MEXICO
AMELIA EARHART AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON SOLO FLIGHT COVER
cover 1935, 20c Lake 'Amelia Earhart' overprint (C74), right sheet margin single, used with 40c Air Post Official (CO14), both tied by Mexico, D.F. 2 MAY 35 pmk. on registered Amelia Earhart solo flight cover from Mexico City to N.Y., additionally franked upon arrival with U.S. nos. 696 and 720 which are tied by Newark, N.J. May 8, 1935 arrival c.d.s., ms. inscription 'Carried by air, Mexico D.F. New York, May 8, 1935' with Amelia Earhart autograph signature below, numerous registry backstamps,
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cover 1935, 20c Lake 'Amelia Earhart' overprint (C74), right sheet margin single, used with 40c Air Post Official (CO14), both tied by Mexico, D.F. 2 MAY 35 pmk. on registered Amelia Earhart solo flight cover from Mexico City to N.Y., additionally franked upon arrival with U.S. nos. 696 and 720 which are tied by Newark, N.J. May 8, 1935 arrival c.d.s., ms. inscription 'Carried by air, Mexico D.F. New York, May 8, 1935' with Amelia Earhart autograph signature below, numerous registry backstamps,
VERY FINE, AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT FLIGHT COVER, Scott retail of used off-cover stamp $4,000.00, AAMC valuation of the flight cover $10,000.00 photo
VERY FINE, AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT FLIGHT COVER, Scott retail of used off-cover stamp $4,000.00, AAMC valuation of the flight cover $10,000.00 photo
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Note: Sanabria states that only forty covers were actually carried on the flight
Expertization: 1965 Ebel and 1970 Corinphila certificates, Ebel handstamp
Expertization: 1965 Ebel and 1970 Corinphila certificates, Ebel handstamp