Lot 185
Cocos Island First Flight cover

The Academic Collection | Part 3 | S24012
Auction: 9 August 2024 at 10:00 BST
£384
Description
1939 First Flight cover to Seychelles via Diego Garcia bearing three 2c with Victoria, Seychelles CDSs of JU 19, carried on the Flying Boat “Guba II”. Bears the personal monogram of J.S. Clunies-Ross, dated 12 JUN 1939 and a manuscript ‘D’ applied at Diego Garcia Endorsed on reverse “carried Between Diego Garcia and Seychelles, Indian Ocean Flight, 1939, Jack Percival”. Minor stains; 6 covers exist. Ex Yen Boon Swee

