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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 573

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation
United States, Earle Ovington commemorative mail collection,<
written-up on pages, over thirty covers and cards, several 1931 Twentieth Anniversary Flight cachet covers, one with 1911 Ovington photo on specially-prepared Dyer envelope, two signed by Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock, another signed "Earle Ovington - Pilot" in ink at lower left, 1938 Wings Across America National Air Mail Week "Ovington's Route" cover, another pair with Wings Across America cachets (one handstamped, one printed) both signed by Post Masyer Oliver Sause, National Air Week Santa Barabara unaddressed cachet cover signed "Mrs. Earle Ovington," unused sheet of Ovington's personal letterhead, thank-you letter from Frank Hitchcock to H.H. Griffin o the American Airmail Society thanking him for a copy of "The Airpost Journal,"a few vintage advertisements, newspaper cutouts, etc, a nice group, chiefly fine.

Sold for
$120

Starting price
$90