Lot 34
1930 (Oct. 4th) solo speed record London - Cape Town flight ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1930 (Oct. 4th) solo speed record flight from London to Cape Town by Capt. R.F. Caspareuthus, eight days 10½ hours. Envelope from London with 1½d, London machine cancel, with AIR POST./ SPECIAL cachet at upper left, signed by the pilot, backstamped Cape Town 13 OCT. Probably 22 covers flown. Also an example of the ‘few’ newspapers carried with address and cachet and signature on ½d wrapper, bearing additional ½d stamp partially destroyed on opening, and paper signed by Caspareuthus. A splendid and very rare pairing
Footnote
The envelope ex Barry Smith

