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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2226

(x) South Africa
1939 (Feb.) Barberton Flood Mail Flights
1939 (8 Feb.) envelope from Johannesburg Poste Restante to Barberton bearing Ship 1d. with machine datestamp and with arrival datestamp on reverse, and (13 Feb.) envelope from Barberton to England bearing 1d. Ship with datestamp, showing "South African Airways' Emergency Flood airmail service from Barberton, N. Transvaal." handstamp in blue, two U.K. due handstamps and bearing 1d. Postage Due cancelled on arrival in Rotherham (22.2). An unusual pair. Photo for second

Note: Towards the end of February 1939 abnormally heavy rains fell in the Northern and Eastern Transvaal with resultant flooding. An emergency airmail service between Johannesburg and Barberton was arranged by South African Airways

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£130