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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: 1282

(x) India
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1929 German World Flight in Kamerad
1929 (25 Jan.) business card addressed and registered at Calcutta, bearing Germany 1m. with manuscript "kamerad" and India 3a., both tied by "park street/calcutta" c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, manuscript "Tehran to Calcutta/by "kamerad" and signed by Koeinig. One of eight known carried on this leg. Photo

Note: Baron Friedrich von Koenig Warthausen flew round the world as a result of a competition for President Hindenburg's Cup for the most sporting amateur flight by a German. The journey of approximately 8,500km to Tokyo was completed in 82 flying hours over 16 days.

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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£2000