Wiley Post

Aviator Pioneer

Autumn 2019 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 7 N201 — Wiley Post — 11/20/79

This was another of the "Aviation Pioneer Series" done in the same color scheme and pair format as the previous Wright Brothers and Octave Chanute issues. (A nice collecting goal for those with an early aviation interest or those in search of vintage Collins covers would be to try to obtain this trio of Wrights, Chanute, and Post.) I traveled to Oklahoma City for the first day postmark. My plans then called for a great unofficial cancel in Cheyenne, Wyoming via Denver, but a severe blizzard closed both airports. Having to improvise, I quickly developed another plan of action which resulted in some excellent LaGuardia Airport unofficials. The hand painted cachet shows two early aircraft doing an aerial circus routine with a daredevil transferring from one plane to the other. An early Collins with an interesting story.