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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: 1279

(x) India
Airmails

1925 Calcutta - Risalpur Demonstration Flight
1925 (2 Feb.) photographic postcard of RAF aeroplanes at Ellenborough from Risalpur to Nowshera, bearing 1a. cancelled by despatch c.d.s. with arrival datestamp (3.2) alongside and showing very fine "calcutta-risalpur demonstration flight/calcutta/Aeroplane/1925" circular cachet in violet, fine. Rare. Photo

Note: A flight of six De Havilland 9As from Risalpur left Calcutta on 15 January 1925. After five days, the flight left Calcutta on 25 January for the return journey. 35 letters were carried to Amballa and 64 letters and 25 postcards for Nowshera. As the flight did not land at Ambala, all the mail was carried on to Risalpur, where it was posted in the normal way.

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

Sold for
£800

Starting price
£200