Sale 279


 
Lot 279



Canal Zone 1926-27 Army Air Corps Pan American goodwill flight, cover flown from San Antonio, Tex., Dec 21, 1926, and landing at every country in Cental and South America and the West Indies before finishing at Bolling Field in Washington, D.C., May 2, 1927, bearing stamps and cancellations of 30 of 31 countries including Canal Zone (France Field, Jan 20), Puerto Rico is represented by a cancel only, San Juan, Apr 13; the cover is opened out for display and on the inside is a type affidavit signed by Maj. H.A. Dargue and the eight surviving members of the squadron, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750

The squadron took off with five planes and ten aviators. One plane and its two crewmen were lost in a mid-air collision while approaching Buenos Aires. Three of the eight survivors would retire after World War II as three- or four-star generals: Muir Fairchild (to whom the cover is addressed), Ira Eaker, and Ennis Whitehead.


 
Realized $575



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