Amazing Charles A. Lindbergh Air Mail Commemorative Scrap book. Featuring many stamps and first day covers with handwritten maps and clips.
Amazing Charles A. Lindbergh Air Mail Commemorative Scrap book. Featuring many stamps and first day covers with handwritten maps and clips.
What an amazing discovery. This book was found at a well known Hamptons estate. The book cover is labeled stamps but upon opening the reader is treated to a delightful collection. Titled “The Charles A. Lindbergh Air Mail Commemorative” each page documents the historic journeys of Charles Lindbergh. The scrap book begins May 20th 1927 with news of non stop flight alone from New York to Paris. The book is marvelously done with handmade stationary and notes with the current news clippings of the moment.
The scrap book is 30 pages long and features 50 stamps many with the actual envelopes. Envelope are addressed to Armound Carroll as well as Mr.Philip H Ward Jr., and Dixie Music House. First day covers from Lindbergh Day Special Flight 6/11/27, Washington, Detroit, Little Falls, Minn., St.Louis, transcontinental airmail with each stop, transfer contract number 17 September 1, 1927, contract airmail route no.20 dec. 17, 1927, Contract Airmail No. 24, Chicago - Indianapolis- Cincinnati, The Lindbergh Goodwill Flight to Latin America Dec.13-Feb. 13, Panama First Day Cover, Costa Rica Special Stamp, CAM route no. 3 Chicago to Dallas, Cuba First Day Cover, New York to Atlanta may 1928, and CAM no. 19 Philadelphia to Atlanta!
Please contact us for more photos and information. This is an unbelievable opportunity for the right collector. Truely an amazing piece of our aviation history.
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