Lot 830
Ann Helton Pellegreno: Pilot of the Amelia Earhart 30th Anniversary Flight, Huge Trove of Mostly Signed Flight Covers from 1967 + Rare Copy of Book. A landmark commemoration of Amelia Earhart's last flight took place in early 1967 in a restored 1930s Lockheed 10, a sister ship to the one flown by Earhart. Pilot Ann Helton Pellegreno took off from Oakland and charted her way through much of Earhart's original flight, even meeting people that met Earhart during her flight.
The First Edition book "World Flight The Earhart Trail" by Pellegreno, included in this lot with original dust jacket is quite rare and can sell for several hundreds of dollars. The 30th Anniversary Flight Covers themselves are collected by members of The Air Mail Society and the Aerophilatelic Federation of the Americas. Also included in this lot is a study of the covers by Fred Wellman.
Collection consists of sets/multiple copies with 40 signed by Pellegreno of the 30th Anniversary covers each having stamps from a number of locations on the flight: San Francisco, CA, Natal, Brazil, Dakar, Senegal, Karachi, Pakistan, Singapore, and Lae, New Guinea. All pieces, the book, the study, the covers signed and unsigned in excellent condition. Estimated Value $300 - UP
From The Collection of Alden T. Barnes.
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