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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2076

(x) South Africa
1925-26 Sir Alan Cobham London-Cape Town Survey Flight
The Vignettes
Complete imperforate sheets of twelve (4x3) in green and in vermilion, and a perf. 11x12 sheet in vermilion on gummed surfaced wove paper. A very rare group with a pair imperforate sheets considered unique in this form today

Note: in 1925 Sir Alan Cobham persuaded Imperial Airways to sponsor a London-Cape Town survey flight. Cobham was to be accompanied by Mr. A.B. Elliott and Mr. B.W. Emmott as engineer and photographer respectively. Souvenir cards were prepared by the journal "Flight" for mailing from stops en route. Vignettes in vermilion and green were prepared and applied at the various stages. The flight took off from Stag Lane, Croydon on 16 November and arrived in Cape Town on 17 February 1926 having made twenty-six stops in France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Northern and Southern Rhodesia

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