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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2102

(x) South Africa
1926 (Mar.-Apr.) R.A.F. Cairo-Cape Town Survey Flight
1926 (26 Apr.) Pulford return flight envelope, complete with letter from H. Schmidt & Co., Kimberley to their company in Lowestoft, bearing ½d. pair and 1d. with double-ring datestamps and, upon arrival, posted to destination with 1½d. cancelled by Lee on Solent datestamp (22.6); the typed letter including " I had the pleasure of meeting the Royal Air Fore here a few days ago, and Commander Pulford kindly consented to take this letter to England from Roberts Heights Pretoria"; envelope with small faults on opening though the only recorded item of mail carried by Wing Commander Pulford's return flight from South Africa. Photo

provenance:
Jeidel, June 1988

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Estimate
£600 to £700