Lot #49 1928 (May 28) Boston-Newfoundland-Wales per Wilmer Stulta & L Gordon with Amelia Earhart as passenger, 'HOTEL STATLER/BOSTON' cover posted from England

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1928 (May 28) Boston-Newfoundland-Wales per Wilmer Stulta & L Gordon with Amelia Earhart as passenger, 'HOTEL STATLER/BOSTON' cover posted from England with KGV 1½d tied by London machine cancel, repaired opening tears at the top & a bit soiled, with matching letterhead & message "Am writing you this before the big story breaks so you can have this for our album after it has crossed the Atlantic by plane...". For undertaking the trip as a passenger, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic. She subsequently signed her name across the envelope & letter. Ex Boris Joffe, with a 1935 copy letter from the writer's father-in-law confirming the writer as the famous photographer Ray Fernstrom; and 1978 letter from Sam Virzi stating "...you truly own a most worthwhile piece of early aviation history".