by the violet Rally ''April 1914'' date stamp and special marking for Brussels, Gotha, London, Milan, Paris and Madrid, fresh, VF and rare group Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Monaco |
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 Lot 1313 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90January 15-17, 1931, Special Flight Rome - Milan (airport Taliedo), Balbo postcard bearing mixed franking by Papal Arms 25c dark blue on light blue network and Italian Virgil 50c brown, met altogether 75c postal rate (25c - postcard rate, 50c - Air Post fee), appropriately tied by Vatican City and Rome (15.1.31) postal markings, two Balbo etiquettes is alongside, ''Aeroporto Taliedo. Milano. 17.1.31'' arrival ds, VF, 58 items flown, Est. $150- $200 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City |
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 Lot 1326 - Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90March 31-April 6, 1946, Inauguration Round Flight card (direct flight) and registered cover (return flight) on line Washington - Rome - Washington via New York by TWA, first one with mixed (US plus Vatican City) franking, address is faded, latter one addressed to Baltimore, franked by five values, both mainly VF, Est. $150-$200 Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #90Worldwide First and Pioneer Flights Vatican City |
