airmail flight cover: Capex 1987, Marshall Islands

Date:6/15/1987
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Nott
Accession Number:1997.15.11
Dimensions:4 x 7 1/2 inches (10.2 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
Description

Airmail fight cover, first day cover for Capex 87 (Canadian International Philatelic Exhibition) featuring stamp issued by Marshall Islands, honoring the 50th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s 1937 attempted world flight; preprinted cachet with black and white photographic image of Amelia Earhart; stamp within sheet with route map of Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands; postmarked June 15, 1987 in Majuro, Marshall Islands; unused.

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