Description:
1933 (July 15) United States-Lithuania per Steponas Darius & Stasys Girenas in "Lituanica", usage of US 3c Envelope with 10c Lindbergh tied by New York cancel, 'LITUANICA/JUL/15/1933' cds in violet plus two cachets in Lithuanian all on the face, 'KAUNAS centr/18VII33/ g ' arrival b/s, some staining. The plane crashed at Soldin, Germany, & both pilots were killed. Having flown 4000 miles, it was then the second-longest non-stop flight. In 1934, Lithuania issued 6 stamps to commemorate the flight & the pilots.
Symbol : CL
Grade : C
Categories: Stamps & Postal History > TOM FROMMER PART II - Famous Pilots & Famous Flights
