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Lot# 738 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 738 Australia

    1931: First Flight cover endorsed 'Via Australian, London Airmail / via Calcutta', dispatched in Allahabad (May 1, 1931) to Waterford, UK and carried by Charles Kingsford Smith together with a complete correspondence telling about how they met Kingsford Smith at the time in India and how 'Smithy' offered to carry letters personally to London. Interesting background information written in a letter from 1971.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF