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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2396		1912, Feb. 17-25, Oakland Cal. Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet (AAMC 16e). 1c postal card cancelled by Feb. 25 postmark, fresh and Very Fine (Image)	300.00 SOLD for $120.00 Will close during Public Auction
2397		1912, May 30-June 2, Cicero-Elmhurst-Wheaton, Ill. Triple City Aviation Meet (AAMC 30b). 1c Green tied by Cicero Ill. May 31 1912 4-30P waving flag machine cancel on postcard with attractive biplane picture on back, greenish blue straightline "Aerial Mail" cachet, does not have a Wheaton June 1, 12 Noon, receiving cancel, small card corner crease, still Fine, AAMC states that only one piece of mail from this flight is known without the Wheaton receiver, this may be that item, in any event rare, AAMC value for with Wheaton receiver (Image)	750.00 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
2398		1912, May 30-June 2, Cicero-Elmhurst-Wheaton, Ill. Triple City Aviation Meet (AAMC 30d). 1c postal card cancelled by "Wheaton, Ill. June 1, 1912 4 PM" postmark, also Cicero and Chicago postmarks from June 3, does not exactly match description in AAMC catalog, purple cachet, fresh and Very Fine, AAMC catalog notes that about 450 pounds of mail was carried over the four-day period but fewer than fifteen covers and cards are known (Image)	750.00 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
2399		1912, June 27-28, Portsmouth O. Millbrook Driving Park Aviation Meet (AAMC 35). 3c Purple perfectly tied by bold three-line flight cachet on clean neatly addressed envelope, Very Fine and choice (Image)	250.00 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
2400		1912, July 4, South Amboy-Perth Amboy N.J.. Experimental Hydroplane Flight (AAMC 38a). Postcard with "Via Aeroplane/Mail Service,/From So. Amboy, N.J." printed at bottom., 1c stamp tied by July 4 duplex, purple cachet, Very Fine (Image)	300.00 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
2401		1912, July 4, South Amboy-Perth Amboy N.J. Experimental Hydroplane Flight (AAMC 38a). 1c Green tied by South Amboy N.J. Jul. 4, 1912 grid duplex circular datestamp on Tuck's Educational picture postcard showing the "Voisin" Biplane in color, purple two-line flight cachet with additional printed three-line cachet in black at bottom, small card tear and diagonal card corner top right, otherwise Fine (Image)	300.00 SOLD for $120.00 Will close during Public Auction
2402		1912, July 12-13, Hamilton O. Butler County Fair Aviation Meet (AAMC 39a). 2c Carmine tied by July 13 three-line flight cachet on cover to Boston, cancelled two days later by Boston Jul. 15, 1912 waving flag machine cancel and forwarded to Beverly Mass., some edge faults and wrinkles presumably caused by contents (no longer present), otherwise Fine (Image)	350.00 SOLD for $120.00 Will close during Public Auction
2403		1912, July 19-22, Coney Island (Cincinnati), Ohio. Coney Island Flying exhibition (AAMC 41a). 1c Green tied by California Ohio Jul. 22 8 AM oval grid duplex circular datestamp, three-line red flight cachet at left on souvenir postcard illustrating aviator Paul Peck (first official Air Mail carrier) seated in biplane, sender writes "I am sending this in the air with Mr. Peck", small card edge faults, Fine (Image)	750.00 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
2404		1912, Aug. 3, Hohokus-Ridgewood N.J. Hohokus Driving Park Aviation Meet (AAMC 45). 1c Green tied by beautifully struck flight cachet and bars, Aug. 5 Hohokus receiving circular datestamp on souvenir postcard illustrating Glenn Curtis, his biplane and crew, card creases top left, otherwise Very Fine, ex Schoendorf (Image)	250.00 SOLD for $140.00 Will close during Public Auction
2405		1912, Aug. 3-Sep. 5, Ocean City-Stone Harbor N.J. (AAMC 46). 1c Green tied by Ocean City Aug. 10 machine cancel and violet two-line flight cachet, overall light aging and small parts of two card corners missing, otherwise Fine, AAMC catalog states that some of the mail received the handstamp cachet (others have handwritten inscriptions), goes on further to say that apparently very few pieces of mail got into collectors' hands and that this is a scarce air mail pioneer, regardless of the amount of mail flown (Image)	400.00 SOLD for $180.00 Will close during Public Auction
2406		1912, Aug. 6-8, Fort Recovery O. Harvest Festival Aviation Meet (AAMC 47b). 1c Green tied by large attractive Aug. 8 double-circle flight cachet on souvenir postcard featuring biplane "Circling the Monument" (an obelisk similar to Washington Monument), light card wrinkles and light soiling, Fine (Image)	300.00 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction