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Auction: 18029 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 909

(x) Newfoundland
Air Mails
The "Handley Page" Flight
St. John's Mail: 1919 (9 June) envelope to Derby with typewritten "Special air mail by Handley-Page or Vickers-Vimy Rolls Aeroplane. Posted June 9th. 1919", bearing "Trans-Atlantic" $1 on 15c. with variety no comma after "air post" (uncancelled) with St. John's machine postmark at top and Harbour Grace c.d.s. (14.6) alongside. St. John's commemorative postmark of 14 June 1929 on reverse; the envelope a little creased at top. Photo

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Estimate
£1,200 to £1,500