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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 199

Canada - Semi Official Airmails
1924, ($1) black on red paper Estevan-Winnipeg Promotional Issue

two examples, each on first flight cover to Winnipeg and bearing violet oval "Via Aeroplane / Oct 1st 1924 / Estevan, Sask" datestamp, one franked with 1c Admiral strip of three, the other single 2c Admiral, each with "Buy Souris Coal" advertising on back, minor wrinkling and edge faults, fine. (Unitrade CLP5, $550). This flight was to land in Winnipeg following a refuelling stop in Brandon, but engine trouble near Bienfait forced it to land in a nearby field, where the wheels hit hidden rocks, wrecking the airplane.
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Sold for
$200

Starting price
$90