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

1927: Group of four pioneering flight covers, written-up on four album pages, two carried upon first flight Kisumu to Khartoum and Entebbe, Uganda to Newport, Isle of Wight flights by Captain Tony Gladstone, dated 15th February 1927, one with double-ring red "AIR MAIL UGANDA-SUDAN / 1ST / FE 15 / 27" (one of thirteen covers) addressed to London, is creased and stained, the other with the single circle "KENYA - SUDAN AIR MAIL / 1ST / FE 15 / 27" also in red, comes with 1927 'Pelican' Crash cover with violet three line cachet "Owing temporary failure / Air Service Mail / forwarded normal routes", with "AIR MAIL KENYA - SUDAN / MR 12 / 27" single circle in red alongside, some water damage and torn/creased and an 1927 Oxted, Surrey to Kampala, Uganda cover intended to be flown on the 'Pelican' with the "KENYA-SUDAN AIR MAIL / MR 31 / 27", but despite markings evidence indicates it did not travel by air, an excellent and interesting selection, scarce group (4).