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June 15-16, 2011
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 | Lot #811 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post 1919 3¢ "Martinsyde" manuscript overprint "Aerial Atlantic Mail, J.A.R." handwritten overprint applied by Postmaster General J. Alex Robinson on a 3c Caribou (117), tied by St. John's machine cancel, April 19, 1919 on cover with "Per Aeroplane Raymor Newfoundland to Britain, kindness of Major Morgan J.P.Raynham Esq." corner address in manuscript, backstamped London, Jan. 7, 1920; light filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., signed Harmer, with Bolaffi cert. In 1919, the London "Daily Mail" offered a £10,000 prize for the first non-stop flight over the Atlantic. The 1st plane, known as the Hawker, was forced down in the Ocean about 1,000 miles out. A second plane, the "Martinsyde" Raymor, piloted by Major F.P. Raynham and navigated by Major C.W.F. Morgan, also competed for the Daily Mail's prize. The crew arrived at St. John's on April 10, 1919 and made a valiant effort to assemble their plane in the shortest time possible. They made a test run on April 18, and when it appeared that they would be able  Catalog #C1var Catalog Value £30,000 | Price Realized $40,000.00 |
