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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2128

(x) South Africa
1931 (30 Oct.) Peggy Salaman Record Flight
1931 (30 Oct.) envelope to Samuel Samuel, M.P. at Lympne Aerodrome, bearing 1½d. with two Lympne datestamps alongside "duty office/lympne air port" oval date stamp for 31 October in error for 30 October, upon arrival bearing 2d. with Cape Town datestamp (6.11) for transmission back to the M.P. at the House of Commons and again redirected to Berkeley Square, marked on reverse "Puss Moth "G-ABEH "Good Hope" and signed by both pilots; minor soiling and perimeter imperfections though rare with only about ten covers carried. Photo

Note: Nineteen year old Peggy Salaman and flying instructor Gordon Store were attempting to beat the record set by Cmdr. Glen Kidston. The only mishap en route was a forced landing in the bush short of Mpika due to nightfall. As a result of this landing the fabric of the tail plane was torn but repaired by Stone. The pair landed in Cape Town at 5.40am on 5 November, the journey having lasted 5 days, 6 hours and 40 minutes, a new record

provenance:
Jeidel, June 1988

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Sold for
£800