59715A - 2002 75th Ann. Lindbergh's Flight Coin Cover
2002 75th Ann. Lindbergh's Flight Coin Cover

# 59715A - 2002 75th Ann. Lindbergh's Flight Coin Cover

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Commemorative Coin Cover Honoring the 75th Anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 Trans-Atlantic Flight

 
This neat commemorative coin cover would be a great addition to your stamp, coin, or cover collection. Here’s what’s included on the cover…
 
Commemorative Coin
 
Struck from gleaming.900 proof silver, France's 2002 €1.50 coin is a special issue from the French National Mint, Monnaie de Paris. It celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the first nonstop, solo transatlantic flight which was made by Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The obverse depicts Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis Ryan NYP (New York-Paris) monoplane headed east from the North American coast, the time, date and place of departure, and 75e Anniversaire. The reverse features the aviator's profile and the time, date and place of his arrival in France.
 
 
U.S. Stamps
 
This Coin Commemorative Cover features two vintage U.S. stamps. One is the 13¢ Solo Transatlantic Flight stamp issued on May 20, 1977, on the 50th Anniversary of the historic flight made by Charles A. Lindbergh. The aviator's name had appeared on a 1927 stamp, but the U.S. Postal Service did not print his name on the 1977 stamp because of the new rule which stated that the name of an individual cannot appear on a stamp until ten years after that person's death. The 1998 32¢ Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic stamp is from the Celebrate the Century series. Both stamps bear the commemorative postmark of May 20, 2002, Roosevelt, New York, the exact 75th Anniversary of Lindbergh's transatlantic departure in the Spirit of St. Louis.
 
 
French Stamp
 
The Cover bears France's 2002 €0.46 Bicentennial of the Legion of Honor postage stamp postmarked May 21, 2002, Paris, France, the exact 75th Anniversary of Lindbergh's arrival at Paris' Le Bourget airport. The stamp depicts the Legion's Cross of Honor. During his time in Paris, Lindbergh was received in the Chamber of Deputies and was presented with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the Cross of Honor is esteemed internationally and is the highest decoration France can give to men they wish to honor.
 
 
 

 

Charles Lindbergh, Airmail Pilot

 

 

 

 

 

On April 15, 1926, Charles Lindbergh made his first airmail flight.

When the US Airmail service was inaugurated in 1918, the Post Office Department oversaw the delivery of the mail.  Then in 1925, Congress passed the Kelly Act, which allowed the post office to work with commercial air carriers to create new airmail routes and deliver the mail.

The first two contract airmail routes went into service on February 15, 1926, flying between Detroit and Cleveland and Detroit and Chicago.  Charles Lindbergh, who was already an experienced pilot at the age of 24, was then hired by the Robertson Aircraft Company to develop a third route, which was known as Contact Airmail Route #2.  This route would fly from Chicago to St. Louis, with stops in Springfield and Peoria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the months leading up to the start of the service, Lindbergh surveyed the 278-mile route, establishing the flight and postal operations at each of the four landing fields.  He also selected nine additional emergency landing fields, each about 30 miles apart.  Lindbergh also hired two of his Army flying friends to help him complete the flights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Days before the inaugural flight, on April 10, 1926, Lindbergh and his team completed survey flights to make sure everything was in order and to help general public interest in the upcoming flight.  Then at 5:50 a.m. on April 15, 1926, Lindbergh inaugurated the first flight of the new line, departing Chicago with 87 pounds of mail.  All of the covers carried a special commemorative cachet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From there, Lindbergh flew south to Peoria where he picked up another 23 pounds of mail.  He then stopped in Springfield and picked up 93 pounds of mail before completing the last leg of his journey, reaching St. Louis at 9:15 am.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That afternoon, Phil Love made the return flight back to Chicago.  Because the morning flight had generated so much interest, the evening flight carried a large load – 144 pounds from St. Louis alone.  Lindbergh and another pilot also departed St. Louis in empty planes, as they expected a large amount of mail in Springfield.  And there was!  A large crowd had assembled at the field to watch the pilots and they sent out a total of 385 pounds of mail.  After picking up 40 pounds of mail in Peoria, the return trip reached Chicago at 7:15 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lindbergh worked as an airmail pilot for 10 months, flying five days a week.  On two occasions he was forced to bail out of his plane.  On September 16, 1926, his plane ran out of fuel before he could reach Chicago and he had to jump out of the plane over Wedron, Illinois.  His 4,000-foot parachute jump was the longest recorded night jump at that time.  Two months later, on November 3, he had to jump out of his plane due to bad weather and landed on a barbed wire fence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was while working as an airmail pilot that Lindbergh first heard about hotel owner Raymond Orteig’s $25,000 prize for the first pilot to fly non-stop across the Atlantic.  Just a little over a year after he began his airmail career, Lindbergh became an international celebrity for completing the journey in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis.

