Lot 263
1933 airmail cover from Chipinga to London franked at 5s10d

Stamps & Covers of British Africa | 5956
Auction: 16 November 2023 at 10:30 GMT
£240
Description
1933 (7 AUG) airmail cover (353 x 133mm) from Chipinga to London, franked at 5s10d (10d per ½oz x7) by 1931-37 “Field Marshall” 5s and 4d (x2), and 1932 Victoria Falls 2d, tied by individual strikes of "CHIPINGA / S. RHODESIA" cds (Proud type D3), with airmail etiquette at upper left. Vertical fold (well away from stamps) still an exceptional and extremely scarce commercial usage. SG 19, 27, 29.

