Lot 102
Airmail. 1930 envelope from Calcutta to...
Auction: 11 July 2021 at 01:00 BST
£260
Description
Airmail. 1930 envelope from Calcutta to Karachi bearing a Christmas charity label on the front, tied by two-line cachet in green. Also bears (front and reverse) CALCUTTA-CAPE TOWN first flight cachet, pilot-signed; 16 flown. Very fine
XXX H.H. The Aga Khan had offered a £500 prize to the first Indian to fly solo to South Africa. A.M. Murad made the attempt in Gipsy Moth 'Sunita', but crashed at Shaibah in Iraq XXX
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