Lot 40
1936 (Mar. 3rd) Cape Town to London Tommy Rose speed record flight ‡




The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1936 (Mar. 3rd) registered envelope carried on Tommy Rose's return flight to London from Cape Town. CAPE TOWN MUNICIPAL AIR-PORT/ 3 MAR 1936/ WINGFIELD violet cachet, endorsed ‘Per favour of Flt. Lt. Tommy Rose, DFC', and signed (front and back) by Rose. Franked with GB 4d and ½d on arrival, a really neat and attractive cover. Offered with signed souvenir leaflet of his outward flight from London to the Cape; he broke the speed record for the journey in both directions




