cover Amelia Earhart (world's most famous aviatrix), very neat and clear autograph signature at bottom left of 1932 cacheted flight cover from Newfoundland to Ireland, actually carried on the record breaking transatlantic solo flight by Amelia Earhart (the first transatlantic non-stop solo flight by a woman pilot), the cover is franked with both U.S. and Great Britain stamps, the former tied by a N.Y. May 13, 1932 duplex postmark, the latter by a Londonberry (Ireland) 23 May 1932 c.d.s. applied shortly after arrival, very fresh, number 5 of only 50 covers carried,

AIR POST ISSUES AMELIA EARHART AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE

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cover Amelia Earhart (world's most famous aviatrix), very neat and clear autograph signature at bottom left of 1932 cacheted flight cover from Newfoundland to Ireland, actually carried on the record breaking transatlantic solo flight by Amelia Earhart (the first transatlantic non-stop solo flight by a woman pilot), the cover is franked with both U.S. and Great Britain stamps, the former tied by a N.Y. May 13, 1932 duplex postmark, the latter by a Londonberry (Ireland) 23 May 1932 c.d.s. applied shortly after arrival, very fresh, number 5 of only 50 covers carried,

EXTREMELY FINE, AAMC catalog#1165, (1981) AAMC catalog value $5,000.00

Lot Essay

Note: with only 50 covers carried on a flight of record breaking and headline grabbing proportions, the extreme rarity of this cover is a certainty. Earhart's unexplained disappearance and presumed death during her last fateful flight in July of 1937 has captured the public's attention for nearly six decades.est.