Auction No. 26 Saturday, 23 February 2019 / 4:00 pm start
USA 1929 (July) USA to Spain to Italy stampless ...
Estimate $340
Realised: $250 plus premium
Category: Airmails > World Airmails
Lot Details
USA 1929 (July) USA to Spain to Italy stampless cover with "City of New York Office of the Mayor" imprint. Carried by American aviators Lewis Alonzo Yancey & Roger Williams in "Pathfinder". Addressed to "Proince Ludovico Spada Potenzian Governor of Rome" with "Roma 10-7-29 Aeroporto Littorio-Posta Aerea" arrival cds & signed "Lewis A Yancey". Only 19 similar covers were carried & not all were pilot-signed. Good cond with Philatelic Foundation Cert. (1971). Ex Boris Joffe & Frommer.
