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Understanding Transatlantic Mail, Vol. 2, by Richard F. Winter, RDP (Bellefonte, PA: The American Philatelic Society, 2009), hardbound with dust jacket, 8½ x 11 inches, 600 pages, richly illustrated, extensive index and bibliography, ...
Volo Transatlantico con Aereo da Turimo: (It.) 100 sheets printed by the Italian Ministry of Posts to commemorate Jan. 6, 1949 flight Milan to Buenos Aires.
Volsk: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1885-98, see Zemstvo.
I purchased this 482-page volume not because I collect transatlantic mail but because I wanted to learn about this fascinating subject. I barely got through the first chapter when a transatlantic cover came my way.
UNITED STATES SEA POST CANCELLATIONS PART 1 Transatlantic Routes, Edited by Philip Cockrill, Cockrill Series Booklet No 54
TPO and Seapost Society for all collectors of Rail and Ship Mail worldwide ...
Lindbergh couldn't stop in every city in the U.S., but after his post-transatlantic flight tour, millions had seen him and he had been the main factor in convincing Americans to use the new airmail service.
Dag Hammarskjold Invert Issue ...
In Newfoundland, the swastika adorned each corner of the 1931 $1 air mail issue commemorating historic transatlantic flights.
So scarcity is definitely a factor. Second, lots of cool handstamps, several with the date, plus a nice PAID. AND it turns out this is the only known block on a transatlantic cover, so the usage is also very scarce.
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