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Auction: 24115 - The Philatelic Collector's Series including Rhodesia Double Head and Admiral Issues from the Paul Peggie and Andrew Wilson Collections - e-Auction
Lot: 5215

(x) India
Air Mails
1931 (29 Dec.) envelope to Calcutta sent on the first flight from Karachi to Delhi via the Feeder Service, franked with 3p. and 1a. strip of three tied by 'karachi' c.d.s. and with 'first flight/ delhi flying club' handstamp in violet, endorsed 'karachi-delhi' at left and signed on the reverse 'Stephen H. Smith'. fine and scarce

note:
At the end of December 1931, the India State Air Service ceased to exist and the Karachi-Delhi service feeding the Imperial Airways Karachi-London service was run by the Delhi Flying Club, there were one-hundred and seventy-five covers flown.

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Sold for
£320