Rossi Special Event Commemorative Covers

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Dick Rossi Commemorative Covers

(Covers come with a 'certificate of authenticity')

These commemorative cachet envelopes feature a special event postal cancellation for the Sandical Stamp Show and Philatelic Exhibition. The three-day show started on February 7, 2003, and featured a special post office, which used the Flying Tiger cancellation on all outgoing mail. The cancellation was kept for thirty days, after which it was destroyed, making the Flying Tiger cancellation limited and unique. Postal cancellations are usually not hand painted, making these cachet envelopes unique as well. Each stamp features the US Postal stamp of General Claire Chennault, founder of the Flying Tigers. John R. “Dick” Rossi, P-40 Ace from the American Volunteer Group, flew three different aircraft, numbers 3, 5, and 18. Dick Rossi is a member of the Rogues Gallery. Flying Tiger Ace Dick Rossi, artist John R. Doughty, Jr., and the cancellation designer Mark Kirby, signed each envelope.


"Flying Tiger #3"
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		Pilot: Dick Rossi Cachet: John Doughty Cancel: Mark Kirby Handpainted cancel: John Doughty Edition: 15 $15.00 Sold Out

Flight Leader Dick Rossi flew this aircraft, however, he never flew it into combat. It had several problems, and after an ignition harness short out at Rangoon, Mr. Rossi crash-landed the plane. It was stripped of all usable parts.


"Flying Tiger #5"
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		Pilot: Dick Rossi Cachet: John Doughty Cancel: Mark Kirby Handpainted cancel: John Doughty Edition: 15 $15.00 Sold Out

Plane number 5 was Ace Charlie Bond’s aircraft. Dick Rossi did fly it once, when Charlie Bond was off. It returned from the mission with a few bullet holes in it, which did not make Charlie Bond very happy.


"Flying Tiger #18"
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		Pilot: Dick Rossi Cachet: John Doughty Cancel: Mark Kirby Handpainted cancel: John Doughty Edition: 15 $15.00 Sold Out

Flight Leader Dick Rossi flew a majority of his missions in this aircraft. After the Flying Tigers disbanded in 1942, Dick Rossi flew 735 trips across the “Hump”, flying supplies from India to China over the Himalayas.

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