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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2259

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
The Postal Agencies
Iran
Bandar Abbas
Airmails
1919 (Nov.) First Aerial Mail from Great Britain to Australia by Ross Smith, Bandar Abbas-Karachi stage postcard to Karachi bearing 1½a. neatly cancelled by Bandar Abbas c.d.s. (24.11) and showing a good strike of the very rare "per/vickers "vimy" aeroplane/to australia." cachet in violet at foot, Kimari (25.11) alongside the adhesive; the card heavily creased vertically at centre, nevertheless a presentable example from this iconic flight. Photo

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HK$11,000