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Lot# 5143 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 5143 Great Britain

    First UK Aerial Post London-Windsor 1911 (Sept. 9): Purple brown envelope signed by pilot Clement Greswell to Kingstown Ireland, franked with King George V 1d.  carmine-red cancelled by "FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST LONDON SP 9" with adjacent "Old Windsor Sept. 13" transit on front and "Kingstown Sept. 14" arrival mark on reverse, used together with matching Letter Sheet headed 'First United Aerial Post' dated 'Sep. 9th 1911' in manuscript. Fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 300.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold