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Organizations, Honors and Races
All Aviation and Space
Women Pilots
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Amelia Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) earned her pilot's license when she was 26 years old, in 1923. It was her ambition to make a living as a pilot.
June 17, 1928 - Earhart was a passenger on the flight across the Atlantic Ocean, and thereby became the first woman to fly across that ocean.
1928-1932 - Earhart participates in various aviation events.
May 23, 1932 - Earhart flies from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland to Derry, Northern Ireland, to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932-1937 - Earhart participates in various aviation events.
June 1, 1937 - Earhart and her navigator, George Putnam, take off on their second attempt to fly around the world.
July 2, 1937 - Earhart and her navigator take off from Lae, New Guinea. They are never seen again.
Contemporary Covers
1932
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The cancellation is from 20 June, 1932.
The stamp:
Amelia Earhart Putnam
"America's First Lady of the Air"
First woman to fly the Atlantic alone
Arrives at New York City
Sponsored by Fordham Philatelic Society
Bronx, NY
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Cachet by Fordham Philatelic Society
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The cancellation is from 28 July, 1932.
The stamp:
Mass Maneuver and Aerial Review: 450 Army and Navy Planes
San Diego, California, July 28, 1932
To honor National Editorial Association
Xth Olympiad Officials
Welcome, Amelia Earhart!
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Cachet by unknown
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Earhart's Life
1947 (Dedication of Amelia Earhart Field)
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The cancellation is from 26 October 1947.
The stamp:
Amelia Earhart Field
Dedication
Oct 26, 1947-Miami, Florida
Miami Chamber of Commerce
Official Cachet
On the back of the envelope is a rubber stamp:
Edwin H. Coomes
Registered Cachet Director #208
556 N. E. 72nd St., Miami 38, Fla.
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Cachet by Edwin H. Coombs
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This Colorano "Silk" Cachet is an Official ASDA Cover from Rosemont, Illinois, commemorating Earhart's transatlantic flight.
The two cancellations was for the Amelia Earhart Anniversary, ASDA Station, 3 February, 1978.
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Cachet by Colorano
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Smithosinian Institutoin National Air and Space Museum
Milestones of Flight Commemorative SEries Number 23
40th Anniversary
First Solo Flight from Hawaii to California
Amelia Earhart, January 11, 1935, Honolulu Hawaiit
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Cachet by Cachet Craft
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This FDC, for the Commercial Aviation Stamp, (1926-1976) was postmarked on 19 March 1976.
This is a series of FDCs "honoring the Golden Jubilee of Commercial Aviation."
American Pioneer of Flight Amelia Earhart
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Cachet by Cachet Craft
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This first day cover was for the Eleanor Roosevelt stamp issued on 11 October 1984.
The text:
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
World famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart, April 1933
On an evening in April 1933, Amelia Earhart took Eleanor Roosevelt for a flight over Washington, DC to Baltimore, Maryland. They were dressed in evening gowns. After the flight, Eleanor got her student's permit and Amelia promised to give her lessons, but Amelia went missing in 1937.
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Cachet by unknown
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This is a cachet. The cancellation was 8 April 2011.
The SS Amelia Earhart was a 411-foot Liberty Ship launched on Dec 18, 1942 by Todd Houston Shipbuilding in Texas. She transported WWII supplies until 1945.
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Cachet by unknown
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This is a cachet from Australia, honoring the Centennial of Flight - 1903-2003.
For some reason the stamp is of a kangaroo.
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Cachet by unknown
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1963 Earhart Stamp FDCs
Text reads
Honoring Amelia Earhart
1897-1937
Amelia Earhart's feats place her among the legendaries of aviation. She was the first woman to fly the Atlantic, the first woman to fly non-stop across the United States, the first woman to fly from Hawaii to the United States, and the first woman to be honored with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Cachet by Artcraft
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This cachet is by Cachet Craft. The actual creator of the illustration is Ken Noll (I assume.)
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Cachet by Cachet Craft
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The creator of this FDC is unknown.
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Cachet by Cachet Craft
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The creator of this FDC is unknown.
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Cachet by unknown
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The creator of this FDC is unknown.
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Cachet by unknown
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The creator of this FDC is unknown.
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Cachet by Kolor Kover
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Earhart's Last Flight
Suriname is a country on the coast of northern South America. It's official languages are Dutch and English.
On 3 June 1967 the country issued a set of stamps to honor Amelia Earhart.
The text above the photo states: "Commemoration of the visit of the aviatrice."
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Earhart made this stop, at the airport at Paramaribo on her attempted round-the-world flight with navigator Fred Noonan, on June 1, 1937. 27 days later, after she'd reached Lae, New Guinea, she and Noonan set out for Howland Island, near Hawaii, but never arrived.
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Cachet by unknown publisher
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Cancellation July 2, 1987.
The text reads:
Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Last Flight undertaken by the American Aviatrix, Amelia Earhart, who was lost at sea, July 2, 1937 on the Final States of a Round-the-World Flight. Last Landfall - Lae, Papua New Guinea..
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Cachet by unknown publisher
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Cancellation 9 June 1967.
The text reads:
30th Anniversary
Amelia Earhart
Commemorative Flight 1937-1967
Flown by Ann Pellegreno
Of Ann Arbor, Michigan
In a Sistership to Earhart's Lockheed Electra
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Cachet by Therome Cachets
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Cancellation 2 July 2007.
The text reads:
Amelia Earhart's Round the World Flight
Amelia Earhart: First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
Pictorial cancel: Amelia Earhart Last Flight 70th Anniversary Station, Burbank, CA 91503
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Cachet by Therome Cachets
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