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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2215

(x) South Africa
1937 (Nov.) Clouston and Mrs. Betty Kirby Green London-Cape Town-London Record Flights
1937 (14 Nov.) London-Cape Town and return round trip envelope, bearing 1½d. with London machine datestamp, "London-Cape Town Record Flight by F/O A.E. Clouston and Mrs. Kirby Green November 1937" blue label, "capetown municipal air-port/wingfield" datestamp (16.11) and Cape Town datestamp (16.11), autographed by both pilots and with additional 1½d. cancelled on arrival back in London, a further label and 1½d. cancelled at Newport (23.11) on reverse. Rare with only 10 signed covers carried on the round trip; also a Phillips card showing the two pilots and the schedule. Photo

Note: Flying Officer Clouston and Mrs. Betty Kirby Green secured all three possible records on the London-Cape Town-London route piloting a DH Comet

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Estimate
£400 to £500