Lot 51132 – 1937 (Jul 1) Aer Lingus First Season of Summer Flights to Isle of Man, collection incl. first flight cover

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Lot 51132 – 1937 (Jul 1) Aer Lingus First Season of Summer Flights to Isle of Man, collection incl. first flight cover

Ireland » Airmails
Price realised
500 GBP
Estimate
700 – 1’000 GBP
Auction date
Fri 7 Jun 2019 at 19:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1937 (Jul 1) Aer Lingus First Season of Summer Flights to Isle of Man, collection incl. first flight cover from Dublin 1 VII 37 to Douglas, arrival cds for same day, signed on flap by Minister for Posts “Oscar Traynor”, first day of summer service, cover opened for display, rare as few survive, plus four covers that were prepared for this flight sent from Dublin but not carried, 3 pages of newspaper cuttings about the flight, two picture postcards of the plane and a letter from the Postmaster in Douglas explaining that he marked the covers with an arrival cds, a rare assembly

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