U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 5-6, 2018

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Lot #558
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADIAN TERRITORY - Newfoundland Air Post
1927 60c black overprinted in red "Air Mail De Pinedo 1927", well centered, used on small cover from St. John's (May 20) to Rome, Italy, Trepassey May 21 departure pmk below, with "Roma Centro 22.VI.1927 Le Piu Belle Terme del Mondo Salsomaggiore Periodo Di Cura Marzo-Novembre" advertising slogan arrival pmk on reverse, few cover stains away from the stamp, addressee's name obliterated, signed Longhi and Colla, with his 2012 certificate. A splendid De-Pinedo cover (one of about 225 covers with an overprinted Newfoundland 60c stamp flown on the transatlantic flight attempted by Marquis Francesco de Pinedo between Trepassey, Newfoundland, and Rome, Italy, via the Azores. De Pinedo left Newfoundland on May 23, 1927, but a shortage of fuel caused his plane to land in the ocean, 200 miles from the Azores. The plane was towed to the islands by a schooner, and Pinedo reached Rome about three weeks later)
Envelope
Catalog #C4
Catalog Value $ 25,000
Unsold

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