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lot # 534 - europe brit. colonies lots/accumulations
1932/1937, Imperial Airways Africa, group of six covers, comprising three first flight and three test flights, including 1934 envelope from Nairobi, Kenya, to Quelimane, Mozambique, carried on the first southbound flight from Broken Hill to Rhodesia, 1934 souvenir cover from Moshi, Tanganyika, to Sydney, Australia, carried on the first air mail service England to Australia, a 1937 typed envelope from London to Nairobi, Kenya, carried on the first "All-Up" UK to Kenya flight from Southampton to Kisumu, includes a headed note from the Imperial Airways traffic manager's office signed by E. Dolby, a 1932 first official air mail cachet on an official test cover from Bulawayo to the Superintendent of Imperial Airways in Brindisi, a 1936 test cover carried on the first through air mail service from South Africa to Nigeria via Khartoum and a 1937 pilot signed test cover for first "All-Up" Kisumu to Southampton flight; additionally a 1936 parcel label sent from Al Fashir to Khartoum, franked with Sudan air mail and postage stamps, an excellent and valuable group.
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