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Amelia Earhart transatlantic flight cover
Object Details
- Description
- One of three covers carried by Amelia Earhart on her flight from Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland to Burry Port, Wales on June 21, 1928. Addressed to Lord Edward Morris of London. Four Newfoundland stamps affixed, Scott 130-134; one Great Britain stamp affixed, Scott 189. From Album 1 of the collection.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1928
- Object number
- 0.279483.1.5.1
- Associated Person
- Amelia Earhart, American, 1898 - 1937
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink ( ); adhesive
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 15 cm (3 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Place
- Newfoundland (British colony)
- Wales and Monmouthshire
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_0.279483.1.5.1
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