Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 56

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Balloons

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 485		United States, 1911, Balloon Advertising Ephemera. Lot of three different early ballonist advertising items including 1) a handbill for the 1911 Homecoming festival in Greensburg, Indiana featuring aeronaut Oscar T. Cox and his aeronaut dog "Skiboo"- both flying in the event, parachuting and racing each other, every day of the fair, 2) an advertising flyer for C.A. Nichols (Chili, N.Y.) for his line of advertising balloons, kites and other aerial devices. The flyer is printed and illustrated on both sides and 3) an unused #10 envelope with the cachet of C. C. Phelps (McConnellsville, N.Y.) picturing a balloon flight. Phelps was in business during 1900/1920. Some faults, but an attractive lot. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 486		Poland, 1938, Attempted Stratospheric Balloon Flight Cover. Used with the special 75gr. purple balloon souvenir sheet issued for the flight and tied to the reverse with a black September 25th commemorative cancel. There is a red rectangular handstamp on the front of the cover that indicates the balloon was damaged and burst during inflation, thus aborting the flight. WW II broke out before another launch could be attempted. Scarce today, this is the only Eastern European stratospheric balloon flight cover released to the public. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 487		United States, 1974, DaVnci Balloon Flight Cover (No. 36/1,000) A scarce 1974 commemorative cover with green printed cachet showing the balloon and flight path of this flight. This flight was part of a little-known civilian research project to test for atmospheric pollution. Althought not flown, this cover makes an important addition to the history of planetary warming via ballooning. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $30
Lot 488		United States, 1977, FLOWN, "Double Eagle" Attempted Transatlantic Balloon Flight Cover (No. 449/1,000). This multicolor, legal size cover is cancelled September 9th in Marshfield, MA on the face and backstamped September 13th in Reykjavik, Iceland. The cover has flight details entered in ink on the face and is pilot-signed by Anderson and Abruzzo. The envelope is slightly water stained at the upper right - the result of the covers being exposed to sea water during the rescue by helicopter after the flight failed. An important cover (and the first of the "Double Eagle" series) that is seldom available today. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 489		United States, 1977, FLOWN, "Eagle" Attempted Trans-Atlantic Balloon Fight Cover. Flown by Americans Reinhard and Stephenson, the flight launched from Bar Harbor, Maine on 10 October, but encountered a storm 200 miles over the Atlantic and was forced to ditch in the ocean on 12 October. The balloon was cut away and lost, but the catamaram gondola amd equipment was saved. The 200 covers carried were processed upon arrival in port (Dartmouth, Canada, 13 October). These covers had originally been prepared as souvenirs and not a revenue scource and none of the covers were released to the public. THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWN COVER to come on the open market. The cover has a multicolor cachet and is signed by the pilot, Dewey Reinhard. It is an important addition to any collection. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 490		United States, 1979, FLOWN, DaVinci Trans-America Flown Balloon Flight Cover. A striking bicolor cover with a printed flight cachet, launch and landing cancels and pilot signed on the face. This cover was part of a little known civilian research project devoted to atmospheric pollution. Scarce and seldom seen. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 491		Great Britain, 1980, FLOWN, Balloon "World Altitude Record" Cover (No. 126/500) This legal-size blue printed airmail cover reached an altitude of 56,100 feet during the flight. The cover is cancelled October 31st upon landing in Woodrow, Colorado as the launch took place in the US to take advantage of the higher field elevation for launch. The cover is signed by pilot J.R.P. Nott with the alititude reached and the launch date handstamped above. This is the first of these covers we have seen on the market. Rare. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 492		United States, 1980, FLOWN, "Double Eagle IV" Balloon Flight Covers. An important pair of covers. The Double Eagle IV cover (No. 109/1,000) has a printed multicolor cachet. Flight details have been hand-entered on the cachet and the cover is signed by pilots Abruzzo and Newman. The other cover is from a set of official covers issued by the race organizers (Note red "Onboard" handstamp on the face) and has handstamped pilot autographs on the reverse. A scarce and attractive pair of covers. