South Africa 1936 Schlesinger Air Race Tommy Rose Special Cover

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Description

  • SA: 1936 SCHLESINGER AIR RACE:
  • Special souvenir cover carried by ROSE & BAGSHAW (who crashed at Cairo) and
  • SIGNED BY TOMMY ROSE.
  • Franked with GB & SA adhesives all tied by Johannesburg cds's post-race.
  • Apparently one of only six such envelopes prepared, this being numbered example #5.
  • Superb,
  • a rare representation (Burrell illustrates #1, later in the Polakow collection).
  • Lt Tommy Rose was one of the most popular entrants in the Air Race.
  • See additional image below.