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Cover	Catalogue or Stock #	Price U.S. $	Description
	127-127A	$560.00	Graf Zeppelin July 1931 Polar flight postcard franked with C40 the 1m Zeppelin stamp with "POLAR-FAHRT 1931" overprint. Mailed at Friedrichscafen July 24, 1931. Has red Polarfahrt 1931 cachet at left & a Leningrad July 25, 1931 receiver in black. Some minor scrapes & creases at edges. Frost Cat. $600.00
	127-50B	$225.00	Graf Zeppelin printed to private order postal card flown on the Graf Zeppelin's June 16, 1930 flight from Munster to Friedrichscafen. Post card is for the 1929 Graf Zeppelin round the world flight. Card has printed 10pf German Eagle & 8pf President Ebert impressions plus #'s 368 x 2, 377 & C28. Scarce card in very fine condition.
	127-46d	$185.00	Graf Zeppelin April 26, 1930 England flight postcard that was dropped off at Orly, France on the way to England. Card has a Graf Zeppelin On Board April 26, 1930 cds as well as an Orly, Seine April 26, 1930 receiver cds. Has the usual red confirmation mark. Postcard pictures the Graf Zeppelin at Friedrichscafen. Frost cat. $200.00.
	127-121Cb	$425.00	Iceland June 28, 1931 Graf Zeppelin flown registered postcard with 30aur & 1kr Zeppelin overprint stamps ( Cat.#'s C9 & C10 ). Has the Islandfahrt 1931 triangular cachet & a Friedrichscafen Jul3, 1931 receiver. Some very minor toning & creasing at corners from being in corner mounts. Frost Cat. $450.00
	127-28D	$150.00	USA 1 cent postal statioery card franked with #'s 559,567,570 & 571. Flown around the world on the Graf Zeppelin, from Lakehurst to Lakehurst via Germany, Japan & the US west coast. Stamps cancelled at Trenton, NJ Aug. 5, 1929 & then has a Lakehurst machine receiver Aug. 29, 1929 with a green Graf Zeppelin cachet. Attractive card.
	127-29B	$240.00	German Graf Zeppelin September 11-12 1929 Germany flight flown cover with red circular Graf Zeppelin "on Board" cachet. Mail was dropped at 15 locations around Germany without postage or cancellations. Postage was applied & cancelled at the post office nearest the drop location. This cover was dropped at Dusseldorf. Stamps applied & cancelled there. Also has a faint red cachet reading " Mit Luftpost Befordert Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel-Flugplat2 " on front. Some minor creases. Frost Cat. $300.00.
	FF9b	$250.00	1921 35 cent red Halifax Air Mail stamp with period after "1921" well centered single tied to first flight cover with a St.John's Nfld. Nov.26 1921 machine cancel. Halifax Feb. 4 1922 backstamp following delays with the mail delivery after an aborted flight. Stamp catalogues $270.00 in Unitrade. A lovely cover.
	BW12-29	$70.00	1953 air mail cover from Italy to Canada rated 8 cents postage due, which was paid with Canada #'s 286 & 288 the 3 & 5 cent George VI Postes/Postage issues. Both are tied to the cover with a St.Patrick PQ cds cancel. Cover mailed from Taormina, Italy to Montral & re-directed to St. Patrick. Attractive cover.
	2923	$60.00	RCAF mail flight May 6, 1929 from Wabowdan, Manitoba to Cross Lake. Only 327 pieces carried.
	2923a	$60.00	RCAF mail flight from Wabowden, Manitoba to Norway House May 5, 1929. Only 311 pieces carried.
	DOX-5	$600.00	Switzerland acceptance for the the December 31, 1930 Europe - Africa - Pan American Tour. Has the red DOX confirmation of the Europr-America handstamp at bottom left & the Dornier Flugsghiff DOX 30 Jan 31 circular handstamp on the middle Swiss stamp. Postcard has a Rio 22 IV 31 receiver on the back. A nice clean item. Exhibit quality.
	129-19	$475.00	Netherland Indies acceptance for the August 1, 1936 Olympic Games flight. Has the Olympic confirmation cachet at top & a Berlin-Zentralflughafen Aug. 1 1936 CDS on the back as well as a Netherland Indies Aug. 28, 1936 received CDS Frost cat. US$600.00
	CL4-2501	$200.00	Laurentide Air Service CL4 stamp on a 1925 Trans-Canada Flight cover. As usual Canada postage stamp has been removed from the front. Not flown.
	540408	$70.00	April 8, 1954 cover recovered from the crash of a Trans-Canada Airlines TC4 North Star that collided in mid-air with a Harvard aircraft flown by a student pilot. Both planes crashed in flames. Most recovered mail shows much damage. Cover has a circular hand stamp that reads " District Post Office Inspector Moose Jaw, Sask P.O.I. APR 9 1954 3".
