Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3

R.A.F. Cairo - Cape Town Survey Flight 1926 (March 1): 'HELIOPOLIS DETAILS - ROYAL AIR FORCE' oval date stamp in black on envelope to Cape Town, bearing 'If undelivered Return to FAIREY AVIATION Co Ltd. Hayes Middlessex' imprint on back flap and on front with various endorsements, upon arrival in South Africa franked with 2d. dull purple cancelled by "Muizenberg 19th April 26" cds. and returned to Fairey Aviation Co. Ltd.; Only very few covers known, signed Pulford. Ex collections Jeidl and Malan Mueller 18 = 10'000 pts. Additionally three telegrams incl. one of Press Section of Air Ministry Kingsway W.C. 2 (Apr. 14, 1926) as well a reply from Sir Samuel Hoars, Secretary of State for Air, to the South African Minister of Defence of the Union of South Africa. Ex collections Jeidel and Malan.rnNote: The Royal Air Force conducted it's first survey flight from Cairo to Cape Town with four Fairey IIID aircraft under Wing Commander C.W.H. Pulford with stops in Northern and Southern Rhodesia.