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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5032

(x) Burma
Airmails
Pioneer Flights
1933 (21 Apr.) Paris to Hanoi flight by Maryse Hiltz, envelope flown on Calcutta to Rangoon stage, franked at 1a.3p., with "Elephant" label tied by "transporté a hanoi/renvoye a calcutta par l air-orient'/pour être vis a la poste" h.s. in violet, fine. Signed on reverse by Stephen Smith. Photo

Note: The mail was intended for Rangoon but she did not land there. She carried the 90 pieces of mail to her destination in Hanoi. The mail was carried back by the French Orient Air Service and a cachet was applied on all mail.

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£210