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Lot# 485 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 485 Kenya

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    1931: Wilson Airways, First Flight Nairobi, Kenya to London, dated 7th July 1931, from Captain Tom Campbell, Managing Dircetor, Wilson Airways, with enclosed typed letter to Editor 'Aeroplane' explaining the cover has been flown on first official flight which linked up with Imperial Airways at Kisumu (flight AN 18), franked with Kenya and Uganda 5 c. green, 30 c. blue and 50 c. grey, endorsed by typed "First Nairobi/London through Air Mail / By Wilson Airways Ltd and Imperial / Airways Ltd.", a violet cachet "LOCAL AIR FEE PAID", comes with a newspaper cutting about the service; cover and letter nicely presented upon two exhibition pages, a scarce and historical lot (2).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold