CANADA: Semi-Official Airmail #CL 42i (Whitehorse Star Newspaper) SKU #1140

Description

From Yukon Airways and Exploration Co. Ltd., a COMPLETE COPY of the WHITEHORSE STAR was semi-official stamp Cl 42 in the upper right.  The stamps is  clear of all paper margins.  A split-ring cancel is dated April 13, 1928 – same date as the paper.  The plane, the “QUEEN OF THE YUKON” was the sister ship to Lindberg’s “SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS”.

A unique piece with all pages of the paper present and information about the flight – the first in the Yukon!