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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1472

Australia 1919 (23 Nov.) Ross Smith England-Australia Air Race envelope to "M.L. Shepherd Esq. Secretary, Prime Ministers Dept. Melbourne.", bearing blue flight vignette neatly cancelled by "first aerial mail/great britain to australia/received/26 feb 1920" oval d.s. with a further strike alongside, and showing "per/vickers "vimy" aeroplane/to australia" cachet in blue at lower left corner; clean and fine. A most attractive envelope from this iconic flight. Eustis 356. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 Notes: The lot is accompanied by a contemporary card showing the Smith brothers, together with auction cuttings, etc.

Sold for
£3,500