NEWFOUNDLAND, 1919, 3c Red Brown, Hawker Air Post (C1; SG 142). Well-centered, tied by "St. John's Nfld. Apr. 12, 1919 2-PM" machine cancel on cover to West Malvern, England, manuscript "per Aeroplane", official seal affixed to back flap and cancelled by London circular datestamp, cover with small tear at bottom, stamp has been lifted and replaced to original position (likely due to water damage from flight)

VERY FINE. A DESIRABLE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE NEWFOUNDLAND AIR POST ISSUE. ONLY 95 STAMPS WERE USED AND FEWER STILL ARE KNOWN ON FLIGHT COVERs.

This flight famously ended with a controlled crash landing in the ocean after about 13 hours of flying. Postmaster J. A. Robinson of St. John's overprinted 200 stamps for the special flight. No more than 87 unused stamps can still exist, though the actual number of surviving copies is probably quite lower. In addition to these, 95 were used and 18 were defective and subsequently destroyed.

With 1971 B.P.A. (not mentioning stamp being lifted) and 1983 E. Diena certificate. Unitrade C$35,000.00

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