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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2021

(x) South Africa
1917-18 Major Miller's Recruiting Tour
1917 (Nov.) miniature souvenir edition No. 136 of "The East London Daily Despatch", being the first newspaper flown from East London to King Williams Town, handstamped "East London Daily Despatch Limited" in violet and signed by the Managing Director of the newspaper, and then Member of Parliament for East London, Col. Sir Charles Crewe (Director of War Recruiting, 1914-16). One of only two examples of this newspaper known. Photo

Note: During his recruiting drive for trainee pilots throughout South Africa Major Miller interviewed more than 8,000 candidates and sent over 1,000 men to the U.K.

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