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States - Air Post Flight Covers 1933 (3 June) Attempted Round the World Flight by Jimmie Mattern; flight failed as his plane crashed in Siberia on June 14th. He was eventually rescued by Eskimos and flown to Nome, Alaska by the famous Russian pilot,
Sigismund Levanevsky (in a twist of fate, Mattern would join the search for Levanevsky after he went missing in 1937. Levanevsky was never found). Mattern flew the rest of the way back to New York. A small cover with Russian and U.S. adhesives on
front and back, signed by Mattern, with all cancels showing the complete history of this flight (New York, Jomfruland, Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Khabarovsk, Fairbanks, Juneau, Nome, Alaska etc.), minor adhesive toning showing through, otherwise
unusually nice and v.f. cover, signed Mikulski and Arthur Falk (Image)
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Current Opening Price...$2,400.00
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