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Auction: 25026 - Stamps and Covers of Africa Featuring the 'Protea' Collection of South Africa
Lot: 1061

(x) Bechuanaland
Bechuanaland Protectorate
1920-23 Bradbury Wilkinson
1932 (20 Jan.) envelope registered from Tsessebe to Salcombe, Devon bearing 5/- rose-carmine horizontal pair, tied by eight strikes of the single circle d.s., showing manuscript registration number '3796' in pencil; the original plane 'Springbok' crashed on leaving Salisbury, the relief plane 'City of Delhi' met a similar fate near Broken Hill; the cover eventually reached London on the second flight onboard 'City of Baghdad'; a fine and rare crash cover. Brandon Certificate (2001). S.G. 89

provenance:
Rossi, June 2005

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£160