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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 9

Malayan Airmails
Pioneer and Early Flights
1911 Ross Smith England - Australia Flight
Ross Smith, Keith Smith, J.M. Bennett and W.H. Shiers left London on 12 November in a Vickers "Vimy" G-EAOU and arrived in Singapore on 4 December and Darwin 10 December, winning the £10,000 England-Australia air race. Mail was taken on board in England, more was uplifted en-route including Singapore.
1920 (26 Feb.) envelope addressed to Mrs G.K. Seabrook in Brisbane, bearing blue vignette label tied by "first aerial mail/great britain to australia" oval d.s. with another clearer strike at left and showing a very light strike of "per/vickers 'vimy' aeroplane/to australia" handstamp plus "south british/singapore" handstamp on the inside of the back flap and manuscript "6/12/19" on reverse in the same handwriting as the address, the date of departure from Singapore; a little soiled and with central vertical fold. Rare, one of twelve covers originating from Singapore recorded. Photo

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SG$4,000