Lot 1362
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1910, 2¢ carmine (375), on Garden City Estates, N.Y. pioneer airmail cover, A.A.M.C. #3, signed by the pilot, Earle Ovington. Very Fine. Estimate 300 - 400
This was the first time U.S. mail was officially carried by air. Ovington was sworn in on the occasion as the first official airmail pilot.
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Realized $800 |