Lot 803
AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT COVERS: 1920 Ross Smith...




Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5929
Auction: 18 November 2021 at 00:00 GMT
£3,800
Description
AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT COVERS: 1920 Ross Smith first flight cover, flown on a Vickers Vimy from England to Australia, with “First Aerial Post” label tied by one of two oval "First Aerial Mail -Received -26 FEB 1920 - Great Britain to Australia" handstamps. Also, three-line handstamp "per/Vickers 'Vimy' Aeroplane/ to Australia" in blue. Addressed to Oxford, England and signed by Smith, RPS cert. (1974), superb, exhibition quality




