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Auction: 18030 - Brunei, The Collection formed by Bill Toye
Lot: 186

Brunei
Covers and Cancellations
Air Mail
1930 R.A.F. Survey Flights
1930 (30 June) (c.) envelope to Kuching bearing 1c., 4c. and 10c. tied by the small type "air mail/brunei" boxed cancellation with plain "by air mail" vignette in grey-blue, the reverse with Kuching (4.7) arrival c.d.s. Fine and rare. The additional postage for air mail was 10c. Photo

The Supermarine Southampton was a 1920's British flying boat, one of the most successful flying boats of the interwar period. It was a development of the Supermarine Swan, which was used for a ten-passenger service between England and France.

Southamptons first entered RAF service in August 1925 with No. 480 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flight at RAF Calshot. In a series of "showing the flag" flights, the type quickly became famous for long-distance formation flights; the most notable was a 43,500 km (27,000 mi) expedition in 1927 and 1928. It was carried out by four Southamptons of the Far East Flight, setting out from Felixstowe via the Mediterranean and India to Singapore.

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£2,200