Lot 60488 – 1920 (Feb 26) Air Mail First Flight cover, Ross Smith England to Australia envelope to Melbourne, one of very few
Lot 60488 – 1920 (Feb 26) Air Mail First Flight cover, Ross Smith England to Australia envelope to Melbourne, one of very few
Lot 60488 – 1920 (Feb 26) Air Mail First Flight cover, Ross Smith England to Australia envelope to Melbourne, one of very few
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Price realised
2’200 GBP
Estimate
2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Auction date
Fri 17 Jun 2022 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1920 (Feb 26) Air Mail cover, Ross Smith England to Australia flight, envelope sent to Melbourne, bearing large blue event vignette cancelled by “First Aerial Mail / Received / Great Britain to Australia” oval cds, with additional strike to left, and a three line cachet in blue “Per Vickers Vimy Aeroplane to Australia” applied by Smith, a fine example of this rare cover; one of 364 flown, of which only 92 were to addresses in Melbourne and Victoria, cert. RPSL (1973).
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