Lot 42
1936 (Sep. 29th) Schlesinger Air Race covers ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1936 (Sep. 29th) three covers from the Schlesinger Air Race, London to Johannesburg. Stampless envelope with violet CITY AIR PORT/ PORTSMOUTH oval cancel, carried by Major Allister Miller endorsed by him ‘Carried on “Percival New Gull” 25- AHM’ and signed; forced down at Belgrade. Printed envelope for Rose and Bagshaw's flight, with GB ½d KEVIII and Egypt 8m and 20m Air; undercarriage failed at Cairo. Envelope with KGV ½d cancelled Portsmouth and Southsea, addressed to A. Phillips at Newport, flown by Clouston and Tasker; crashed south of Salisbury on 3rd Oct; endorsed by Clouston to that effect and signed. A fine trio

