Lot 40342 – 1919 Flight from Bassorah to Delhi: On Active Service cover with very rare boxed cachet “POSTAL SERVICE M.E.F. AERIAL POST-BASRAH-DELHI PER HANDLEY-PAGE AEROPLANE”
Lot 40342 – 1919 Flight from Bassorah to Delhi: On Active Service cover with very rare boxed cachet “POSTAL SERVICE M.E.F. AERIAL POST-BASRAH-DELHI PER HANDLEY-PAGE AEROPLANE”
Iraq
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
1’500 EUR
Auction date
Wed 11 Dec 2019 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1919 Flight from Bassorah to Delhi: On Active Service envelope to Aligara, bearing on reverse the very rare boxed cachet “POSTAL SERVICE M.E.F. AERIAL POST-BASRAH-DELHI PER HANDLEY-PAGE AEROPLANE”, with BASE OFFICE/11.1.19 ds and arrival alongside, cvr crease, a very rare flight with only 24 carried according to Muller
Auction
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