cover 1919, $1.00 on 15c Scarlet (C2, Gibbons 143), tied by St. John's Jun 9, 1919 wavy line machine pmk. on a light buff 'Handley Page' flight cover (AAMC #4) to England, additional Harbour Grace Jun 14 pmk., cover has illustrated corner card of the Imperial Tobacco Co., with original contents, a letter dated June 9th on company stationery with an illustrated letterhead, it mentions the Vickers Vimy Airship and that Allcock [sic] and Brown will be successful, unfortunately for the sender, all mail postmarked June 9th was diverted to the Handley Page flight, thus the letter was carried on the failed flight and not on the succesful Alcock and Brown flight as the sender intended, the cover has some light staining, the letter is aged and brittle with splitting along file folds and extensive edge faults, OTHERWISE COVER IS VERY FINE, RARE, AAMC $1,800.00, Unitrade C$1,500.00 for use on ordinary cover
cover 1919, $1.00 on 15c Scarlet (C2, Gibbons 143), tied by St. John's Jun 9, 1919 wavy line machine pmk. on a light buff 'Handley Page' flight cover (AAMC #4) to England, additional Harbour Grace Jun 14 pmk., cover has illustrated corner card of the Imperial Tobacco Co., with original contents, a letter dated June 9th on company stationery with an illustrated letterhead, it mentions the Vickers Vimy Airship and that Allcock [sic] and Brown will be successful, unfortunately for the sender, all mail postmarked June 9th was diverted to the Handley Page flight, thus the letter was carried on the failed flight and not on the succesful Alcock and Brown flight as the sender intended, the cover has some light staining, the letter is aged and brittle with splitting along file folds and extensive edge faults, OTHERWISE COVER IS VERY FINE, RARE, AAMC $1,800.00, Unitrade C$1,500.00 for use on ordinary cover
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