C3 overpaid to Ireland with "Over There" cachet, No. C3 and 10c Parcel Post (rare franking), balance of 16c Rate Period covers include No. C3 and "Help Humble the Hun" WWI anti-German label showing biplanes dropping bombs, and another Jul. 15 First Day of Rate covers carried on different routes (Washington-NYC, Washington-Phila., NYC-Washington and Phila.-Washington), also Jul. 14) comprises 18 covers, including four No. receiving backstamp and "Over There" cachet the 16c Airmail Rate Period (Jul. 15 was the first day of 16c rate), Phila. C3 are very scarce), finally a last day of 24c rate cover with Jul. 10 flown postcard from Washington DC to Brazil via NYC with additional 2c stamp (flown cards with No. Webb), one cover with special "Air Mail/New York to/Columbia Country Club/Washington/June 15, 1918" boxed datestamp and Red Cross label on back (very rare, AAMC 106, value $1,000.00), Jul. 9 scarce date) with special large circular datestamp (one signed by Lt. 9 Boston to New York First Flight (AAMC 105, Jun.
Alexander Graham Bell in Boston (cut-down legal-size cover), two covers flown Jun. 3 experimental flight Washington DC to Boston via New York (AAMC 103) to Dr. to NYC with bold "First Trip" datestamp and May 15 receiving backstamp the collection continues with the 24c Airmail Rate Period (May 15-Jul.
with same duplex in purple tying a stamp with vignette shifted strongly to left that almost qualifies as a "Fast Plane" variety), before the second attempt more mail was added to the flight (one cover to NYC with black "May/16/1918" Washington duplex, stamp with wide left half-arrow selvage), and finally a May 15 successfully completed flight cover northbound from Phila. Boyle, who flew in the wrong direction and crashed-landed in a field near Waldorf Md., the flight was completed the following day (one cover to NYC with black "May/15/1918/First Trip" duplex, received May 16 other to Kansas via Phila. C3 - the true First Air Post Issue - including May 15 Washington DC-New York northbound flight by Lieut. government airmail routes, the collection starts with four covers carried on the famous May 15-16 First U.S. 57 covers mounted on annotated exhibit pages, a wonderful range of flights and frankings from the earliest U.S. AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF 1918 AIR POST ISSUE COVERS.
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