Lot 191
Newfoundland 1919 3c Hawker airmail





The Hay Morgan Collection | Part 2 | KGV British Commonwealth | S25006
Auction: 26 March 2025 at 10:30 GMT
£9,600
Description
1919 (12 Apr) 3c brown ‘Hawker’ with type 69 ‘FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR POST, April, 1919.’ opt, initialed ‘J.A.R.’ (= J.Alex Robinson, postmaster) on reverse as always, o.g., trivial gum wrinkle mentioned for accuracy, with three handstamps on reverse, nevertheless a really fine example of the classic airmail rarity. BPA (2016) and PF (2013) certs. SG 142, cat £25,000
Footnote
Of the 200 stamps originally overprinted, 95 were recorded as used on flown covers and 18 were destroyed, leaving a maximum of 87 mint examples possible.