	700705	$90.00	Air Canada July 5, 1970 air crash cover, recovered from flight #612, a DC-8 that crashed at Toronto International Airport after an abortive attempt to land. All 109 on board were killed. Less than half the mail on board was salvaged. All mail received a two line hand stamp "SALVAGED FROM AIR CRASH JULY 5".
	126-9B	$125.00	Airship "Los Angeles" flown cover from Lakehurst, New Jersey to Bermuda. Cover cancelled at lakehurst April 20, 1924, the day befor the flight on April 21st. Frost cat. US$200.00.
	126-9C	$100.00	Airship "Los Angeles" flown cover from Bermuda April 22, 1924 to Lakehurst, New Jersey. Frost cat. US$160.00, 3 line cachet is not too clear.
	127-104D	$175.00	Hungary postcard franked with both Hungarian Zeppelin stamps cancelled at Budaest March 28, 1931. Has Hungary flight cachet in green lower left. Frost cat. US$200.00.
	127-105	$225.00	Liechtenstein acceptance for the Graf Zeppelin Egypt flight postcard. Postcard is of The Graf Zeppelin. Inscription on the postcard reads " Taufe des LZ 127 auf den Namen Graf Zeppelin 9.7.1928'. Has Egypt flight cachet in red as well as Cairo & Tel-Aviv receier CDS's. Frost cat. US$250.00.
	CL42-2801g	$95.00	Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. pilot signed first flight cover from Carcross to Atlin April 13, 1928. Signed by T.G. Stephens, the pilot. Nice clean cover.
	SOLD	$80.00	Flown from Quebec City to Bradore Bay (via Montreal) to connect with "The Empress of Australia". Only 50 pieces were flown from Quebec City on September 24th. Bradore Bay Sept. 25th receiver on the back as well as a Sept. 27 "By Seaplane from Strait of Belle Isle...." machine cancel.
	3305	$50.00	February 7, 1933 first flight cover from Charlottetown to Grindstone Island & then on to Bahamas. Franked with 192, C3 & C3i (the Swollen Breast variety) C3i is scarce on cover. Addressed to a paasenger on R.M.S. Lary Rodney at Nassau.
	129-7	$600.00	Canadian acceptance for the May 21st 1936 Hindenburg flight from New York to Germany. Franked with C5 x 11 & 220 paying the 70 cent registered rate. Mailed at Montreal May 18, 1936. Has a New York May 19, 1936 backstamp & a Frankfurt May 23, 1936 receiver. Frost catalogue value US$650.00. A nice clean cover.
	BW12-28	$99.00	Palestine first flight cover from Jerusalem to Rome April 4, 1933 by Imperial Airways. Rome Posta Aerea April 6, 1933 receiver on back. Nice clean cover.
	BW12-17	$250.00	A twin engine Piper Commanche plane, on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Oslo, Norway crashed in the Yukon after having engine trouble. The disappearance of the plane caused the widest Alaskan & Yukon search until that time & after 18 days, the pilot T. Tjonveidt & the navigator E.S.Pederson were found alive but injured. Only 6 covers, prepared by the addressee, were carried by the pilot to Inuvik & cancelled there on October 27, 1967. No special crash cachet was applied, but both the pilot & navigator autographed the cover. Very rare item. great exhibit piece for the Centennial or Interrupted mail collector.
	BW12-1	$160.00	June 5, 1930 air mail cover from Toronto to Belgium sent at the old 13 cent rate that had ended March 1st. Rate should have been 15 cents. No postage due marknigs. Franked C1 & 154.
	BW12-19	$150.00	October 24, 1938 Victoria, B.C. $1.06 registered 6x rate cover to British Navy engineer in Bermuda. Rate paid with #'s 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 241, 243, 244 & C6. Rate is made up by 10 cents registration, 6 times the 15 cent per quarter ounce rate for a cover up to 1.5 ounces & 6 cents for air mail within Canada (which was unnecessary). New York transit October 26, 1938 back stamp.
	BW12-20	$75.00	Regina October 21, 1938 cover to Basra, Iraq to a Royal Air Force pilot. Basra November 8 & Maquil November 8, 1938 back stamps. 25 cents per half ounce rate overpaid by 1 cent. Minor vertical crease at right. Scarce destination.
	BW12-21	$50.00	Toronto June 29, 1938 10 cents per quarter ounce rate cover to Grenada in the West Indies. Port of Spain, Trinidad July 4, 1938 transit back stamp. Rate paid by # 223.
	BW12-22	$50.00	Montreal July 6, 1932 30 cent double rate cover (15 cents per half ounce) to Trinidad in the West Indies. Port of Spain July 12, 1932 receiver on the back. Rate paid by upper left corner block of # 191 x 10. Attractive cover.
	BW12-23 SOLD	$75.00	Montreal September 17, 1929 40 cent rate cover to British Guiana flown by Charles Lindberg on the FAM 6 flight extension to Paramaribo September 20, 1929. British Guiana September 26, 1929 receiver on the back. Rate paid by # 157 x 2.

