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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2166

(x) South Africa
1934 (7 Feb.) South West Africa Floods Emergency Flight
1934 (7 Feb.) envelope registered from Keetmanshoop to Windhoek, bearing Air 4d. (2) and showing "per/aero services (pty/ltd" cachet in violet and signed by pilot A. Gordon Store, arrival datestamp (8.2) on reverse; rare. Photo

Note: In early 1934 torrential rains in South West Africa caused washaways on the railway system. All surface transport ceased and extensive congestion and delays with ordinary mails resulted. The Post Office entered into an arrangement with Gordon Store of Aero Services (Pty.) Ltd., cape Town to carry the mails after his passengers had been provided for

provenance:
Jeidel, June 1988

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Sold for
£130