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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2040

(x) South Africa
1918 (Oct.-Dec.) "Make Your Sixpence Fly" Red Cross Flights
Small Wing Transvaal Cards
20 November, First Flight
Deep blue second printing card from Randfontein to the Isle of Wight, bearing 1d, red and, at upper right corner, most unusual 1d. "Big Push" Governor General's Fund label; Christmas and New Year Greetings message includes "This card represents the first local effort at using the Aeroplane for Peaceful Purposes" and "The "Big Push" stamp is one of the many means employed by the State Railways Employees to raise money for local dependants". Most unusual. Photo

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Sold for
£75