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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2082

(x) South Africa
1925-26 Sir Alan Cobham London-Cape Town Survey Flight
The Outward Journey
The following nineteen lots are all examples of the souvenir cards and offer one of the comprehensive sets ever formed
1925 (11 Dec.) card from Cairo to Stanley Spooner, Editor of "Flight" in London, bearing 5m. and 10m. sharing datestamp and with "by special air mail/16-11-25/london-/cape town" oval datestamp in violet at lower left, the reverse with imperforate vignette in green similarly cancelled and with message "Machine & Engine are in perfect order & doing well. Wonderful reception by R.A.F. officer". Photo

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200