U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
September 11-12, 2013
Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #726 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post 1919 3c "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, by courtesy of Major Morgan and F.P.Raynham Esq." corner address in manuscript, backstamped London, Jan. 7, 1920, re-addressed, with Great Britain 1 1/2d George V adhesive added to pay local forwarding charges, v.f., signed H.R.Harmer, Dalwick and Bojanowicz, with 1983 Diena certificate. This provisional was made by W.C. Campbell, the Secretary of the Postal Department. Stanley Gibbons states that 25 to 30 used examples are known.
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 Catalog #SG 142a Catalog Value £30,000 | Unsold
|
Previous Lot Auction Index Next Lot