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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2126

(x) South Africa
1931 (30 Mar.) Glen Kidston U.K.-Cape Town Record Flight
1931 (30 Mar.) specially printed envelope (214x137mm.) for the flight numbered "14" of twenty and addressed to Commander Mackintosh in London, bearing 1½d. with Amesbury datestamp, K.U.T. 5c. and 10c. cancelled at Kisumu (3.4) en route and South Africa 2d. with Cape Town datestamp (7.4) for onwards transmission, signed "Owen Cathcart Jones" (the co-pilot) and with "station headquarters/r.a.f. heliopolis" oval datestamp (1.4) of Cairo on reverse; small tear at right, otherwise fine. Rare. Photo

Note: The flight took off from Netheravon Airport undertaking a record flight to promote the conveyance of mail by high speed aircraft separate from the passenger service. The successful flight was without incident save for a forced landing at Lichtenburg

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Estimate
£600 to £800