Lot
110 
Newfoundland, Airmail, 1930, 50¢ on 36¢ Columbia Flight, tied by "St. Johns, Nfld., Sep 25, 1930" slogan machine postmark on flight cover to London, England, endorsed "per Aeroplane Columbia, Hr. Grace, Nfld. to London, Eng." at upper left, reverse with clear "Harbour Grace, Newf'd, Oc 9, 30" transit cds; upper right corner of cover including stamp was torn off and expertly reattached back, Very Fine appearance; with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate. Scott No. C5 $12,000.
A RARE FLOWN USAGE OF THE 1930 50¢ ON 36¢ COLUMBIA FLIGHT ISSUE - ONLY 65 OF THESE SPECIAL STAMPS WERE USED ON THIS FLIGHT FROM ST. JOHNS.
This flight was piloted by R.A.F. Capt. Errol Boyd and U.S. Navy Lt. Harry Connor in the Miss Columbia, in same plane flown across the Atlantic by Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine in 1927. They left Harbour Grace on October 9th, but a malfunction of the fuel line from the rear tank forced them down in the Scilly Islands, just southwest of England, after 23½ hours in the air. They jettisoned the rear tank, siphoned fuel from a seaplane and continued on to their destination at Croydon. Only 65 of the special flight stamps were used on cover on the flight from St. Johns and an additional 35 were used on cover from Harbour Grace.
Realized: $4,250