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Auction: 5021 - France, Featuring the Château Ramezay Collection, Europe & O/seas & B. Empire
Lot: 3453

x BAHAMAS Covers and Cancellations airmails: 1919 (29 Jan.) U.S. Navy Experimental Flight from Nassau to Miami, envelope franked at 2d. and showing "by air service/nassau to miami" cachet, and (30 Jan.) 1d. postcard from Nassau to New York showing "first trip/aeroplane/nassau to miami" cachet with a further part strike. An unusual pair sent at the ordinary postage rates as no additional charges for this flight were raised Estimate £ 100-120Note: The flight was delayed from 29 to 30 January because of mechanical problems with the two seaplanes

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