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**Flight Covers from the John F. Langhoff Collection**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
3258		1928, June 3 -- Transatlantic Flight of the "Friendship", Newfoundland to Wales. Flown cover signed "Amelia Earhart" and addressed to "Mr. A. E. Roessler, East Orange N.J., c/o American Consul at Destination", "Trepassey Newf'd Ju 5 28" circular datestamp, Newfoundland 1923 3c Pictorial uncancelled at origin, evidently cancelled at the U.S. Consulate office with top of handstamping device in magenta ink matching receiving backstamp "Jun. 21/Received", two vertical folds (one thru signature) FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE FLOWN COVER CARRIED ON BOARD THE "FRIENDSHIP" DURING ITS HISTORIC JUNE 1928 TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING, MAKING AMELIA EARHART THE FIRST WOMAN TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN AN AIRPLANE. The "Friendship", a three-engine Fokker hydroplane, left Boston on June 3, stopped at Halifax and reached Trepassey on June 4. Poor weather delayed the transatlantic flight until June 17, when the "Friendship" took off at 9:51 a.m. The 2,100-mile flight thru dense fog and clouds lasted 20 hours, 49 minutes. When the "Friendship" landed at Burry Port, South Wales, at 6:40 a.m. on June 18, Amelia Earhart claimed her fame as the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. Although she played a secondary role to pilot Wilmar Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon, Earhart captured the hearts and minds of the public, especially women. A small quantity of mail was carried on the "Friendship". Some of the surviving flight covers have U.S. or British stamps (Boston dispatch). Others have Newfoundland stamps. The Trepassey June 5 postmark and small amount of postage (3c) indicate that this was mailed soon after the "Friendship" arrived on June 4. After reaching the U.S. Consulate in England, it was probably folded and returned to Roessler in another envelope. AAMC $2,750.00 (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	3,500.00
3259		1928, July 28 -- Stultz Day, Middletown Pa. Purple cachet on cover to Harrisburg Pa., signed by Amelia Earhart and Louis Gordon, Gordon was the mechanic aboard June 1928 Friendship flight establishing Earhart as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, -1/2c and 1c franking, Very Fine (Image)	E. 750-1,000	750.00
3260		1929, May 14 -- Amphibian Service, Detroit to Cleveland over Lake Erie (AAMC 27E27). Flown cover from Detroit to Cleveland with American Railway Express Co. label on back, green four-line handstamped cachet and "Air Express" straightline, signed "Amelia Earhart", "Amelia Earhart Special Pilot" straightline handstamp, 2c Vincennes tied by "Railway Express Agency, Inc./Received/May 14, 1929/Superintendent/Detroit, Mich." purple framed datestamp, label tied on back by similar Cleveland office receiving datestamp and purple flight cachet, 1929 National Air Races label also on back VERY FINE. ONLY TWO PAIRS OF FLOWN COVERS WITH THE RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY LABELS AND EARHART'S SIGNATURE ARE KNOWN TO US. The other pair of covers with this combination of markings was offered in the "Aurea" sale (Christie's, Sep. 25, 1991). (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	1,800.00
3261		1929, May 14 -- Amphibian Service, Cleveland to Detroit over Lake Erie (AAMC 27W28). Flown cover from Cleveland to Detroit with American Railway Express Co. label on back, green four-line handstamped cachet and "Air Express" straightline, signed "Amelia Earhart", "Amelia Earhart Special Pilot" straightline handstamp, 2c Vincennes tied by "Railway Express Agency, Inc./Received/May 14, 1929/General Manager/Cleveland, Ohio" purple framed datestamp, label tied on back by similar Detroit office receiving datestamp and purple flight cachet, 1929 National Air Races label also on back VERY FINE. ONLY TWO PAIRS OF FLOWN COVERS WITH THE RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY LABELS AND EARHART'S SIGNATURE ARE KNOWN TO US. The other pair of covers with this combination of markings was offered in the "Aurea" sale (Christie's, Sep. 25, 1991). (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	1,700.00
