Lot 46
1932 Charles W. A. Scott Record Breaking...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5916
Auction: 3 March 2020 at 00:00 GMT
£300
Description
1932 Charles W. A. Scott Record Breaking flight England - Australia addressed to Sydney bearing an uncancelled GB 1½d stamp, flown to Darwin and posted upon arrival as a registered letter, franked with Sydney Harbour Bridge 2d and 3d (faulty) and air mail 3d all cancelled by Darwin (28.Apr.) cds, alongside handstamped oval 'DUTY OFFICE / 19 APR 1932 / LYMPNE AIR PORT'. On reverse written 'Posted by me at Lympne England 19th April and again at Darwin 28th April 1932', and with cancel at Darwin (28.Apr.), Brisbane(9.May) and Sydney (9.May), fine condition, cover is signed on reverse by the pilot W. Scott, Eustis 258 $1,400
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