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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2185

(x) South Africa
1936 (May) Amy Mollison London-Cape Town-London Record Flights
1936 (May.) Round Trip envelope (228x100mm.) addressed to herself in Kent and redirected to London, showing typed details of the successful flight times and bearing 1½d. (2), one cancelled on departure and one in Kensington on arrival back in the U.K. (15.5), showing "capetown municipal air port/wingfield" datestamps for 7 May arrival and 10 May departure and autographed "Amy Johnson" (her maiden name); central horizontal crease though rare with only ten items carried on the historic round trip. Photo

Note: On her second attempt in May Mollison bettered Rose's record by eleven hours. Her return flight was equally successful

provenance:
Jeidel, June 1988

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Sold for
£400