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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 510

Newfoundland Airmails 1919 (July) The "Handley Page" Mishaps Harbour Grace Supplementary Mail: 1919 (4 July) "District Court, Harbour Grace" envelope to New York, marked "via First Flight Handley Page, Biplane Atlantic from, Harbor Grace Nfld", bearing Caribou 1c. and 2c. cancelled by mute cancellation, showing Harbour Grace c.d.s. for 4 July alongside, Long Island arrival datestamp for 10 July (tying the 1c.) and "Missent to Long Island City, N.Y." h.s.; the envelope with small tear at top and very slightly soiled. Very rare, only five covers known. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500

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