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Lot 598

First flights & commercial flights

South Africa 1932 (Dec. 6) Cape Town to Calcutta via Ciro , signed cover.  mixed franking of 1932 Pictorials 3d bilinguals (x2) ;  2d and 1931, 1Sh. Wildebeest.  All tied by  Cape Town Dec 6 cds. hand marked 'Airmail to Cairo' and signed by pilot (of another flight). On back: CapeTown Registeration label, and hand stamp 'Insufficiently paid for Airmail / Cairo' besides 'Cairo Airmail /  Dec. 16' cds.Enclosed with 'KISMET // Cape Town' head-letter, tipped and signed  by the pilot, explaining his signature on an envelope that was not flown by himself.

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