United States 1918 6c Jenny Washington DC to New York First Flight Cover
1918, Washington D.C. to New York inaugural flight cover, franked with 6c Air Post (C1), tied by inaugural flight c.d.s. (DEC 17), handstamped "By Airplane Mail", addressed to Roessler in East Orange, a nice usage on this second day of the new 6c rate, fine.
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United States 1930 Bernt Balchen Signed Byrd New York Airport Dedication Cover
Cover franked with 5c Air Post, tied by Brooklyn slogan cancel (JUN 26), printed "Welcome Home Admiral Byrd" cachet and handstamped Floyd Bennett Municipal Airport Brooklyn New York City dedication cachet, signed "Bernt Balchen" at left in ink, attractive and very fine.
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United States 1931 Earle Ovington & Frank Hitchcock PMG Signed Airmail Flight Cover
Cover franked with 5c Air Post, tied by Los Angeles machine (Sep 23), two handstruck cachets "Twentieth Anniversary / First Air Mail Flight / P.O. Department / September Twenty Third" and "Earle Ovington - Santa Barbara CAL / First U.S. Air Mail Pilot", signed "Earle Ovington" and Frank Hitchcock / P.M.G. 1909-1913, no backstamps, an attractive piece of aviation history; Ovington piloted the first official airmail flight in the United States in a Blériot XI on September 23, 1911; Hitchcock was Postmaster General at the time.
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United States 1931 Walter Hinton NC-4 Aviation Tour Signed Airmail Cover RPO
Cover franked with 5c Air Post, tied by SAN FRAN & LOS ANG RPO (Apr 16) duplex, with large handstruck cachet for the flight beginning at Toledo, Ohio and ending at the National Exchange Club convention in Memphis, Tennessee, signed "Walter Hinton" in black, scarce and attractive.
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United States 1932 Clyde Pangborn Signed Carnival of Air New Orleans LA Airmail Cover
Airmail cover postmarked New Orleans (Apr 11), with blue NEW ORLEANS / CARNIVAL OF THE AIR handstruck cachet, signed "Clyde Pangborn" in ink, handstamped KILLED - APRIL 11, 1932, further cachet strike in black on reverse, an attractive cover signed by this famed barnstormer and aviation pioneer who flew the "Miss Veedol" across the Pacific to Japan with Hugh Herndon.
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