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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2162

(x) South Africa
1933 (6 Feb.) R.A.F. Record Non-Stop Cranwell to Cape Town Flight
1933 (6 Feb.) envelope from Cranwell to Walvis Bay, bearing ½d. and 1d. with neat datestamps and showing two Walvis Bay datestamps (8.2) alongside; accompanied by a contemporary negative photo of the previous envelope marked on reverse confirming the flight details and signed by G. Pool, Acting Postmaster; fine and scarce. Photo

Note: The pilots attempted a non-stop flight to Cape Town in a Fairey monoplane. They flew over 5,000 miles before headwinds caused them to run short of fuel and land at Walvis Bay on 8 February

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Estimate
£400 to £500