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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2184

(x) South Africa
1936 (3 Mar.) Tommy Rose Cape Town-London Record Flight
1936 (3 Mar.) House of Assembly imprint envelope from Cape Town to England, marked "Per favour of Flt. Lt. T Rose AFC", signed "Tom Rose" on front and reverse and showing "capetown municipal air-port/wingfield" datestamp and bearing G.B. ½d. and 1d. sharing London machine datestamp (9.3) upon arrival; also small photograph of the aeroplane used. Rare with only sixteen items of mail carried. Also 1936 (Feb.) autographed souvenir leaflet of the Southbound flight upon which no mail was carried. Photo

Note: In February Flt. Lt. Rose had bettered Amy Mollison's Southbound record by 13 hours. He eft Cape Town on 3 March hoping to better the existing record of 6½ days for the Northbound flight. This he accomplished in 6 days, 6 hours and 57 minutes so becoming the new holder of the dual record for South and Northbound flights between Cape Town and London

provenance:
Jeidel, June 1988

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Estimate
£400 to £500