| Lot Number: 483 | |
 | Date: 1926, Jan 15 Est. price: £325.00 Category: Sudan Description: Return of RAF test flight from Khartoum to Abu Suwer, 17 Jan 1926 arrival hs on front, signed by pilot V.C.Stonar, plain cover, violet three line "By Return of/Special Flight/Cairo to Khartoum" and violet "Khartoum 15/1/25" hs's. This flight was undertaken by RAF Squadron No. 47 as a test of the Fairey IIID aircraft equipped with the Napier Lion engine, and as a prelude to the Cairo-Cape Town flight planned for later in the year. Little is known about this flight, and only 35 covers were carried on the return flight. A 200 word account by Bill Coley can be found in Air Mail News, No 158, p129. |
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| Lot Number: 484 | |
 | Date: 1931, Mar 12 Est. price: £16.00 Category: Sudan Description: Cover flown WadI Halfa to Mwanza 16/3, on F/F Croydon/Mwanza, b/s, official map cover franked 2P 10ml, 'First Flight/Halfa to Mwanza' biplane cachet, Imperial Airways, |
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| Lot Number: 485 | |
 | Date: 1938, Jul 1 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Sudan Description: 1 July 1938: Sudan to Cyprus, KHARTOUM to NICOSIA. By Imperial Airways once weekly northbound Kisumu Terminal Service KN53 Clio which flew to Cairo bs 2/7, then by sea (375 miles) to Nicosia bs 7/7. Attractive trilingual blue/white etiquette cover franked 30 mil for air rate, block of six 5mm /2 1/2P opt's, all with missing second 'm' in 'milliemmes'. Interesting! |
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