Lot 40655 – 1918 (Dec 12) First Flight Cairo to Delhi, stample
Lot 40655 – 1918 (Dec 12) First Flight Cairo to Delhi, stample
India
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Price realised
1’500 GBP
Estimate
1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Auction date
Fri 11 Dec 2015 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1918 (Dec 12) First Flight Cairo to Delhi, stampless envelope with “On Filed Service/By Aeroplane” manuscript, bearing violet cachet on reverse CARRIED BY FIRST AERIAL MAIL / CAIRO-DELHI DECR. 1918, envelope sent via airmail to Delhi and then entered the normal mail system to Mussoorie arriving on December 18, plus enclosed letter dated Bandar Abbas December 12, an important airmail rarity Catalogue
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