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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 100

United States: Autographs, Manuscripts, & Ephemera
Floyd Bennett & Bernt Balchen, signed cover,
to Mr. Theo Howard of Winnipeg, unfranked, signed "Floyd Bennett" and "Bernt Balchen" in black ink at upper left, with additional note on black-bordered mourning notepaper, signed by Bennett's wife, replying to an inquiry for her husband's autograph following his death, noting that "needless to say, the letter did not reach him," accompanied by a further signed 1934 memorial cover cancelled on board the Navy Receiving Ship at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, a lovely quality group; Floyd was the pilot who first flew over the North Pole, and was later to have flown Byrd across the Atlantic, but was injured and replaced by Balchen, who later also flew Byrd across the South Pole
Cover

Sold for
$250

Starting price
$180