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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2101

(x) South Africa
1926 (Mar.-Apr.) R.A.F. Cairo-Cape Town Survey Flight
1926 (1 Mar.) envelope to Addo, Cape Province, marked "To be carried Machine S1104 C W Pulford, Wing Cdr" and with a fine strike of the "heliopolis details/royal air force" oval datestamp of the Royal Air Force base in Cairo, also signed by Pulford, upon arrival in South Africa bearing Ship 1d. with Roberts Heights datestamp of 7 April; vertical crease and other small imperfections though rare. Photo

Note: The Royal Air Force conducted it's first survey flight from Cairo to Cape Town with four Fairey IIID aircraft under Wing Commander C.W.H. Pulford. The route followed was that flown by Van Ryneveld and Brand in 1920

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