Census of 1911, 25c Black, Rodgers "Vin Fiz" Semi-Official Air Post (Scott CL2)
14 Census Records

CL2-PC-01
Sound

Notes:

• Formerly CL2-PC-VINITA 10/15/1911
• Start: 10/14 Kansas City Mo.
• Stops: Moran and Russell Creek Ok.
• Finish: 10/14 Vinita Ok.
• Postmark: Vinita Ok. mc 10/15/11 8AM(?)
• Message: "I am mailing this by aeroplane. E. Nin"
• From/To: E. Nin to Nettie Strawn, Wakefield Kans.
• Note: Earliest known use of Vin Fiz CL2

Provenance:

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CL2-PC-02
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Notes:

• Formerly CL2-PC-WACO 10/20/1911
• Start: 10/19 Dallas Tex.
• Stops: None
• Finish: 10/19 Waco Tex.
• Postmark: Waco Tex. mc 10/20/11 1:30PM
• Message: "Fond Birthday Greetings Via Aerial Post. `Zach' Dallas, Texas Oct. 17th 1911"
• From/To: "Zach", to Marghretta L. Pierce, NYC

Provenance:

• Matthews Collection, Shrady and Aurea

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CL2-PC-03
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Notes:

• Formerly CL2-PC-WACO 10/20/1911
• Start: 10/19 Dallas Texas
• Stops: None
• Finish: 10/19 Waco Texas
• Postmark: Waco Tex. mc 10/20/11 1:30PM
• Message: "10/19/11" [illegible name]
• From/To: Sender's name illegible, to Mrs. Seilla(?) Karkpatrick, Chilton Texas

Provenance:

• 4/14/1984, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1984 Rarities of the World, Sale 632, Lot 472, Realized $13,000, sale (Sale 632, realized $13,000 hammer)

Certificates:

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CL2-PC-04
Fault

Notes:

• Formerly CL2-PC-SAN ANTONIO 10/22/1911
• Start: Either Waco, Granger, Austin or Kyle Tex.
• Stops: 10/22 Kyle and San Marcos Tex.
• Finish: 10/22 San Antonio Tex.
• Postmark: San Antonio Tex. mc 10/22/11 8:00PM
• Message: "McGinly and Estes Aviators To Be Mailed From San Antonio"
• From/To: Sender reported to be Mrs. Mabel Rodgers; to Dallas News
• Note: Stamp folded over edge

Provenance:

• McCoy Collection
• Goodkind Collection
• 9/27/1994, Lettick Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps and Covers, Sale 761, Lot 835, Realized $42,500, realized
• 3/11/1997, O'Sullivan Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, U.S. Stamps, Air Post & Foreign, Sale 785, Lot 511, Realized $42,500, realized

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CL2-COV-05
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Notes:

• Start: 10/30 El Paso Tex.
• Stops: 10/30 Deming and Lordsburg NM,
• 10/31 Wilcox Ariz.
• 11/1 Tucson and Maricopa Ariz.
• 11/2 Phoenix and Stoval Ariz.
• Finish: 11/3 Imperial Junction Cal.
• Postmark: Imperial Junction Cal. cds 11/4/11 AM
• Message: letter enclosed
• From/To: "Aunt Sallie" to Miss Rosa Benicia Stone, Oakland Cal.
• THE ONLY RECORDED VIN FIZ ON A COVER

Provenance:

• 3/1/2002, William C. Mack Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The William C. Mack Air Post Collection, Sale 844, Lot 3501, Realized $105,000, realized

Certificates:

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CL2-PC-06
Sound

Notes:

• Formerly CL2-COV-IMPERIAL JUNCTION 11/4/1911
• Start: 11/1 Tucson Ariz.
• Stops: Maricopa Ariz.
• 11/2 Phoenix and Stoval Ariz.
• Finish: 11/3 Imperial Junction Cal.
• Postmark: Imperial Junction Cal. cds 11/4/11 AM
• Message: "Carried by Calbraith Rodgers in his Wright Model Ex racing
• aeroplane from Tucson to Phoenix. Keep it as a souvenir."
• From/To: Mrs. H. Sweitzer (Calbraith's mother) at Los Angeles hotel,
• evidently redirected to Pasadena
• Note: Additional L.A. and Pasadena machine cancels

Provenance:

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CL2-PC-07
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Notes:

• Formerly CL2-COV-IMPERIAL JUNCTION 11/4/1911
• Start: 11/1 Tucson Ariz.
• Stops: Maricopa Ariz.
• 11/2 Phoenix and Stoval Ariz.
• Finish: 11/3 Imperial Junction Cal.
• Postmark: Imperial Junction Cal. cds 11/4/11 AM
• Message: "Carried by Calbraith Rodgers in his Wright Model Ex racing
• aeroplane from Tucson to Phoenix. Keep it as a souvenir."
• Note: Sent by same person as example above.