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Commemorative Coin Cover Honoring the 75th Anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 Trans-Atlantic Flight

 
This neat commemorative coin cover would be a great addition to your stamp, coin, or cover collection. Here’s what’s included on the cover…
 
Commemorative Coin
 
Struck from gleaming.900 proof silver, France's 2002 €1.50 coin is a special issue from the French National Mint, Monnaie de Paris. It celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the first nonstop, solo transatlantic flight which was made by Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The obverse depicts Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis Ryan NYP (New York-Paris) monoplane headed east from the North American coast, the time, date and place of departure, and 75e Anniversaire. The reverse features the aviator's profile and the time, date and place of his arrival in France.
 
 
U.S. Stamps
 
This Coin Commemorative Cover features two vintage U.S. stamps. One is the 13¢ Solo Transatlantic Flight stamp issued on May 20, 1977, on the 50th Anniversary of the historic flight made by Charles A. Lindbergh. The aviator's name had appeared on a 1927 stamp, but the U.S. Postal Service did not print his name on the 1977 stamp because of the new rule which stated that the name of an individual cannot appear on a stamp until ten years after that person's death. The 1998 32¢ Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic stamp is from the Celebrate the Century series. Both stamps bear the commemorative postmark of May 20, 2002, Roosevelt, New York, the exact 75th Anniversary of Lindbergh's transatlantic departure in the Spirit of St. Louis.
 
 
French Stamp
 
The Cover bears France's 2002 €0.46 Bicentennial of the Legion of Honor postage stamp postmarked May 21, 2002, Paris, France, the exact 75th Anniversary of Lindbergh's arrival at Paris' Le Bourget airport. The stamp depicts the Legion's Cross of Honor. During his time in Paris, Lindbergh was received in the Chamber of Deputies and was presented with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the Cross of Honor is esteemed internationally and is the highest decoration France can give to men they wish to honor.
 
 
 

 

Charles Lindbergh, Airmail Pilot

 

 

 

 

 

On April 15, 1926, Charles Lindbergh made his first airmail flight.

When the US Airmail service was inaugurated in 1918, the Post Office Department oversaw the delivery of the mail.  Then in 1925, Congress passed the Kelly Act, which allowed the post office to work with commercial air carriers to create new airmail routes and deliver the mail.

The first two contract airmail routes went into service on February 15, 1926, flying between Detroit and Cleveland and Detroit and Chicago.  Charles Lindbergh, who was already an experienced pilot at the age of 24, was then hired by the Robertson Aircraft Company to develop a third route, which was known as Contact Airmail Route #2.  This route would fly from Chicago to St. Louis, with stops in Springfield and Peoria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the months leading up to the start of the service, Lindbergh surveyed the 278-mile route, establishing the flight and postal operations at each of the four landing fields.  He also selected nine additional emergency landing fields, each about 30 miles apart.  Lindbergh also hired two of his Army flying friends to help him complete the flights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Days before the inaugural flight, on April 10, 1926, Lindbergh and his team completed survey flights to make sure everything was in order and to help general public interest in the upcoming flight.  Then at 5:50 a.m. on April 15, 1926, Lindbergh inaugurated the first flight of the new line, departing Chicago with 87 pounds of mail.  All of the covers carried a special commemorative cachet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From there, Lindbergh flew south to Peoria where he picked up another 23 pounds of mail.  He then stopped in Springfield and picked up 93 pounds of mail before completing the last leg of his journey, reaching St. Louis at 9:15 am.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That afternoon, Phil Love made the return flight back to Chicago.  Because the morning flight had generated so much interest, the evening flight carried a large load – 144 pounds from St. Louis alone.  Lindbergh and another pilot also departed St. Louis in empty planes, as they expected a large amount of mail in Springfield.  And there was!  A large crowd had assembled at the field to watch the pilots and they sent out a total of 385 pounds of mail.  After picking up 40 pounds of mail in Peoria, the return trip reached Chicago at 7:15 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lindbergh worked as an airmail pilot for 10 months, flying five days a week.  On two occasions he was forced to bail out of his plane.  On September 16, 1926, his plane ran out of fuel before he could reach Chicago and he had to jump out of the plane over Wedron, Illinois.  His 4,000-foot parachute jump was the longest recorded night jump at that time.  Two months later, on November 3, he had to jump out of his plane due to bad weather and landed on a barbed wire fence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was while working as an airmail pilot that Lindbergh first heard about hotel owner Raymond Orteig’s $25,000 prize for the first pilot to fly non-stop across the Atlantic.  Just a little over a year after he began his airmail career, Lindbergh became an international celebrity for completing the journey in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis.

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