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Cover

Catalogue
or
Stock #

Price
U.S. $

Description

127-127A

$560.00

Graf Zeppelin July 1931 Polar flight postcard franked with C40 the 1m Zeppelin stamp with "POLAR-FAHRT 1931" overprint. Mailed at Friedrichscafen July 24, 1931. Has red Polarfahrt 1931 cachet at left & a Leningrad July 25, 1931 receiver in black. Some minor scrapes & creases at edges. Frost Cat. $600.00

127-50B

$225.00

Graf Zeppelin printed to private order postal card flown on the Graf Zeppelin's June 16, 1930 flight from Munster to Friedrichscafen. Post card is for the 1929 Graf Zeppelin round the world flight. Card has printed 10pf German Eagle & 8pf President Ebert impressions plus #'s 368 x 2, 377 & C28. Scarce card in very fine condition.

127-46d

$185.00

Graf Zeppelin April 26, 1930 England flight postcard that was dropped off at Orly, France on the way to England. Card has a Graf Zeppelin On Board April 26, 1930 cds as well as an Orly, Seine April 26, 1930 receiver cds. Has the usual red confirmation mark. Postcard pictures the Graf Zeppelin at Friedrichscafen. Frost cat. $200.00.

127-121Cb

$425.00

Iceland June 28, 1931 Graf Zeppelin flown registered postcard with 30aur & 1kr Zeppelin overprint stamps ( Cat.#'s C9 & C10 ). Has the Islandfahrt 1931 triangular cachet & a Friedrichscafen Jul3, 1931 receiver. Some very minor toning & creasing at corners from being in corner mounts. Frost Cat. $450.00

127-28D

$150.00

USA 1 cent postal statioery card franked with #'s 559,567,570 & 571. Flown around the world on the Graf Zeppelin, from Lakehurst to Lakehurst via Germany, Japan & the US west coast. Stamps cancelled at Trenton, NJ Aug. 5, 1929 & then has a Lakehurst machine receiver Aug. 29, 1929 with a green Graf Zeppelin cachet. Attractive card.

