35th International Auction

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1926, air mail mourning cover bearing KGV 1 anna tied by "CALCUTTA/23 JLY 26" cds preprinted "CALCUTTA TO RANGOON" in red carried by Mr Alan Cobham during his Anglo-India and thence to Australia flight with a potostat label on the back "ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA. 1926/MR ELLIOTT ENGINEER OF THE D.H.60, WAS SHOT ON JULY 5TH NEAR BASRA. HE DIED ON JULY THE 6TH." with "RANGOON/DELY/26 JUL 26" delivery cds on reverse. A total of only 45 covers were carried on the Calcutta to Rangoon stage. (M)