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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2104

(x) South Africa
1926 (28 Nov.) Mittelholzer Flight to Cape Town
1926 (28 Nov.) envelope from Switzerland to Cape Town, bearing 15c. and 75c. sharing Zurich datestamp, boxed flight cachet alongside and Alexandria transit datestamp (13.12?) below, one of the few items addressed through to South Africa, and a picture postcard of the plane registered to Cairo bearing 5c. pair and 1f. similarly cancelled and also with Alexandria transit datestamp. An attractive pair

Note: Walter Mittelholzer's voyage was the first flight of a seaplane down to Africa . He flew from Zurich via Naples, Athens, Alexandria and Cairo prior to continuing south. He reached Cape Town on 21 February after 77 days. The mail was actually unloaded at Naples and conveyed onwards by the S.S. "Esperia". No return flight was made and the aircraft was returned to Europe by sea

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Estimate
£250 to £300