South Africa 1937 Clouston & Kirby Green Roundtrip Signed Cover

CHF 785.00
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Description

  • SA: 1937 CLOUSTON & KIRBY GREEN RECORD ROUND FLIGHT LONDON - CAPE - LONDON:
  • Cover franked GB KGVI 1½d tied by London machine cds 13 NOV 1937 with Cape Town arrival cds 16 NOV 37 struck clearly alongside.
  • Also large rubber "Cape Town Municipal Air-Port Wingfield 16 NOV 1937" cds.
  • Cover bears BOTH THE PILOTS' SIGNATURES - rare thus.
  • Small blue "London-Cape-London Record Round Flight" etiquette affixed front & back.
  • London arrival cds 21 NO 37 ties the further GB adhesive applied for delivery in England.
  • VF, rare, significantly fewer round-trip covers were carried. (38 carried, 10 signed.)
  • Accompanied by promotional card showing picture of the flyers, the aircraft and their routing.