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Bidboard #
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1929
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Lot #
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184
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$175.00
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Current Bid:
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$34
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Canada Covers
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BC British Columbia Airways 1928 CL44 Semi Official Airmail FFC (First Flight Cover), from Victoria to Vancouver on August 3rd 1928. The British Columbia Airways company which was formed in 1927 flew a Ford 4-AT Trimotor "Tin Goose" between Victoria and Vancouver and Seattle. The plane, which could carry 8 passengers and 2 crew went into service on July 23rd 1928 carrying freight and passengers. A little over a month later, on August 25th the plane crashed on a foggy Sunday morning near Port Townsend, Washington - killing both crew members and four passengers. Thus, folding the company who only owned the one plane. Unitrade for CL44 on cover =
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