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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 149

Canada & British North America: Newfoundland
1919, Round-Trip Trans-Atlantic Flight cover,
franked with $1 on 15c scarlet Alcock and Brown, without comma after "Post" (C2a), tied to cover by St John's machine cancel (13 Jun), signed "A.Whitten Brown" (Arthur Whitten Brown) at upper left, to Surrey, England, no backstamps, carried on the first successful trans-Atlantic crossing, made by Capt. J. Alcock and Lt. A Whitten-Brown, in a Vickers Vimy aircraft, landing at Clifden, Ireland, light vertical fold, else a fine and rare signed cover; with Sanabria N.Y. expert backstamp.
Cover

Estimate
$1,000 to $1,500

Starting price
$600

Sale 177 Notices
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