cover 1930, 50c on 36c 'Columbia' (C5, Gibbons 191), single from the bottom right portion of the setting (position 4), rich color and exceptionally fresh, well-centered, tied by Harbour Grace OC 9 30 c.d.s. on Second Columbia flight cover (AAMC #21b) with autograph signatures of the pilot and navigator at top left, small diamond-shaped postal marking at bottom, Lowestoff (England) 13 OC 30 backstamp,

'COLUMBIA' FLIGHT The second 'Columbia' Transatlantic flight from Harbour Grace to England was forced down 25 miles from Lands End, England. The following day the flight was completed at Croydon Airport.

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cover 1930, 50c on 36c 'Columbia' (C5, Gibbons 191), single from the bottom right portion of the setting (position 4), rich color and exceptionally fresh, well-centered, tied by Harbour Grace OC 9 30 c.d.s. on Second Columbia flight cover (AAMC #21b) with autograph signatures of the pilot and navigator at top left, small diamond-shaped postal marking at bottom, Lowestoff (England) 13 OC 30 backstamp,

VERY FINE AND CHOICE, RARE, ONLY 300 STAMPS WERE PRINTED, BUT ONLY 100 COVERS BEARING THE SPECIAL SURCHARGED STAMPS WERE PREPARED, AAMC $10,000.00

Lot Essay

Provenance: ex Matejka

Literature: illustrated in Newfoundland Air Mails 1919-1939 by C.H.C. Harmer, page 18

Expertization: with 1979 Nussbaum (Swiss expert) certificate

Note: It is believed that only 100 covers franked with the special surcharged stamps were produced. Of this total only 35 covers were from the limited supply of stamps on hand at Harbour Grace.
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