Pilot Feliksas Vaitkus

Pilot Feliksas Vaitkus
Feliksas Waitkus (Felix Waitkus, 1907-1956) was an American pilot of Lithuanian origin who flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 1935 in a Lituanica II (Lockheed L-5B Vega).
Autograph of the pilot Feliksas Waitkus on a numbered envelope (No 614) with a US 6c orange stamp, Brooklyn (USA) postmark 'SEP 21 5 AM N.Y.', Kaunas postmark '2.X.35', special purple postmark of the second transatlantic flight New York-Caunas 1935.IX.22, Lithuanian postage stamp 'Mi 404' with the overprint 'F. Vaitkus defeated Atlanta 21-22-X-1935", Kaunas postmark 31.X.35.
On the other side Lithuanian postage stamps with Darius and Girėnas 20 ct and 60 ct, Kaunas post registration rectangular cancellation with registration number 00161, 2 Kaunas post cancellations 31.X.35 and 2 Chicago post cancellations NOV 12 1935. A similar cover was sold at the Cherrystone Philatelic Auction on 13 September 2011, lot 6363