3262		1929, May 14 -- Amphibian Service, Detroit to Cleveland over Lake Erie (AAMC 27E27). Flown cover from Detroit to Cleveland with purple handstamped cachet, signed "Amelia Earhart", "Amelia Earhart Special Pilot" straightline handstamp, 5c Beacon tied by Detroit May 14 machine cancel, Very Fine, only a few were signed by Earhart, accompanied by collector notes and an unsigned cover from the same flight (Image)	E. 500-750	1,000.00
3263		1929, July 8 -- Columbus O. Inaugural Transcontinental Air Transport Co. Rail-Air Service. Cacheted cover signed "Amelia Earhart" and addressed to Charles A. Lindbergh, 5c Ericsson tied by Columbus Jul. 8 machine cancel, Very Fine, Earhart represented the Transcontinental Air Transport Co. in effort to encourage women to become aviators, the company's rail-air service was inaugurated in 1929 in a ceremony with Lindbergh and Earhart participating -- accompanied by collateral and another unsigned slight cover (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,500.00
3264		Amelia Earhart. 5c Airmail entire with National Air Races and "Arrival of Graf Zeppelin and Los Angeles" handstamped cachets signed "Amelia Earhart", Cleveland O. Aug. 28, 1929 duplex, Very Fine (Image)	E. 500-750	800.00
3265		Amelia Earhart. Legal-size Hotel Cleveland airmail cover to Los Angeles signed "Amelia Earhart" with 1c and 2c commemorative franking tied by Cleveland Aug. 26, 1929 duplexes, National Air Races handstamped cachet, Very Fine (Image)	E. 500-750	750.00
3266		1932, May 20 -- Earhart Transatlantic Solo Flight, Newfoundland to Ireland (AAMC 1165). Handstamped cachet (No. 2 of 50 carried) on cover addressed to Bernt Balchen in Hasbrouck Heights N.J., signed Amelia Earhart, 5c Winged Globe tied by New York N.Y. May 13 duplex, Great Britain 1-1/2p Geo. V tied by Londonderry May 23 receiving datestamp VERY FINE. A RARE AND HISTORIC COVER CARRIED ON THE FIRST NON-STOP SOLO TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT BY A WOMAN AVIATOR. According to the American Air Mail Catalogue, Earhart took off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, at 3:51 p.m., May 20, and landed close to Culmore, near Londonderry, Ireland, at 1:45 p.m., May 21. The total flight time was 14 hours, 54 minutes. Earhart's solo flight was plagued with adverse weather conditions and mechanical difficulties, and she was forced to land in a pasture. In recognition of her achievement, President Herbert Hoover presented Earhart with the Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society, and Congress awarded her the Distinguished Flying Cross, the first ever given to a woman. AAMC $5,000.00 (Image)	E. 4,000-5,000	5,000.00
3267		1935, Jan. 11 -- Earhart Solo Flight from Hawaii to California (AAMC 1225). Linen cover to Earhart's husband, George Palmer Putnam, at Honolulu, watercolor picture of wolf howling at moon and plane by Olaf Seltzer, inscribed and signed "Carried by air, Honolulu-Oakland, January 11-12, 1935, Amelia Earhart" and "No. 47 of 49 covers", 3c and 6c Winged Globe tied by Honolulu Jan. 11 duplex, Oakland Jan. 12 receiving datestamp VERY FINE. ONE OF 49 COVERS CARRIED BY EARHART NON-STOP FROM HAWAII TO THE MAINLAND. ONLY NINE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY OLAF SELTZER. AAMC $1,250.00 (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	2,100.00
3268		1935, Jan. 12 -- Earhart's Arrival at Oakland Airport. 8-line handstamped cachet on commemorative cover to Glendale Cal. signed "Amelia Earhart", 1c & 5c tied by Oakland Jan. 12 duplex, Very Fine, signed after Earhart completed her record solo flight from Hawaii to California (Image)	E. 500-750	850.00

