1919 (May 18) First Transatlantic Air Mail Attempt, Flight from St. John's to Ireland by Harry Hawker and Maj. MacKenzie Grieve in a Sopwith plane

Irish Airmails: 1919 (May 18) First Transatlantic Air Mail Attempt, Flight from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Ireland by Harry Hawker & Maj. MacKenzie Grieve

Irish Airmail Cover: After flying about 1100 miles they were forced down in the sea near a Danish tramp steamer “Mary” whose crew rescued them. Cover with 3 Ct. “Caribou” stamp overprinted “FIRST TRANS ATLANTIC AIR POST April, 1919” cancelled St. John’s April 12, backstamped London May 30, 1919 on official UK post label “found…

1939 St John's, Newfoundland to Dublin, Ireland, dated 21st September 1939, with Irish censor mark

Irish Diaspora Letters: St John’s, Newfoundland to Dublin (1939)

Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: 1939 St John’s, Newfoundland to Dublin:     Other Stamps / Envelopes / Postcards in this series: Stamps of the World – a list of stamp issuing countries (past & present) Irish Diaspora Letters – an A-Z list of incoming mail to Ireland from abroad Rare Stamps – a list…

1927 (Sept. 5) Capt. T. Tully and Lt. J. Medcalf flight, a publicity postcard produced to promote the flight and its sponsors

Irish Postcards: 1927 (Sept. 5) Capt. T. Tully and Lt. J. Medcalf flight

The Tully & Medcalf Flight (1927) In 1919, around the time the first non-stop flight from Newfoundland to the coast of Ireland was accomplished by British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, New York hotelier Raymond Orteig challenged aviators to fly non-stop between New York and Paris, in either direction. The prize was $25,000…

1932 Portmarnock-Newfoundland (Mollison Flight) 1s overprinted in 3 lines "ATLANTIC AIR MAIL AUGUST"

Irish Airmails: 1932 (3-line overprint) Mollison Flight (Dublin-Harbor Grace, Newfoundland)

Irish Airmail Cover: James Allan Mollison MBE (1905–1959) was a Scottish pioneer aviator who set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s. Mollison, on 18 August 1932, was the first pilot to perform an East-to-West ‘solo’ trans-Atlantic flight from Portmarnock, Co Dublin, Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick, Canada. Whilst gaining a…

1932 Portmarnock to Newfoundland by J. Mollison, cover to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland bearing 1s. overprinted "ATLANTIC AIR MAIL AUGUST 1932"

Irish Airmails: 1932 (4-line overprint) Mollison Flight (Dublin-Harbor Grace, Newfoundland)

Irish Airmail Cover: James Allan Mollison MBE (1905–1959) was a Scottish pioneer aviator who set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s. Mollison, on 18 August 1932, was the first pilot to perform an East-to-West ‘solo’ trans-Atlantic flight from Portmarnock, Co Dublin, Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick, Canada. Whilst gaining a…

1919 airmail cover, carried on Alcock & Brown's first Trans-Atlantic flight (addressed to Alcock's sister), bearing 1919 (9 June) $1 on 15c. bright scarlet.

Irish Airmails: Alcock & Brown’s First Trans-Atlantic Airmail Post (1919)

Irish Airmail Cover: We rightly remember the first ‘non-stop’ Trans-Atlantic flight, when Capt. John Alcock and Lt. Arthur Brown landed their Vickers Vimy airplane in a bog near Clifden, Co. Galway on 15 June, 1919 but not many people know that it was also the first Trans-Atlantic Airmail service flight. Alcock & Brown carried 197…