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Auction 37

Lot 15

Canadian Provinces: Newfoundland, Airmail, 1931, 15¢ to $1 Pictorials complete, unwatermarked, imperf (Scott C6c-C8c), pairs, o.g., never hinged, gorgeous pairs possessing bright color and intense impression and all marvelously centered, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Scott $3,700.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000

While many collectors think that Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean (he was the first to do it solo), two aviators named Alcock and Brown crossed the Atlantic Ocean years earlier in 1919. Their plane is the one pictured on the 50¢ value .

Realized $1,200

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