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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2060

(x) South Africa
1925 Airmail Issue
Advertising Brochures
Twelve page bi-lingual brochure concerning the forthcoming service, two examples, one signed by almost all the participating pilots as well as some interested dignitaries after the service had been discontinued, details include timetables, charges, map of the route and two photos of the D.H.9 plane to be used. An interesting pair

Note: With this issue South Africa became the first British Empire country to issue airmail adhesives. Four values were printed by the Cape Times Ltd. especially for the Experimental Air Mail Service between Cape Town and Durban calling at Mossell Bay, Port Elizabeth and East London

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Sold for
£320