Item #17824 Signed First Day Cover. Jean Batten.

Signed First Day Cover

1979. No Binding. Philatelic First Day pictorial cover,11.5 x 19 cm, RAF Museum FF10, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the first flight from England to Australia, November/December 1919. No. 0161 of 1485. Signed "Jean Batten" on front. Date stamp of 12 November 1979 on verso, with stamp of "Concorde Project Co-ordinator, London Heathrow. Jean Batten (1909-1987) was a New Zealand aviatrix who made the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1836, and a number of other record-breaking solo flights across the world. Very Good. Item #17824

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