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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 91

United States: Postal History
1931, Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition cov
three covers, each franked with 2c Washington and 1&1/2c King George V issue of Great Britain, all postmarked in New York on May 8 and bearing violet handstamped Expedition cachets, also with letter on Expedition letterhead, signed Hubert Wilkins, advising the recipient that ""I have no pictures of the "Nautilus", and suggesting that one be found from a newspaper, attractive and fine.
Cover

Sold for
$170

Starting price
$90