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Auction: 15011 - The James F. Hudson Collection of British Africa Part I.
Lot: 2474

(x) Nigeria
Airmails
1936-46 collection of mainly special or first flights (17) including 1936 (Feb.) Elders Airways first flight from Maiduguri to Jos1936 (Feb.) Imperial Airways Kano to London and Kano to Cape Town, 1936 (Oct.) Lagos to London (2, one addressed to Australia), 1937 (Aug.) Elders Airways experimental survey flight Lagos to Accra and (Oct.) first regular flight Lagos to Accra, 1939 (Apr.) experimental flight and (May) first regular flight Lagos to Takoradi, 1941 (Dec.) Pan-American flight Lagos to London, 1943 (June) restoration of service Lagos to Conarky and 1946 (Mar.) Scandinavian "Missionary" flight Lagos to Stockholm (2). A fine lot

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Estimate
£400 to £500