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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 688

(x) Sarawak
Covers and Cancellations
Airmails
1929 (14 July) envelope flown by the "Venus" on the final flight by the Sarawak Government Air Service from Kuching to Singapore, marked "Per Air Mail", registered and franked at 57c. and showing registration h.s. (CJS). Photo

Note: The Government Air Service was abandoned and W.H. Phillips, the pilot, was given the seaplane "Venus" as compensation.

provenance:
L.H. Shipman, January 1980

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£130

Starting price
£140