May 22, 2008 - Sale 2147

Sale 2147 - Lot 379

Price Realized: $ 300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(UNITED STATES LINES.) "Leviathan." Group of approximately 65 pieces related to airplanes and mail on the ship, including over 45 photographs of aviator Clarence Chamberlin landing his plane on the ship and photographs of he and his wife while on the ship before taking off again, plus additional pieces from several years later when the United States Lines tried to begin regular mail service by picking up and delivering mail to the ship by an elaborate mail drop. 1927-29

Additional Details

Includes numerous cacheted covers carried on the first official mail delivery to the ship.