Lot 192
SOUTH AFRICA SG 26/29 1934 ROYAL TOUR AIRMAIL COVER TO GREEC
Stamps & Covers of British Africa | 5956
Auction: 16 November 2023 at 10:30 GMT
£168
Description
1934 (13 Feb) 'Wyndham' registered airmail cover (embossed Union of South Africa coat of arms on flap) from Cape Town to Athens, franked by 1925 Air set of 4 to 9d, tied by individual fine to very fine strikes of the special 'ROYAL TOUR H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE / SOUTH AFRICA' bilingual oval ds used by the Post Office attached to the Royal Tour Train, with black/orange airmail label at upper left (tied) and boxed 'ROYAL TOUR / KONINKLIKE TOER' registration H/S in violet at lower left. Backstamped at Cape Town (13 FEB) and Athens (21.11.34). The face with Greek airmail cachet in violet and SIGNED at lower left by by the postmaster on the Royal Train, J.P. van Aswegen. Trivial edge blemishes, still very fine and rare.
