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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2017

(x) South Africa
1911 First South African Aerial Post
2 January Second Return Flight, Muizenberg-Kenilworth
Souvenir card to Kenilworth, bearing Transvaal ½d. cancelled with "first south african/aerial post/kenilworth" datestamp with further despatch and arrival flight datestamps alongside; the card signed by Driver and accompanied by a photograph of Driver standing in front of his Bleriot monoplane and a pair of probable "proof strikes of the flight cachets in violet on small pieces of paper. A fine and scarce group with only 179 items of mail carried. Photo

Note: Adverse weather again showed it's hand prior to the 2 January Return Flight forcing Driver to hold over his return to Kenilworth until the morning of 3 January. Upon nearing Kenilworth he encountered dense fog that caused him to return to Muizenberg. The Bleriot having sustained damage during this last flight the final day of the Exhibition was cancelled. The aeroplane, together with the mail, was towed to Kenilworth where Driver was able to deliver the mailbag to the Post Office

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£850