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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2219

(x) South Africa
1938 (Oct.) Air Vice Marshall Dundee-Cape Town Flight
1938 (6 Oct.) unfranked envelope from Scotland to the Mayor of Cape Town, marked "Mercury, Scotland to S. Africa 6th-8th. Oct. 1938" and autographed by the pilot; accompanied by a contemporary photograph of the "piggyback" planes. Very rare, being one of only three covers carried by Bennett to South Africa. Photo

Note: Air Vice Marshall Bennett flew the seaplane "Mercury" which the upper component of the short Mayo composite aircraft. Bennett was released at Dundee and few 6,045 miles to the mouth of the Orange River non-stop where lack of fuel forced him to alight. He flew on to Cape Town later the same day

provenance:
Jeidel, June 1988

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000