Auction #161 Philatelic & Numismatic

Round the World Flight by Jimmy Mattern and Lt. Griffin; cover with U.S. 5c Airmail cancelled New York July 5, 1932, plane took off from Floyd Bennett Field going via Harbour Grace to Berlin where it received a Germany 4pf stamp cancelled Berlin Zentralflughafen July 6 , from there to Moscow where it received a 15k stamp cancelled Moscow July 7, their journey ended on their trip to Siberia, cover is also signed by Jimmy Mattern and Lt. Griffin, a scarce piece of flight history as only 10 covers are believed to have been aboard, superb quality; certificate Bolaffi