Flown airmail cover carried on the "First Cristobal-Miami Cross-Carribean Flight, May 1, 1930," bearing a stamped violet cachet, 9.5 x 4, signed vertically along the left side in fountain pen by Lindbergh, "C A. Lindbergh." Additionally signed by Gerald Bliss and F.W. Smith. Includes an original 6.25 x 4 press photo of Lindbergh's plane being loaded with mail for the inaugural airmail flight between Mexico City and Brownsville, Texas. In very good to fine condition, with light creasing, a central vertical fold, and a paperclip impression to the top edge.
Following his monumental transatlantic crossing in 1927, Charles Lindbergh championed a campaign to open an express air mail route from Miami to Cristobal Colon (Panama Canal Zone) with stops in Havana, Cuba, and Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Lindbergh served as pilot on the inaugural run, flying a Sikorsky S-38 to complete the route. A fantastic signed cover from this historic flight.
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