Scarce commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on
his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The cover, issued in
conjunction with the 1939 New York World’s Fair, bears several postage
stamps, postmarks, and rubber stamps indicating the primary stops on the
record-setting journey: Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks,
Minneapolis, and the final destination, New York City. Signed in the
lower right corner by Howard Hughes, and crew members Harry Connor,
Tommy Thurlow, Dick Stoddard, Edward Lund, and operations manager Al
Lodwick; and a flown printed fabric American flag, 12 x 8, carried on
the flight. Both are matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5 x 24.
Accompanied by a color copy of a mailing envelope addressed to Hughes
Aircraft from Annin and Co., manufacturers of flags and banners, with
notations in an unknown hand reading, “Hughes. Flags AM carried &
Hughes on round the world flight.” In fine condition. In 1938, Hughes
set a new around-the-world record of 3 days, 19 hours and 8 minutes. The
flight took off on July 10 from an airfield on Long Island, New York,
in a specially designed Lockheed 14N ‘Super Electra’ aircraft with a
range of nearly 5,000 miles, making stops in the aforementioned cities.
Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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