My first cover for 2012 with a Pictorial Postmark:
Here's a copy of the original postmark for which less than 15 are known to exist and the remaining ones sell in the range of $800 to $1000:
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Bad weather on January 1st prevented the flight from taking place. The next day the weather cleared and pilot, Walter Brookins flew his Wright-Breguet aeroplane carrying a mailbag with approximately 1,600 pieces of mail (canceled on Januaury 1, 1912) over a distance of three miles. The mailbag was dropped by Brookins over Winter Park and was then retrieved by a postal clerk transporting it the post office by automobile for further dispatch in the postal system. Wilmington Postmaster, Thomas E Wallace authorized the establishment of a postal sub-station at Highwood Park and this aerial transport of mail.
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Posted 01/11/2012 4:49 pm
