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Auction: 6016 - Stamps & Covers of the World/The D J Norris Collection of Ceylon
Lot: 889

India Covers and Cancellations Airmails 1925 Alan Cobham´s Calcutta to London survey flight D.H.50., cover bearing 2a. (uncancelled) just tied by "3d/e.c." handstamp in black, 3d. postage due cancelled on arrival and special triangular cachet in violet, also signed by Sir Sefton Branker (Minister of Civil Aviation), and on reverse arrival mark for 17 March, and signed by A.B. Elliot (Cobham´s Engineer), the reverse also showing off-set print of Cobham´s signature due to water damage; scarce. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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