Lot 47
1939 (Feb. 7th) Alex Henshaw Cape Town - England record flight ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1939 (Feb. 7th) Alex Henshaw return flight from Cape Town, unfranked House of Assembly Cape Town envelope ‘Per favour of Alex Henshaw’ and signed by him, with boxed Cape Town Airport despatch of 8th Feb (he left a day earlier than anticipated) and LONDON EAST AIRPORT/ GRAVESEND arrival dated in manuscript 9.2.39 and signed. Both the outward and return flights were records which stood until the jet age. Few covers were signed; neat and clean

