619 | United States. Airmail

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1928. 5 cts blue postal stationery from OLD OGoodHARD (MAINE) to FRANCE. Flight of the Yellow Bird across the Atlantic Ocean, which had to land in Comillas (Spain) due to lack of fuel. The front is marked FIRST FRENCH TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT / ASSOLANT-LEFEVRE-LOTTI / OLD OGoodHARD-PARIS, with the signatures of the three pilots and date stamps COMILLAS / (SANTANDER) and BOURGET-AVIATION / SEINE. (A brief history of the flight is included, which, besides having covered the greatest distance over open water, is the first flight to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a stowaway on board). MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.