Sale 707 The Knapp Collection of Airmail Flights

[U.S.S. Los Angeles] 1930 (May 31), Curtiss Marine Trophy Race Flight, Anacostia, D.C., legal-size cover (a Lakehurst Naval Air Station penalty envelope) franked with a 5¢ Washington tied by Mar 31 Washington D.C. duplex; typed statement acknowledging landing at Anacostia in a glider launched from the Airship, signed by the glider pilot, Lt. T.G.W. Settle and by Lt. R.F. Tyler, Very Fine. The cover is addressed to stamp dealer Donald Dickason in Wooster Ohio. Dickason was the recipient of the 17 Netherlands "Thoolen" covers that survived the Hindenburg Disaster.
Frost 126-17A; $3,000.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000

Thomas G.W. Settle was eventually transferred to sea duty and would reach the rank of Vice Admiral before retiring. Raymond F. Tyler would remain with lighter-than-air craft and would reach Captain and was commander of the Navy's Airship Wing One at the end of World War II.