Lot 38
1933 (Feb. 6th) Cranwell - Walvis Bay Gayford and Nicholetts record flight cover ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1933 (Feb. 6th) envelope from Cranwell nonstop to Walvis Bay by Sqn. Ldr. Gayford and Flt. Lt. Nicholetts, bearing GB 1½d. The flight was in a Fairey Long Range Monoplane and was intended to end at Cape Town, but headwinds meant they landed at Walvis Bay, having set a nonstop distance record of 5341 miles in 57 hours 25 minutes. Walvis Bay arrival of 8 FEB. 20 items were carried

