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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 311

India
Covers and Cancellations
Airmails
1911- covers (23) carried on various flights including 1911 Feb.) envelope (faults) to London bearing ½a. pair tied by "first aerial post/u.p. exhibition allahabad" in red; 1911 (Sept.) UK First Aerial Post envelope in sepia to Madras franked at 2d. and with special cancellation; 1919 (Jan.) envelope (damaged) to London bearing 2a. and showing fine "first through aerial post/great britain to india/karachi 14.1.1919" h.s. in purple; 1927 (16 Jan.) envelope from Karachi and flown on Basra to Cairo flight and showing special cachet; 1933 (Oct.) envelope flown from Akyab to London; 1938 (Mar.) envelope flown on first flying boat Gwalior to London and some wartime with frankings of 14a. (horseshoe via Durban), 2r.11a.6p. (via Hong Kong and USA), 3r.5a. (via Auckland and San Francisco) and 3r.7a.6p. and 3r.8a. (both via Chungking. Condition a little mixed

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Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£240