127-29B

$240.00

German Graf Zeppelin September 11-12 1929 Germany flight flown cover with red circular Graf Zeppelin "on Board" cachet. Mail was dropped at 15 locations around Germany without postage or cancellations. Postage was applied & cancelled at the post office nearest the drop location. This cover was dropped at Dusseldorf. Stamps applied & cancelled there. Also has a faint red cachet reading " Mit Luftpost Befordert Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel-Flugplat2 " on front. Some minor creases.
Frost Cat. $300.00.

FF9b

$250.00

1921 35 cent red Halifax Air Mail stamp with period after "1921" well centered single tied to first flight cover with a St.John's Nfld. Nov.26 1921 machine cancel. Halifax Feb. 4 1922 backstamp following delays with the mail delivery after an aborted flight. Stamp catalogues $270.00 in Unitrade. A lovely cover.

BW12-29

$70.00

1953 air mail cover from Italy to Canada rated 8 cents postage due, which was paid with Canada #'s 286 & 288 the 3 & 5 cent George VI Postes/Postage issues. Both are tied to the cover with a St.Patrick PQ cds cancel. Cover mailed from Taormina, Italy to Montral & re-directed to St. Patrick. Attractive cover.

2923

$60.00

RCAF mail flight May 6, 1929 from Wabowdan, Manitoba to Cross Lake. Only 327 pieces carried.

2923a

$60.00

RCAF mail flight from Wabowden, Manitoba to Norway House May 5, 1929. Only 311 pieces carried.

DOX-5

$600.00

Switzerland acceptance for the the December 31, 1930 Europe - Africa - Pan American Tour. Has the red DOX confirmation of the Europr-America handstamp at bottom left & the Dornier Flugsghiff DOX 30 Jan 31 circular handstamp on the middle Swiss stamp. Postcard has a Rio 22 IV 31 receiver on the back. A nice clean item. Exhibit quality.

129-19

$475.00

Netherland Indies acceptance for the August 1, 1936 Olympic Games flight. Has the Olympic confirmation cachet at top & a Berlin-Zentralflughafen Aug. 1 1936 CDS on the back as well as a Netherland Indies Aug. 28, 1936 received CDS Frost cat. US$600.00

CL4-2501

$200.00

Laurentide Air Service CL4 stamp on a 1925 Trans-Canada Flight cover. As usual Canada postage stamp has been removed from the front. Not flown.

540408

$70.00

April 8, 1954 cover recovered from the crash of a Trans-Canada Airlines TC4 North Star that collided in mid-air with a Harvard aircraft flown by a student pilot. Both planes crashed in flames. Most recovered mail shows much damage. Cover has a circular hand stamp that reads " District Post Office Inspector Moose Jaw, Sask P.O.I. APR 9 1954 3".

700705

$90.00

Air Canada July 5, 1970 air crash cover, recovered from flight #612, a DC-8 that crashed at Toronto International Airport after an abortive attempt to land. All 109 on board were killed. Less than half the mail on board was salvaged. All mail received a two line hand stamp "SALVAGED FROM AIR CRASH JULY 5".

126-9B

$125.00

Airship "Los Angeles" flown cover from Lakehurst, New Jersey to Bermuda. Cover cancelled at lakehurst April 20, 1924, the day befor the flight on April 21st.
Frost cat. US$200.00.

126-9C

$100.00

Airship "Los Angeles" flown cover from Bermuda April 22, 1924 to Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Frost cat. US$160.00, 3 line cachet is not too clear.

127-104D

$175.00

Hungary postcard franked with both Hungarian Zeppelin stamps cancelled at Budaest March 28, 1931. Has Hungary flight cachet in green lower left. Frost cat. US$200.00.

