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Auction: 23028 - Stamps and Covers of India and South East Asia
Lot: 67

(x) India
Rocket Mails
1936 (21 Sept.) envelope with blank and pink "john winterton" label tied by "flood/rocket despatch/chingripota/to/malikpur" h.s. in black; 1937 (22 Sept.) first "Rocket Train" card (3) bearing blue and red label tied by "carried by the/'eric-cyn'/pilot rocket train/behala 22/9/37" h.s. in violet; (22 Sept.) second "Rocket Train" cards (2) bearing blue and red label tied by circular "carried by the world's first rocket train/behala/22nd/september/1937" h.s. in violet; and (22 Sept.) envelope showing "by rocket/aeroplane/the 'tiddler'/behala 22/9/37" h.s. in violet. Cooper 17, 26-28

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£350

Starting price
£200