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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2106

(x) South Africa
1927 (30 Nov.) First South West Africa-Cape Town Flight
1927 (30 Nov.) OHMS envelope, complete with letter, from the Director of Posts & Telegraphs and carried by Major Miller on the first flight from Windhoek to Cape Town, marked "Per favour of Major Miller, DSO, MLA. First Air Mail from South West Afrika to Cape Town via Windhoek, Swakopmund, Luderitz and Port Nolloth, signed "Allister M Miller 9.11.27" prior to departure and showing Windhoek, Luderitz (3.12), Walvis Bay (7.12) and Port Nolloth (7. 12), the reverse bearing 1926 4d. (2) and 1927 ½d., 1d., 2d. and 3d. pairs with double-ring despatch datestamps; the letter giving details of the proposed stops en route to Cape Town. Only a small amount of mail carried and considered unique by the owner. Photo

Note: Major Miller undertook the flight in a De Havilland 60 Cirrus Moth named "The Point"

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