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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 502

Newfoundland Airmails 1919 (19 Apr.) The "Martinsyde" Attempts, First Supplementary Mail 1919 (2 May) "Crosbie Hotel" envelope to England, bearing unoverprinted Caribou 3c. brown tied by St. John´s machine d.s. and showing, on reverse, London arrival datestamp for 7 January 1920; the envelope with some faults, nevertheless an extremely rare cover. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 Note: Early in May a very few additional covers were added to the mail. They were all franked with the ordinary Caribou 3c. During the period of waiting for the weather a third lot of mail had accumulated, so on 12 July the bag was opened and a further 25 letters include, all franked with the Alcock $1 stamp.

Sold for
£4,000