EARLE OVINGTON - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 156829
EARLE OVINGTON. Commemorative Cover signed: "Earle Ovington", 6½x3½. Commemorative Cover with stamped cachet honoring the "Twentieth Aniversary/First Air Mail Flight/P.O. Department/September Twenty Third", 5-cent Air Mail stamp affixed, postmarked Los Angeles, Calif., September 23, 1931 and Mineola, N.
Sale Price $432.00
Reg. $480.00
EARLE OVINGTON. Commemorative Cover signed: "Earle Ovington", 6½x3½. Commemorative Cover with stamped cachet honoring the "Twentieth Aniversary/First Air Mail Flight/P.O. Department/September Twenty Third", 5-cent Air Mail stamp affixed, postmarked Los Angeles, Calif., September 23, 1931 and Mineola, N.Y., September 25, 1931 on verso. Addressed in pencil (unknown hand) to: "B.A. Brady, c/o Postmaster, Mineola, N.Y." Pictorial rubber stamp to left of cachet: "Earle Ovington-Santa Barbara, Cal./First U.S. Air Mail Pilot/ Flying Since 1911". Earle Ovington (1879-1936), an aeronautical engineer and early barnstorming pilot, carried the first mail (640 letters and 1,280 postcards) by air. After a journey of 5½ miles above Long Island on September 23, 1911, Ovington dropped the mailbag from a height of 500 feet. Postal mark touches signature. Slightly creased. Pencil notes (unknown hand) on verso (no show through). Overall, fine condition.
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