Lot 743
743
cover 1930, Second 'Columbia' Transatlantic flight cover (AAMC 21a), franked with nos. 157 and 159 (Gibbons 176, 178), tied by St. Johns Sep 25, 1930 machine slogan pmk. on 'Columbia' flight cover to the Postmaster General of London, England, 'General Post Office, St. John's, Newfoundland' blue printed corner card, with a March 31, 1931 letter on official stationery signed by the Newfoundland Trade Commissioner attesting that the cover was genuinely flown per the monoplane 'Columbia',

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cover 1930, Second 'Columbia' Transatlantic flight cover (AAMC 21a), franked with nos. 157 and 159 (Gibbons 176, 178), tied by St. Johns Sep 25, 1930 machine slogan pmk. on 'Columbia' flight cover to the Postmaster General of London, England, 'General Post Office, St. John's, Newfoundland' blue printed corner card, with a March 31, 1931 letter on official stationery signed by the Newfoundland Trade Commissioner attesting that the cover was genuinely flown per the monoplane 'Columbia',

VERY FINE, AAMC $500.00

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Note: Only 180 pieces of mail franked with ordinary stamps were posted at St. John's.
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