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Show LETTER CROSSES SEA ON YANKEE CLIPPER; RECEIVED IN A. F. A letter brought across the Atlantic At-lantic ocean by the Yankee Clipper, Clip-per, on one of the most historic flights " of aviation history, was delivered to an American Fork resident recently. Miss Helen Ellison received the letter, sent by Elder Joseph Clay-son, Clay-son, a missionary in England, which came "via Yankee Clipper". Inaugurating transatlantic clipper clip-per service, the Yankee Clipper carried a large cargo of airmail on its first flight. The letter received by Miss Ellison, like others brought over on the same flight, had the cancellation "Yankee Clipper" on the English postal stamps. The letter is of special interest as a memento of the historic flight which marks the beginning of transatlantic airmail and air travel,' . Such' letters already are sought after by stamp collectors and curio hunters, and in years to come may prove a valuable possession.. pos-session.. . . |