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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2124

(x) South Africa
1930 (Dec.) Abul Morad Calcutta-Cape Town Solo Flight
1930 (late Dec.) envelope on Allahabad stage, bearing Christmas seal with dated flight cachet in violet and 1a. and Air 2a. with Calcutta datestamps, the latter with manuscript "Crashed in the old war trenches Shaibah Abu Morad 1-1-31", marked "Crashed at Shaibah Abu Morad 1-1-31" at foot, the reverse with dated flight cachet in violet, "Carried back to India by the Imperial Airways with my baggage from Baghdad Abu Morad", Calcutta datestamp (24.1) and signed by Stephen Smith. Very rare with only six carried. Nierinck 310101 and illustrated on page 289/290 of his handbook. Photo

Note: Abul Morad attempted a solo flight from Calcutta to Cape Town in Gypsy Moth "Sunita" for the Aga Khan's prize of £500. The crash occurred near Basra, Iraq and the flight was then abandoned

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