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Auction: 23013 - Stamps and Covers of the World: Featuring Superb Mauritius, the "Claremont" Collection of South West Africa and the Charles Freeland Collection of Virgin Islands
Lot: 1274

(x) India
Airmails
1911 First Aerial Post at United Provinces Exhibition
1911 (18 Feb.) special postcard showing photo of the Sumner bi-plane and the pilot's signature "H Piquet", addressed to Benares, bearing ½a. tied by "first aerial post/Aeroplane/1911/u.p. exhibition allahabad" in magenta, showing another strike of the cachet but in black (very rare) along with despatch and arrival datestamps; the card with some tears and corner creases. Photo

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Sold for
£8,000

Starting price
£3200