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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 312

(x) India
Covers and Cancellations
Airmails
1930 (3 Oct.) envelope "By Air Mail" from Kamptee to Okehampton, readdressed to Northumberland, paid with 1929 8a. and with Okehampton 18.10.30 d.s. The dates proving that this envelope was carried aboard Imperial Airways flight IW 79 which crashed when forced to land in order to refuel, killing four people. The envelope was recovered by the R.A.F. and eventually flown Nuremburg - Cologne - Croydon on the 17 Oct. A few faults though generally fine considering its journey.

Notes: The despatch and arrival dates corroborate with those recorded by Peter Wingent for mail carried on this flight

provenance:
Ian McQueen

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£150

Starting price
£150