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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 34

Malayan Airmails
Royal Air Force Flights
Far East Cruise to Singapore
Group Captain Cave-Brown-Cave, in command of four Supermarine "Southampton" flying boats, made a service flight from Plymouth to India and Singapore arriving on 27 February. The machines stayed until May before proceeding to Java and Australia; returned to Singapore on 15 September and stationed there permanently
1928 (3 Feb.) envelope and India "½" on ¼a. stationery card from Calcutta to Rangoon and Akyab respectively, the former bearing India 3p. pair and ½a. and with flight label, the latter with coloured handstamp. 92 and 144 flown respectively

Sold for
SG$300