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Auction: 15011 - The James F. Hudson Collection of British Africa Part I.
Lot: 2220

(x) Gold Coast
Covers and Cancellations
Airmails
1937-41 envelopes (19) mostly carried on first flight including 1937 (Mar.) Aeromaritime-Air France Service from Takoradi to Dakar and Paris, Accra to Paris (2, both addressed to England) and Accra to Pointe Noire, 1937 (Aug.) Elders experimental flight Accra to Lagos (2, one addressed to England), 1937 (Oct.) Elders first regular flight Accra to Lagos (3, all addressed to UK), 1937 (Dec.) Air France Service from Sekondi bearing 1928 5/-, 1938 (June) from Tarkwa to Australia carried by Imperial Airways, 1939 (Apr.) Elders first flight from Takoradi to Lagos (2), 1940 (May) from Accra to England franked at 1/3d. and with censor cachet and 1941 (Dec.) first Pan-American flight Accra to USA (2, one addressed to UK) franked at 3/6d. and 5/6d. A good lot

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Estimate
£500 to £600