Provenance:

• Discovered in 2001
• 12/17/2001, Siegel Auction Galleries, U.S. & C.S.A. Postal History/Foreign, Sale 841, Lot 1499, Realized $40,000, realized

Certificates:

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CL2-PC-08
Sound

Notes:

• Formerly CL2-USPC-PASADENA 11/8/1911
• Start: 11/1 Willcox Ariz.
• Stops: 11/1 Tucson and Maricopa Ariz.
• 11/2 Phoenix and Stoval Ariz.
• 11/3 Imperial Junction Cal.
• 11/4 Banning Cal.
• 11/5 Beaumont and Pomona Cal.
• Finish: 11/5 Pasadena Cal.
• Postmark: Pasadena Cal. 11/8 8:00PM
• Message: "Willcox Arz. Dear Otto, As the first Transcontinental Rogers Aeroplane (Atlantic to Pacific Coast) passes through here today, I'll use these means of conveyance to air route to send you a few lines which please attach to your stamp collection. With kind regards to all, You're a.b.i.l. C.F. Threle"
• From/To: C.F. Threle to Otto Hunter, Umbrella Factory at Coln, Germany
• Note: Only recorded use of CL2 on U.S. Postal Card. Realized $88,000 in
• Siegel 1999 Rarities sale (lot 234)

Provenance:

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CL2-PC-09
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CL2-PC-09
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Notes:

• Used with 1c Green (374), tied by "Anderson Tex/ Oct 27 1911" duplex cancel (portion of the postmark retraced)
• Addressed to Miss Mary Chapman, Liberty Hill, Texas

Provenance:

• 11/18-19/2015, Spink NY, Sale 153, Lot 1038, Realized $25,000

Certificates:

• PF 529810 (2015) It is a genuine usage, the Vin Fiz stamp with a 12mm tear and small scuff at right, a diagonal crease and small tear at bottom left, and toned spots, the post card with a portion of the postmark retraced

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CL2-PC-10
Fault

CL2-PC-10
Fault

CL2-PC-10
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Detail of stamp

Notes:

• Formerly Census No. CL2-UNC-02
• According to Flight of the Vin Fiz by E. P. Stein (p. 205), "on board the Pullman for the leg to Denison was Mr. Jasper Allen, the eminent editor and publisher of the Hartshorne Sun. Mabel promptly charmed him into purchasing a Vin Fiz stamp, her first such sale. Allen placed his stamp on a postcard addressed to his wife in Hartshorne. The card was flown from Fort Worth to Dallas and cancelled Oct. 19, 7:30 PM. A second card with the Vin Fiz stamp was purchased by Allen and delivered to his mother in Hartshorne." This second card with the stamp still affixed was described and photographed in the 1939 Kessler auction catalogue of the Dr. Philip G. Cole collection (Part 1). The stamp was subsequently removed, and was reunited with the cover in 2018.

Provenance:

• Matthews (off post card) Collection
• 10/26/1939, Dr. Philip G. Cole, Kessler Auctions (on post card), Lot 33
• 9/27/1994, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps and Covers, Sale 761, Lot 834, Realized $26,000, Edward Lettick, realized
• 10/8-10/1998, Robert Zoellner Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Robert Zoellner Collection of United States, Sale 804, Lot 728, Realized $30,000, realized
• 5/8-9/2008, Jay Hoffman Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Jay Hoffman Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 956, Lot 547, Realized $47,500, realized

Certificates:

• Off Card 429988 (2005) It is genuine, with a small tear opposite the "R" in "Flyer" and a small diagonal crease and tear at bottom right
• On Card 562360 (2019) It is genuine, the Vin Fiz stamp with a small tear opposite the "R" in "Flyer" and a small diagonal crease and tear at bottom right, lifted, and hinged in place

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CL2-PC-11

CL2-PC-11

Notes:

• "El Paso, Tex. Oct. 10 12:30PM 1911" machine cancel and addressed to Arden Tex.,

Provenance:

• 12/13/2023, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamps, Sale 1305, Lot 2696, Realized $112,100

Certificates:

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CL2-PC-12

Notes:

• Featured in an April 20, 2022 Linn's article by Ken Lawrence
• Post card cancelled at Imperial Junction Cal. on Nov. 4, 1911
• Addressed to Mrs. W. A. Pease in Hempstead, Long Island
• Donated in 2023 to the Museum of Flight in Seattle

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CL2-PCE-01
Fault

Notes:

• Small tear in top right corner, affixed to piece of post card
• Discovered in April 1969
• Signed Heiman

Provenance:

• 9/25/1991, Aurea Collection, Christie's NY, Important United States Stamps and Covers including the Aurea Collection of U.S. Air Post Issues, Lot 55, Realized $15,400
• 7/13/2021, Kelleher, Flagship, Sale 758, Lot 1349, Unsold

Certificates:

• PF 248638 (1991) It is genuine with a small tear
• Enzo Diena (2013)

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CL2-UNC-01
Fault

Notes:

• With gum, corner crease bottom right

Provenance:

• Discovered in 1968
• Atherton Collection

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