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Auction: 15030 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 4016

South Africa Airmails
The International Gold award-winning collection formed by Barry Smith
1939 (1 May) Imperial Airways "Challenger", hit a small boat on landing at Lumbo: envelope from Shepherds Bush to Port Elizabeth, franked 1½d., violet "damaged by seawater/airplane challenger" cachet, also envelope from Glasgow to Cape Town, stamps floated off, with violet bilingual "flying boat correspondence damaged by seawater" cachet, taxed by 1d. and 2d. Postage Dues and with found open and officially sealed label

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Estimate
£250 to £300