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 493		United States, 1981, FLOWN, "Double Eagle V" Balloon Flight Cover (#423/1,000) piloted by Abruzzo, Newman, Aoki and Clark. This flight was the FIRST TRANS-PACIFIC Flight. IT launched in Nagashima, Japan (10 November) and landed in Covelo, California (12 November).The flight almost didn't make it as they flew too low to avoid bad weather and accumulated literally tons of ice on the plastic film envelope. The cover is signed by all four crew members with launch and landing postmarks including two different launch cancels from the two different launch attempts (same covers used). Scarce and attractive. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 494		United States, 1992, FLOWN, First "US to Africa" Chrysler Balloon Flight Cover (No. 958/1,000) This legal-size printed cover for the American flight entry "Team 5 USA" has flight details entered in ink. The cover is signed by pilots Abruzzo and Bradley and has launch (Bangor, Maine) and landing (Morocco) cancels. The rectangular red handstamp shows that this flight set a world duration record during the flight. This is only the second time we know of a similar cover become available. Extremely rare and quite attractive. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 495		Great Britain, 1998, Attempted Round-the-World Balloon Flight Cover. An extremely rare surviving specimen of the Virgin Global Challenger balloon flight cover. Richard Bronson (pilot), Per Lindstrand (narrirator) & Steve Forsett (co-pilot). Only 360 covers were carried onboard this attempted Around-the-World flight attempt. Unfortunately, ALL THE FLOWN COVERS WERE LOST when the attempt failed and the capsule and covers sank off Hawaii. This is one of 10 unflown remainder covers secured from the original cover artist by the consignor. And this is the first to have ever been released to collectors. The cover lists the crew (Branson, Lindstrand and McCarthy Forsett flew in his place) as well as a picture in silver of the balloon flying above the earth. There is the designer's oval logo (for Rafael de Swarte) on the cover reverse with the number "360" crossed out. An extremely important addition to any collection. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 496		Great Britain, 1999, "Round-the- World" Balloon Flight Cover. This cover is one of the 10 surviving unflown examples of these "Cable and Wireless Balloon" covers signed by pilots Elson and Prescot. The details of the flight are written in ink on the cover. ALL FLOWN COVERS WERE LOST when the capsule sank in the Sea of Japan while ditching. This is the last remaining cover of the 10 known to still exist. An important addition to any balloon collection. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 497		United States, 2002, FLOWN "Transatlantic Attempt" Balloon Flight Cover (No. 2/50) carried on the Chase de Vere Atlantic Challenge flight cover by pilot David Hempleman-Adams. The balloon launched from Pittsburgh, PA on September 24th and was forced to land in Hebron, CT due to a faulty autopilot on September 25th. The cover has a color add-on cachet, red launch and landing cancels and is pilot-signed. Extremely attractive and quite scarce. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 498		United States, 2004, FLOWN, Cluster Balloon Flight Cover (No. 49/51) This legal-size cover is from the second cluster-balloon flight ever made in the United States. Flown by pilot John Ninomiya, this flight reached an altitude of 1,000 feet and travelled from Pittsvield, N.H. to Jennes Pond, N.H. The cover is signed by the pilot with a multicolor add-on flight cachet showing the cluster balloon in flight, launch and landing cancels, plus the pilots personal, oval violet "Bordstampel" (onboard) handstamped cachet. There is a large, round, red handstamped "Flown" cachet on the reverse. An important cover we have not seen before. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $48
Lot 499		United States, 2004/05, FLOWN, "Double Crash" Balloon Flight Cover (No. 52/73) This striking cover was carried on the 2004 America's Challenge (Gordon Bennett qualifier in the US) balloon "Moonshine" (launched on 2 October 2005 in Albuquerque, N.M.) by pilots Lind and Davis. When the balloon was caught in a thunderstorm and the balloon crashed in a hard landing. Both pilots bailed out and the empty balloon was blown toward power lines. The unmanned balloon was then able to launch again missing the power lines whereupon it then crashed again about 20 miles further on. It wasn't located until 11 weeks later, still intact (23 February 2005) at which time the covers were cancelled in Dalhart, TX. The front of the cover has an color add-on cachet showing the balloon, a handstamped description of its adventures, the signatures of both pilots, etc. Enclosed is a first-hand descriptions of their adventures by both pilots PLUS a piece of appendix fabric from the balloon. A great cover for any collection. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 500		United States, 2008, FLOWN Cluster Balloon Flight Cover (No. 40/40). This small cover was flown to 14,500 feet on July 5th by the pilot in a body harness and sitting in a lawn chair. Only 40 covers were carried, the majority of which were given to crew and friends. Each is pilot-signed in green ink with a red handstamped cachet. Rare and virtually impossible to find. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $30