CANADA, 1927 "London to London" Ill-Fated Flight, a rare mint publicity postcard produced to promote the Tully and Medcalf flight sponsored by Carling Breweries. images of the aircraft, Pilot TB Tully, Navigator Lieut JD Medcalf and Mr. Chas. Burns of Carling Breweries who were offering $25,000 for a non-stop flight, fresh and Very Fine; this card, along with two others were found in a box of non-philatelic aviation items at a local auction in Ontario in 2014 ; ex-MotsonrnThe Stinson "Detroiter" aircraft could not carry sufficient fuel to complete the whole flight without refueling at Harbour Grace, Nfld nor was a radio carried on-board. After the flight left Newfoundland it was never seen or heard from again. (Image)

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GERMANY, 1931 von Gronau "Gronland Wal" Flight from Germany to Chicago via Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Longlac, Canada and with all appropriate frankings, cancels and cachets in addition to be signed by pilot Wolfgang von Gronau, opened at left and with bit of edge wear as expected on this well-travelled cover, A Fine exhibit item (Image)

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GREAT BRITAIN, Imperial Airways Assortment, includes Aug 1939 "Caribou" cover Botwood to Montreal (Canada) and signed by Capt JC Kelly Rogers (scarce), complete booklet of Imperial Airways labels, Aug 1939 first Transatlantic commercial flight postmarked Brighton & Hove 3 Aug and addressed to Newfoundland (backstamped Botwood Aug 6) - this "Caribou" flight was one of the 15 successful mid-air refueling flights and shows the required GPO "North Atlantic Air Service" (NAAS) inscription, finally an original Jun 21 1939 GPO circular stipulating the "NAAS" inscription requirement, a Fine group; ex-Motson (Image)

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NEWFOUNDLAND, 1919 Handley-Page, Harbour Grace Supplementary Mail, Handley-Page souvenir cover with printed imprint, franked with 1c-6c Caribou issue (tied by mute cancels) and with Harbour Grace JY 4 19 and Long Island City NY JUL 10 cancels plus the scarce violet "Missent to Long Island City, N.Y." handstamp, no backstamps, cover with slight faults incl a vertical bend at the right side, still Fine and desirable being one of just two known covers addressed to the USrnAll "Harbour Grace JY 4" mail was from the "Supplementary Mail" mail and only Harbour Grace mails were included in USA mail. (Image)

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NEWFOUNDLAND, 1919 Handley-Page, Canada 2c Admiral postal card cancelled by 2-line "HANDLEY, PAGE AERIAL MAIL/ FROM PARRSBORO, N.S." and addressed in pilot Adm. Mark Kerr's hand to his daughter Alis in London, Greenpoint NY Oct 10 1919 arrival cancel on address side, no back stamps, card with siome typical light edge wear and some light corner bends, FinernThe message on the back of the card is also in Kerr's hand and reads "Oct 9 1919 Parrsboro N.S./ Keep this for your collection. We are taking a mail to New York in "Atlantic" Handley Page. / Love from Daddy" (Image)

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NEWFOUNDLAND, 1930 Harbour Grace to England via "Columbia", commercial cover with proper 50c franking tied by St John's Nfld Sept 25 1930 machine cancel, typed 2-line "per Air Mail 'Columbia' Hr. Grace to London, England, September 1930.", dated Yorkshire Insurance Co 13 Oct 1930 receiving handstamp on address side, backstamped Harbour Grace OC 9, light central vertical fold, o/w Very Fine (Image)

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NEWFOUNDLAND, 1931 Harbour Grace to Denmark via "Liberty", "Official flight record of Danish plane "Liberty" United States to Denmark, June 22nd, 1931/ Aviators Hillig and Hoiris" typed heading on a Newfoundland Postal Telegraph form, specifies the flight route from St John to Andersons Cove, franked with Newfoundland 15c, 50c and $1 Airmails signed by Hillig and Hoiriis, form with folds not affecting stamps incl slight separation along vertical fold at top, a Very Fine exhibition item and probably unique; ex-Harmer, Motson (Image)

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NEWFOUNDLAND, 1942 1st Direct Pan American North Atlantic Flight to England, two St John Ambulance brigade envelopes addressed to "Red Cross and Saint John" London, each franked with #253, 261, 263, tied by St Johns machine or hand cancel, Fine pair (Image)

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NEWFOUNDLAND, 1947 1st Flight Covers to Helsinki, three airmail envelopes incl one with printed cachet for the flight, each sent from Gander with 40c franking and with appropriate arrival cancels, one with Finland 12m Lion franking and flight cancels on address side, Fine and scarce group with few covers flown (Image)

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