Lot 136
Newfoundland 1919 Handley Page Atlantic Flight cover SG...

Stamps & Covers of the World | 5951
Auction: Day 1
£288
Description
1919 cover to England franked by 1919 $1 on 15ct bright scarlet, tied by St John machine cancel for 9 Jun, with Harbour Grace cds for JU 14, endorsed ‘per aerial trans Atlantic’ sent by E Straker Lawson (one of the Handley Page team)with orignial contents, portion of opening flap missing, still a fine and scarce, one of 115 recorded carried on this ill-fated flight that was forced to land at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, shortly after take-off. SG 143

