ALCOCK AND BROWN FLIGHT COVER
cover Newfoundland, 1919, $1.00 on 15c Scarlet (C2, Gibbons 143), fine stamp tied by 'St. John's Nfld Jun 13, 1919' wavy line machine pmk. on Alcock and Brown flight cover (AAMC #3) addressed to Mrs. H.D. Carter, St. John's, Newfoundland, St. John's Jul 1, 1919 backstamp, with original enclosure from her son dated June 13, 1919, 'I hope you will appreciate this note!! as I am sending it by Captain Alcock in the Vickers Trans-Atlantic flight: which hopes to get away today.', also incl. two original family photographs (both have faults), one showing the plane 'Southern Cross', the other showing her son with Capt. Alcock prior to the flight, trivial cover edge tear, otherwise very fine, Unitrade C$1,500.00 used on ordinary cover, AAMC $2,500.00, Gibbons £3,000
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cover Newfoundland, 1919, $1.00 on 15c Scarlet (C2, Gibbons 143), fine stamp tied by 'St. John's Nfld Jun 13, 1919' wavy line machine pmk. on Alcock and Brown flight cover (AAMC #3) addressed to Mrs. H.D. Carter, St. John's, Newfoundland, St. John's Jul 1, 1919 backstamp, with original enclosure from her son dated June 13, 1919, 'I hope you will appreciate this note!! as I am sending it by Captain Alcock in the Vickers Trans-Atlantic flight: which hopes to get away today.', also incl. two original family photographs (both have faults), one showing the plane 'Southern Cross', the other showing her son with Capt. Alcock prior to the flight, trivial cover edge tear, otherwise very fine, Unitrade C$1,500.00 used on ordinary cover, AAMC $2,500.00, Gibbons £3,000
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Note: Only 196 covers and one letter packet were carried photo