Lot 33
1926 (Mar. 1st) RAF flight envelope Cairo to Cape Town ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1926 (Mar. 1st) first RAF flight from Cairo to Cape Town. Endorsed at upper left “To be carried by Machine S1104 C.W.H. Pulford Wing Cdr”, with violet oval HELIOPOLIS DETAILS/ 1 MAR 1926/ ROYAL AIR FORCE, again signed by Pulford. The flight of four aircraft took twelve days, a new speed record. On arrival in South Africa, a 1d Ship applied and posted from Roberts Heights on 7th April. The envelope with a central vertical fold and some toning, especially on the reverse, still a very rare cover

