Lot 199
Newfoundland 1927 De Pinedo flown cover






The Hay Morgan Collection | Part 2 | KGV British Commonwealth | S25006
Auction: 26 March 2025 at 10:30 GMT
Estimate: £7,000 - £8,000
Description
1927 (MAY 20) flown cover (with contents) from St Johns to London, typed endorsement ‘Via Transatlantic Air Mail’ and franked by 1927 De Pinedo 60c black, tied by machine cancel with Trepassy cds (MY 21) at foot and Rome arrival (22. VI. 1927) backstamp. A very fine example of this classic Airmail rarity. Diena cert (1994). SG 163
Footnote
This flight caused considerable excitement, as there had been an interval of four years since any flights had been made via Newfoundland, after the frenetic 1919-23 period. The stamps were overprinted while De Pinedo was still in New Brunswick, en route back to Italy as part of his pioneering 'round the Atlantic' flight in his flying boat 'Santa Maria II', via Cape Verde and South America. He landed at Trepassey on May 20th, taking off again with the special mail on the 23rd, but had to ditch in the sea 200 miles west of the Azores. The flight resumed in June after repairs had been completed.






