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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 10

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 Miss W.G. Farquhar in Sydney, bearing blue vignette label tied by "first aerial mail/great britain to australia" oval d.s. with another clearer strike alongside; the envelope with repaired tear across face panel and with no side flaps. With original enclosure headed "Raffles Singapore, 5.12.19", the contents include "Captain Ross Smith reached here yesterday on his way to Australia and is going to post this for me.. Photo

Estimate
SG$3,000 to SG$4,000