Flight Covers from the John F. Langhoff Collection

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

3258

1928, June 3 -- Transatlantic Flight of the "Friendship", Newfoundland to Wales. Flown cover signed "Amelia Earhart" and addressed to "Mr. A. E. Roessler, East Orange N.J., c/o American Consul at Destination", "Trepassey Newf'd Ju 5 28" circular datestamp, Newfoundland 1923 3c Pictorial uncancelled at origin, evidently cancelled at the U.S. Consulate office with top of handstamping device in magenta ink matching receiving backstamp "Jun. 21/Received", two vertical folds (one thru signature)

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE FLOWN COVER CARRIED ON BOARD THE "FRIENDSHIP" DURING ITS HISTORIC JUNE 1928 TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING, MAKING AMELIA EARHART THE FIRST WOMAN TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN AN AIRPLANE.

The "Friendship", a three-engine Fokker hydroplane, left Boston on June 3, stopped at Halifax and reached Trepassey on June 4. Poor weather delayed the transatlantic flight until June 17, when the "Friendship" took off at 9:51 a.m. The 2,100-mile flight thru dense fog and clouds lasted 20 hours, 49 minutes. When the "Friendship" landed at Burry Port, South Wales, at 6:40 a.m. on June 18, Amelia Earhart claimed her fame as the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. Although she played a secondary role to pilot Wilmar Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon, Earhart captured the hearts and minds of the public, especially women.

A small quantity of mail was carried on the "Friendship". Some of the surviving flight covers have U.S. or British stamps (Boston dispatch). Others have Newfoundland stamps. The Trepassey June 5 postmark and small amount of postage (3c) indicate that this was mailed soon after the "Friendship" arrived on June 4. After reaching the U.S. Consulate in England, it was probably folded and returned to Roessler in another envelope.

AAMC $2,750.00 (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

3,500.00

3259

1928, July 28 -- Stultz Day, Middletown Pa. Purple cachet on cover to Harrisburg Pa., signed by Amelia Earhart and Louis Gordon, Gordon was the mechanic aboard June 1928 Friendship flight establishing Earhart as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, -1/2c and 1c franking, Very Fine (Image)

E. 750-1,000

750.00

3260

1929, May 14 -- Amphibian Service, Detroit to Cleveland over Lake Erie (AAMC 27E27). Flown cover from Detroit to Cleveland with American Railway Express Co. label on back, green four-line handstamped cachet and "Air Express" straightline, signed "Amelia Earhart", "Amelia Earhart Special Pilot" straightline handstamp, 2c Vincennes tied by "Railway Express Agency, Inc./Received/May 14, 1929/Superintendent/Detroit, Mich." purple framed datestamp, label tied on back by similar Cleveland office receiving datestamp and purple flight cachet, 1929 National Air Races label also on back

VERY FINE. ONLY TWO PAIRS OF FLOWN COVERS WITH THE RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY LABELS AND EARHART'S SIGNATURE ARE KNOWN TO US.

The other pair of covers with this combination of markings was offered in the "Aurea" sale (Christie's, Sep. 25, 1991). (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

1,800.00

3261

1929, May 14 -- Amphibian Service, Cleveland to Detroit over Lake Erie (AAMC 27W28). Flown cover from Cleveland to Detroit with American Railway Express Co. label on back, green four-line handstamped cachet and "Air Express" straightline, signed "Amelia Earhart", "Amelia Earhart Special Pilot" straightline handstamp, 2c Vincennes tied by "Railway Express Agency, Inc./Received/May 14, 1929/General Manager/Cleveland, Ohio" purple framed datestamp, label tied on back by similar Detroit office receiving datestamp and purple flight cachet, 1929 National Air Races label also on back

VERY FINE. ONLY TWO PAIRS OF FLOWN COVERS WITH THE RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY LABELS AND EARHART'S SIGNATURE ARE KNOWN TO US.

