Large Air Mail Cover Commemorating Amelia Earhart’s Record Coast-to-Coast Flight in 1933 from California to New Jersey, Boldly Signed by Earhart
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. She disappeared with...
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. She disappeared with navigator Fred Noonan somewhere over the Pacific Ocean in July, 1937 and has been the subject of numerous theories and conspiracies ever since. She was declared dead in 1939.
A large Air Mail cover postmarked Rye, New York (her home town), July 29, 1933, with typing on the left side noting her flight from California to New Jersey, July 8, 1933, in the record time of 17 hours, 7 ½ minutes, very boldly signed by Earhart over the typing, with a green 8 cent air mail stamp.
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