Ann Pellegreno First Day Cover

Ann Pellegreno First Day Cover

Ann Pellegreno
Amelia Earhart
World Flight
Commemorative Flight

Pilot Ann H. Pellegreno carried this First Day Cover during her 1967 Round-the-World flight. She and her three-person crew followed Amelia Earhart's planned path around the equator in honor of the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. Pellegreno flew the route in a restored Lockheed Electra, the same model Earhart was flying when she disappeared.

A First Day Cover is an envelope with a stamp that was canceled – or used – on its first day of issue from the U.S. Postal Service. Event covers are a subset of First Day Cover that commemorate an event, often with an illustration called a “cachet.” For many pilots, First Day Covers helped finance their flights. Pilots carried a limited number of event covers created for their flight, autographed each cover, and then sold the covers to the public upon landing.

The envelope features an illustration of a globe and a Lockheed Electra, with text commemorating the 30th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance. It is postmarked July 10, 1967 in Pellegreno's hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan and features a 5¢ U.S. flag stamp.

Donated by Stephen Neulander

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First Day Cover

1995.7.2

First Day Cover

30th Anniversary Amelia Earhart. Commemorative Flight, 1937-1967. Flown by Ann Pellegreno of Ann Arbor, Michigan in a sistership to Earhart's Lockheed Electra.