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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2163

(x) South Africa
1933 (9 Mar.) Victor Smith London-Cape Town Flight
1933 (9 Mar.) envelope from Lympne Aerodrome to L.N. Wyndham at the House of Assembly, Cape Town, bearing uncancelled ½d. and 1d. and showing cachets of intermediate stops at Perpignan Aerodrome, Oran Aerodrome, Reggan (on reverse), Douala, Cameroun, upon arrival with "capetown municipal air-port/wingfield" datestamp (14.3) in violet and autographed twice by Smith on arrival; the enclosed letter explaining that the stamps remained uncancelled due to his 2a.m. departure and accompanied by Cape Times newspaper cutting of 15 March showing Smith and his aircraft at Cape Town airport. Photo

Note: Smith left Lympne Aerodrome determined to lower the Southbound record time of 4 days and 7 hours set by Amy Mollison. He reached Walvis Bay in good time on 12 March though sadly he ran in to strong head winds forcing him to make an unscheduled landing at Van Rhynsdorp, only130 miles of his goal owing to a shortage of fuel. Due to a lack of facilities at Van Rhynsdorp he was unable to complete the flight until the following morning

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