^Lot 33 WRIGHT BROTHERS COMMEMORATIVE FOLDER AND THREE FIRST FLIGHT COVERS

WRIGHT BROTHERS COMMEMORATIVE FOLDER AND THREE FIRST FLIGHT COVERS

COLLECTORS SEEK FIRST FLIGHT COVERS BECAUSE THEY WERE FLOWN ON THE VERY FIRST DAY A NEW AIRMAIL ROUTE OR CITY WAS ADDED TO THE U.S. POSTAL NETWORK /// THE WRIGHT BROTHERS COMMEMORATIVE FOLDER TITLED "THE WRIGHT BROTHERS: THE EARLY FLIGHTS;" CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF 18 POSTAGE STAMPS; THE VISIBLE STAMP FEATURES WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT WITH AN EARLY PLANE; SIGNATURES: BELOW THE STAMP, THE PRINTED SIGNATURES OF ORVILLE WRIGHT AND WILBUR WRIGHT ARE DISPLAYED; NOTE THAT THESE ARE FACSIMILE (PRINTED) SIGNATURES RATHER THAN HAND-SIGNED ORIGINALS

TWIN CITIES – PEMBINA FIRST FLIGHT COVER (1931) COMMEMORATES THE FIRST FLIGHT OF AIRMAIL ROUTE CONNECTING MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA; ROUTE: AM 9 (AIR MAIL ROUTE 9); DATE: JUNE 2, 1931. DETAILS: THE CACHET (THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION ON THE LEFT) SHOWS A MAP OF THE ROUTE AND MENTIONS THE "TWIN CITIES" (MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL), GRAND FORKS, AND PEMBINA; STAMP: IT FEATURES A 5-CENT PURPLE AIRMAIL STAMP /// BISMARCK FIRST FLIGHT COVER (1931) A "FIRST FLIGHT" COVER FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE AIRMAIL SERVICE TO BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA; DATE: JUNE 2, 1931 (COINCIDING WITH THE EXPANSION OF ROUTE AM 9); DETAILS: THE CACHET DEPICTS THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN BISMARCK WITH AN AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD; ADDRESSEE: IT IS ADDRESSED TO L.B. GATCHELL, WHO WAS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY AND A FAMOUS PHILATELIST /// MINOT AIR MAIL COVER A FIRST-FLIGHT COMMEMORATIVE ITEM FOR MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA; ROUTE: AM 26 (AIR MAIL ROUTE 26); DETAILS: THE PURPLE CIRCULAR CACHET FEATURES A WINGED PROPELLER AND THE TEXT "U.S. AIR MAIL AM 26 - MINOT N.D." STAMPS: IT IS FRANKED WITH THREE GREEN 1-CENT STAMPS (LIKELY GEORGE WASHINGTON) TO MEET THE REQUIRED POSTAL RATE

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