The other pair of covers with this combination of markings was offered in the "Aurea" sale (Christie's, Sep. 25, 1991). (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

1,700.00

3262

1929, May 14 -- Amphibian Service, Detroit to Cleveland over Lake Erie (AAMC 27E27). Flown cover from Detroit to Cleveland with purple handstamped cachet, signed "Amelia Earhart", "Amelia Earhart Special Pilot" straightline handstamp, 5c Beacon tied by Detroit May 14 machine cancel, Very Fine, only a few were signed by Earhart, accompanied by collector notes and an unsigned cover from the same flight (Image)

E. 500-750

1,000.00

3263

1929, July 8 -- Columbus O. Inaugural Transcontinental Air Transport Co. Rail-Air Service. Cacheted cover signed "Amelia Earhart" and addressed to Charles A. Lindbergh, 5c Ericsson tied by Columbus Jul. 8 machine cancel, Very Fine, Earhart represented the Transcontinental Air Transport Co. in effort to encourage women to become aviators, the company's rail-air service was inaugurated in 1929 in a ceremony with Lindbergh and Earhart participating -- accompanied by collateral and another unsigned slight cover (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,500.00

3264

Amelia Earhart. 5c Airmail entire with National Air Races and "Arrival of Graf Zeppelin and Los Angeles" handstamped cachets signed "Amelia Earhart", Cleveland O. Aug. 28, 1929 duplex, Very Fine (Image)

E. 500-750

800.00

3265

Amelia Earhart. Legal-size Hotel Cleveland airmail cover to Los Angeles signed "Amelia Earhart" with 1c and 2c commemorative franking tied by Cleveland Aug. 26, 1929 duplexes, National Air Races handstamped cachet, Very Fine (Image)

E. 500-750

750.00

3266

1932, May 20 -- Earhart Transatlantic Solo Flight, Newfoundland to Ireland (AAMC 1165). Handstamped cachet (No. 2 of 50 carried) on cover addressed to Bernt Balchen in Hasbrouck Heights N.J., signed Amelia Earhart, 5c Winged Globe tied by New York N.Y. May 13 duplex, Great Britain 1-1/2p Geo. V tied by Londonderry May 23 receiving datestamp

VERY FINE. A RARE AND HISTORIC COVER CARRIED ON THE FIRST NON-STOP SOLO TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT BY A WOMAN AVIATOR.

According to the American Air Mail Catalogue, Earhart took off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, at 3:51 p.m., May 20, and landed close to Culmore, near Londonderry, Ireland, at 1:45 p.m., May 21. The total flight time was 14 hours, 54 minutes. Earhart's solo flight was plagued with adverse weather conditions and mechanical difficulties, and she was forced to land in a pasture. In recognition of her achievement, President Herbert Hoover presented Earhart with the Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society, and Congress awarded her the Distinguished Flying Cross, the first ever given to a woman.

AAMC $5,000.00 (Image)

E. 4,000-5,000

5,000.00

3267

1935, Jan. 11 -- Earhart Solo Flight from Hawaii to California (AAMC 1225). Linen cover to Earhart's husband, George Palmer Putnam, at Honolulu, watercolor picture of wolf howling at moon and plane by Olaf Seltzer, inscribed and signed "Carried by air, Honolulu-Oakland, January 11-12, 1935, Amelia Earhart" and "No. 47 of 49 covers", 3c and 6c Winged Globe tied by Honolulu Jan. 11 duplex, Oakland Jan. 12 receiving datestamp

VERY FINE. ONE OF 49 COVERS CARRIED BY EARHART NON-STOP FROM HAWAII TO THE MAINLAND. ONLY NINE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY OLAF SELTZER.

AAMC $1,250.00 (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

2,100.00

3268

1935, Jan. 12 -- Earhart's Arrival at Oakland Airport. 8-line handstamped cachet on commemorative cover to Glendale Cal. signed "Amelia Earhart", 1c & 5c tied by Oakland Jan. 12 duplex, Very Fine, signed after Earhart completed her record solo flight from Hawaii to California (Image)

E. 500-750

850.00