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lot # 505 - brit. colonies south africa
1934, Royal Tour First Flight, signed by Pilots: Durban, South Africa to Limbe, Nyasaland, dated 7 March 1934, franked 5 d. tied by the special event billingual oval cancel datestamp applied by the Post Office attached to the Royal tour train, with the cachet "S.RHODESIA / NYASALAND" in black and "FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL" in violet, signed by pilots on each stage of the flight; G.W. Bellin (Durban to Johannesburg), Captain E.H. Attwood (Imperial Airways Johhannesburg to Salisbury) and the last leg Captain M.H. Philips (Salisbury to Blantyre), a fine example of this scarce cover.
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