127-105

$225.00

Liechtenstein acceptance for the Graf Zeppelin Egypt flight postcard. Postcard is of The Graf Zeppelin. Inscription on the postcard reads " Taufe des LZ 127 auf den Namen Graf Zeppelin 9.7.1928'. Has Egypt flight cachet in red as well as Cairo & Tel-Aviv receier CDS's. Frost cat. US$250.00.

CL42-2801g

$95.00

Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. pilot signed first flight cover from Carcross to Atlin April 13, 1928. Signed by T.G. Stephens, the pilot. Nice clean cover.

SOLD

$80.00

Flown from Quebec City to Bradore Bay (via Montreal) to connect with "The Empress of Australia". Only 50 pieces were flown from Quebec City on September 24th. Bradore Bay Sept. 25th receiver on the back as well as a Sept. 27 "By Seaplane from Strait of Belle Isle...." machine cancel.

3305

$50.00

February 7, 1933 first flight cover from Charlottetown to Grindstone Island & then on to Bahamas. Franked with 192, C3 & C3i (the Swollen Breast variety) C3i is scarce on cover. Addressed to a paasenger on R.M.S. Lary Rodney at Nassau.

129-7

$600.00

Canadian acceptance for the May 21st 1936 Hindenburg flight from New York to Germany. Franked with C5 x 11 & 220 paying the 70 cent registered rate. Mailed at Montreal May 18, 1936. Has a New York May 19, 1936 backstamp & a Frankfurt May 23, 1936 receiver. Frost catalogue value US$650.00. A nice clean cover.

BW12-28

$99.00

Palestine first flight cover from Jerusalem to Rome April 4, 1933 by Imperial Airways. Rome Posta Aerea April 6, 1933 receiver on back. Nice clean cover.

BW12-17

$250.00

A twin engine Piper Commanche plane, on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Oslo, Norway crashed in the Yukon after having engine trouble. The disappearance of the plane caused the widest Alaskan & Yukon search until that time & after 18 days, the pilot T. Tjonveidt & the navigator E.S.Pederson were found alive but injured. Only 6 covers, prepared by the addressee, were carried by the pilot to Inuvik & cancelled there on October 27, 1967. No special crash cachet was applied, but both the pilot & navigator autographed the cover. Very rare item. great exhibit piece for the Centennial or Interrupted mail collector.

BW12-1

$160.00

June 5, 1930 air mail cover from Toronto to Belgium sent at the old 13 cent rate that had ended March 1st. Rate should have been 15 cents. No postage due marknigs. Franked C1 & 154.

BW12-19

$150.00

October 24, 1938 Victoria, B.C. $1.06 registered 6x rate cover to British Navy engineer in Bermuda. Rate paid with #'s 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 241, 243, 244 & C6. Rate is made up by 10 cents registration, 6 times the 15 cent per quarter ounce rate for a cover up to 1.5 ounces & 6 cents for air mail within Canada (which was unnecessary). New York transit October 26, 1938 back stamp.

BW12-20

$75.00

Regina October 21, 1938 cover to Basra, Iraq to a Royal Air Force pilot. Basra November 8 & Maquil November 8, 1938 back stamps. 25 cents per half ounce rate overpaid by 1 cent. Minor vertical crease at right. Scarce destination.

BW12-21

$50.00

Toronto June 29, 1938 10 cents per quarter ounce rate cover to Grenada in the West Indies. Port of Spain, Trinidad July 4, 1938 transit back stamp. Rate paid by # 223.

BW12-22

$50.00

Montreal July 6, 1932 30 cent double rate cover (15 cents per half ounce) to Trinidad in the West Indies. Port of Spain July 12, 1932 receiver on the back. Rate paid by upper left corner block of # 191 x 10. Attractive cover.

BW12-23
SOLD

$75.00

Montreal September 17, 1929 40 cent rate cover to British Guiana flown by Charles Lindberg on the FAM 6 flight extension to Paramaribo September 20, 1929. British Guiana September 26, 1929 receiver on the back. Rate paid by # 157 x 2.

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